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by pblackwell
Tue Nov 11, 2014 6:16 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Is your DA causing augmentation?
Replies: 158
Views: 141297

Re: Is your DA causing augmentation?

Having realized two months ago that I was experiencing augmentation taking 12 mg per day of Requip XL I told my Neurologist I suspected my problem was augmentation not progression. He wanted to increase me to 16 mg per day and actually gave me a prescription for it. I refused and demanded a lowering...
by pblackwell
Tue Sep 30, 2014 3:52 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: RLS and ED
Replies: 8
Views: 1754

RLS and ED

I know this is a difficult topic for some to discuss but I am searching for anyone else with similar experience. 17 years ago my problem began with sudden onset of lower body paralysis and after every test they could come up with I was diagnosed with transverse myeolitis. Week in the hospital with h...
by pblackwell
Sun Sep 21, 2014 6:17 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Dr. Silber and the Mayo Clinic
Replies: 7
Views: 1922

Re: Dr. Silber and the Mayo Clinic

I actually am not reducing my Requip on my own. My Neurologist is the one who prescribed the 8mg for me to switch to. I really thought that going from 12 to 8 was too drastic of a change. It hasn't been fun.
by pblackwell
Sat Sep 20, 2014 5:02 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Dr. Silber and the Mayo Clinic
Replies: 7
Views: 1922

Dr. Silber and the Mayo Clinic

I am a very new person on here but not new to RLS (17 years). Finally had enough and told my Neurologists I was suffering from augmentation even though he said I wasn't. I wanted off of the Requip 12 mg XL a day and I wanted to see someone that had more than an occasional RLS patient. I started this...
by pblackwell
Wed Sep 17, 2014 3:44 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: 8 mg's requip
Replies: 28
Views: 5584

Re: 8 mg's requip

Thanks for the info on physicians. I called Johns Hopkins about geting an appointment with Dr. Early and mid January was the first date available. I would love to see him but I cant wait another 4 months to get some resolution. After dealing with this for 17 years I really want to find something tha...
by pblackwell
Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:33 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Need Doc - SW Missouri
Replies: 1
Views: 616

Need Doc - SW Missouri

I am in SW Missouri and need a Neurologist that can help with my RLS. After 17 years with the same doctor I am now figuring out that I am on too much Requip (12mg daily) and my quality of life sucks. I can travel so I dont care where I have to go just want to see someone that knows how to treat. I a...
by pblackwell
Tue Sep 16, 2014 4:19 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: 8 mg's requip
Replies: 28
Views: 5584

Re: 8 mg's requip

I was diagnosed with RLS in 1997 and have tried pretty much everything. Have been on Requip for sometime but now having to take the hydrocodone almost nightly to get any rest. Most nights I just have to get so tired that I fall asleep around 2am but there is no quality of sleep. I am currently on 12...