Transitioning

[shinderlider]

Yes. I take 1/2 ropinirole at noon and the other 1/2 with the gabapentin at 7 pm. It is the time from about 6 am until noon that the RLS acts up. Tomorrow I am going to try taking the evening dose an hour later and the noon dose an hour earlier to see what happens.

[Polar Bear]

If you go earlier to 11am and later to 8pm you are stretching the afternoon by 2 hours. It will be interesting to see if the 11am dose will last long enough with regard to your evening symptoms. It is generally considered good practice to stay ahead of your symptoms i.e. it takes perhaps 60/90 minutes for the ropinerole to take effect. Good luck.

[shinderlider]

For several days I have taken 1/2 of my 2mg ropinirole at noon. Then at 6 pm I take my 300mg gabapentin followed by the other 1/2 ropinirole at 9 pm. It seems to be working really well. I had never thought of taking the evening meds at different times. Here’s hoping it continues to be effective.

[Polar Bear]

Such good news to hear this has been working for you. Good luck.

[shinderlider]

Started to struggle with the transition down to 2mg of ropinirole. Consulted with my doctor and we decided to add 300mg of gabapentin. So my regimen is 300mg of gabapentin at 7:00 am, 1/2 of the 2mg ropinirole at 11:00 am, then the other 1/2 with 300mg of gabapentin at 7:00 pm. I have been on this for almost a week and it seems to be working well except for some early morning grogginess and wonder is I need to take the morning gabapentin a bit later.

[shinderlider]

Well, I made what is hopefully the last step to be ropinirole free: dose cut from 2mg to 1mg. At the present, keeping the gabapentin dose at 300mg twice a day, knowing it can be increased if necessary. It has not always been easy but I am pleased that I am almost finished.

[Polar Bear]

Well done. You have done so well.

[ViewsAskew]

Well, I made what is hopefully the last step to be ropinirole free: dose cut from 2mg to 1mg. At the present, keeping the gabapentin dose at 300mg twice a day, knowing it can be increased if necessary. It has not always been easy but I am pleased that I am almost finished.

Wonderful!