Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Update, I’m down to 2 mg of requip and taper down to 1 mg next Monday. I am still taking 300 mg of Horizant with the requip but I am thinking it is time to increase my dose of Horizant. If I try to nap during the day, my RLS prevents it from happening and instead of the usual symptoms (tingling feel...

Perry01 - wondering how you are feeling in your reduction. Keep strong. Well, I began my taper on March 19th. I started out dropping from 8 mg daily to 7 mg daily. After 10 days, I dropped down to 6 mg, then 10 days later, I dropped down to 5 mg daily. Tomorrow, I will be down to 4 mg of requip. Th...

So my pharmacist recommended a longer than the 28 day taper by using my stash of 4mg. Ropinirole to stretch the taper to 35 days by dropping a mg. every 5 days instead of every 3. My dr’s office sent a prescription for gabapentin but only thirty 100mg tablets. I’m definitely gonna need more as time ...

I’m not sure if the gabapentin will be strong enough by itself. From what I’ve been reading, gabapentin is usually prescribed with another medication to treat RLS. It’s too bad that most GPs are not familiar with RLS and augmentation to DA’s. I’m just trying to come up with a treatment plan once I’m...

An update. Due to the current Covid-19 outbreak, I flew back to Hawaii for the near future to be with family. The downside is a poorer quality of health care in the Islands. I made an appointment with my PCP to discuss augmentation to ropinirole. I was told he was seeing patients via video conferenc...

An update. The Dr’s. office called and told me that my ferritin was 93 and within normal range. Before I could get a follow up with the Dr. a sleep study was required. I completed the sleep study and the preliminary report found that in addition to RLS I have mild/moderate sleep apnea...... I have a...

If I understand correctly you were taking 4mg Requip for about 5 years and have now been taking 8mg Requip for a further 5 years, as one single dose daily. 8mg is a very large dose. I weaned myself off 5mg Requip (which was taken in several doses over a 24 hour period) doing it extremely slowly (ov...

Thanks for the reply Steve, I will report back after I get the results of the ferritin test. Another thought, I am going to have rotator cuff surgery in March and I’m wondering whether that would be a good time to wean myself off of the Requip. I will be prescribed opioids for pain so i should be ab...

Hello, my name is Perry and I was diagnosed with RLS 10 years ago. I first noticed the symptoms after recovering from shoulder surgery. When I stopped taking Percocet for the pain, RLS symptoms began. I made an appointment to see a neurologist and after checking my ferritin levels, she prescribed me...