Skipping doses of Ropinerole

Eternityroad · Post by **Eternityroad** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 7:33 pm

I have been on Requip and then Ropinerole since June of this year. It has been successful. No complaints. Symptoms abated. Friday night I forgot to take my dose. I had been out late and spaced it when I came in. No symptoms! So as an experiment I neglected my dose Saturday night. I am off Sundays so I thought that if I experienced symptoms I could pop one or take diazapam and because I didn't have to be up early I wouldn't risk loosing sleep. Result? No symptoms second night. Two ways I can go here: keep off the ropinerole for as long as I have no symptoms OR just blow off the dose on weekends when getting up early doesn't matter. At least on way #2 I will save 8 tablets a month or about 3 prescriptions a year which is not substantial but in these tough economic times every little bit helps. Anyone else experiment like this? What do you think?

Ken

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 8:55 pm

I can't think of a reason why you shouldn't try it. I'd hazard that it might even be better to stop it periodically just in case there is any penchant toward augmentation.

But, that's just me guessing.

It sure must have felt great not to have the RLS, though!

Eternityroad · Post by **Eternityroad** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 9:02 pm

I was happily surprised when I got through the night with no symptoms. One thing, though, I woke up more often during the night than I did when on the Ropinerole. No symptoms when I woke up, however, and no problems getting back to sleep.

Aside:
I had not as yet made the word ropinerole part of spell check so when I clicked on it I got these suggestions: droopiness, Proserpine (goddess of the underword) and atropine. Hmmmm. lol.

Post by **ViewsAskew** » Sun Nov 09, 2008 11:42 pm

It may be that your RLS wasn't present, but you still had PLMs and they were what was waking you...

Eternityroad · Post by **Eternityroad** » Mon Nov 10, 2008 1:34 am

It may be that your RLS wasn't present, but you still had PLMs and they were what was waking you.

What I think I will do then is skip the doses on weekends as long as symptoms are absent. That way at least I will save a bit of money and not be totally dependent on the drug.

Thnx for comments,

Ken

blryan · Post by **blryan** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:45 am

When I wanted to halve my dose of Requip, my neuro said I wouldn't feel any difference for 5 days. In my case it took 3 days and then Bam! horrible restless legs. It could be you're not off it long enough to affect you.
Just a guess anyway.
I can skip a night with no problem - for me the 3rd night is the killer.

Barb

Eternityroad · Post by **Eternityroad** » Tue Nov 11, 2008 1:51 am

I can skip a night with no problem - for me the 3rd night is the killer.

Thnx for this response. I don't plan to get to the third night as I only have two days off. It might be an experiment next time I have vacation, though.