Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

badnights, Thank you for the encouragement. Today is day 10 off ropinirole. I have not been able to get a good nights sleep without using hydrocodone. I don't think I can get a longer supply of hydrocodone, so I have alternated nights between taking it to stretch my supply. Therefore, I get a good n...

Polar Bear,

I hope that stopping ropinirole for five days will speed up the process of getting off it completely. I plan to give gabapentin a few days even if I don't get much sleep. If I have to go back to ropinirole, I will try to keep dose to .5mg or less.

Thank you for your suggestion on taking two iron supplements in one dose. I will start doing that tomorrow morning at least one hour before eating breakfast. I am able to get sleep on the .75 mg dose of ropinirole. I found some hydrocodone that were left over from some dental work I had done a few y...

Thanks for all the comments. Here is an update on my attempts to stop taking ropinirole. I went back to 1 mg dose to be able to sleep. I did some research and found a neurologist with experience treating RLS and augmentation. I had my fist visit with him on November 24. He asked lots of questions an...

Rustsmith, Thanks for your response. Glad you survived your doctors major error with your prescriptions. It is helpful to be able to share and vent on this message board through this process. This is becoming my default diary. I have read other posts describing the treatment of RLS like the Wild Wes...

I sent my doctor the following message via email today: "Reducing dosage of 1mg Ropinirole has greatly reduced my ability to sleep and increased my RLS. I have only gotten about 2 hours of sleep each day since Oct 21. Reduced dosage of Ropinirole to .25 mg. Even at 600 mg of gabapentin I cannot slee...

I have reduced ropinirole to .25 mg and plan to take it three more days before stopping completely. Increased gabapentin to 600 mg last two nights. Able to get 5 hours sleep last two days in 1 to 2 hour segments, but increased gabapentin just seems to give me brain fog and drowsiness. When my feet s...

Rustsmith, Thank you. I appreciate the realistic projection so I have the right expectations. One of my concerns is the gabapentin will not be effective but I have to stick with the plan to transition off ropinirole to find out. I plan to increase to 600 mg of gabapentin in 5 days and stop taking ro...

I am 54 years old and I was diagnosed with RLS about 6 months ago. I spent many sleepless nights before going to the doctor and I am glad he correctly identified the problem. The downside is my doctor prescribed ropinirole. He told me there were seldom any side effects and I could stop taking at any...