Can I become adicted to sinemet as I was diagnosed with parkinsons after a particularly traumatic time in my life.  This consequently gave me the symptons asociated with parkinsons.  Now my life has settled and I feel a lot calmer I feel that I was wrongly diagnosed.  I dont have tremors or rigidty the only thing is a cramp like sensation in my left foot and a feeling of nervousness when it is about 4 to 5 hours after my last dose of sinemet.  I am ok in the hours in between and that is why I dont know if it has become a habit taking the pills.
Hi, Thank you for posting your query. Your symptoms are interesting. Though addiction is not so common with sine met (levodopa with carcinoma), dependence to the Chat Doctor.  Many patients with Parkinson's disease require increasing frequency and dose of levodopa over time. This is partly because of worsening of disease severity. However, many people just feel the urge to take it more. So, I think you are suffering from a 