Not moving enough!

snyderra · Post by **snyderra** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 2:39 am

I've been on Requip for about three months now, and for the past few weeks, I've been waking up sore shoulders and a sore back---and I think it's from sleeping in the same position for too long! The Requip must have me sleeping so well that I don't move, which I guess is better than running a marathon in my sleep. Does anyone else have this problem?

b_rwhite5 · Post by **b_rwhite5** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 4:47 am

Hi, welcome to the board. I am taking Requip also. I haven't been taking it for long, maybe 3 or 4 weeks. It seems to be helping me sleep. I used to wake up every hr or two and now I usually sleep through the night. I do wake up very sore. My back and my neck hurt and sometimes my leg muscles hurt, too. I just thought I might need a new bed. Maybe it is because I sleep better. I am not used to sleeping more than a couple of hours at a time. Although, I will take the soreness over the RLS pain anytime!

cornelia · Post by **cornelia** » Sun Nov 26, 2006 9:00 am

Me too, Rebecca, the soreness is much better than having no sleep etc..
When I get up I have to grab the wall (or my husband) to get out of bed and slowly, very slowly walk downstairs. Ater an hour or so the soreness in back, legs, shoulders etc. has gone. It is definately the Requip or probably the DA's in general that make us feel so sore.

Corrie

snyderra · Post by **snyderra** » Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:40 pm

After surfing the boards, I've noticed that a lot of people with RLS are also on an antidepressant of some kind---including me! I wonder if there's a connection. Perhaps the sleep deprivation caused by RLS screws everything else up and requires us to take the other meds. I'm too young to have a day-of-the-week pill holder---but I do!

My not being able to get up this morning, though, I attribute to a Monday following a four-day weekend. Yay for holidays! Boo for Mondays!

~Rach