Ropinirole User Reviews & Ratings (Page 3)

• Allen
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• June 10, 2019

For Restless Legs Syndrome "I started taking Requip (Ropinrole) a few months ago at the urging of my wife, whom, apparently I was horribly kicking in my sleep every night. Now that I am at the full strength of my 5 mg dosage, I can say, along with my wife, that now I barely move in my sleep all now and am getting a full night's unbroken sleep, very rarely waking up until my alarm goes off, and I feel completely refreshed in the morning. The only side effect I have experienced, that is actually the reverse of some I have read, is that I don't dream at night anymore after taking my med, at least if I do, I have no recollection of them at all. That being said, if I do catch a nap during the day without the med, I have some of the most vivid dreams I can remember having since I was young if not ever. Aside from that, the Requip has been a life (and marriage) saver!"

• Dot
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• July 31, 2018

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I had been suffering with restless legs for many years on occasion, while sleeping. Then it started every evening about 3 years ago. Started taking Requip 1 mg about 2 years ago, and it takes 1 - 2 hours to work. Sometimes I have to take another pill during the night. I do not have any side effects, so I am very satisfied with it."

• Bjall
• February 1, 2011

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I have been taking Requip for almost as long as it has been out. Yes, it is a godsend for me. My RLS was so bad I would cry myself to sleep, and if I was in a movie, church, or at a play, I could not sit through the whole thing. I just only hope someday they will find out what causes this. I have to take 4 mg a day. I take one in the morning and one in the mid to late afternoon, and then the other two about 30 minutes before going to bed. It feels so good to sleep all night, but now I also found out about peripheral neuropathy and have to take medication for that too. But as long as I take it as the doctor orders, I do fine. I feel for everyone who has RLS."

• EPH
• October 31, 2016

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "Have been taking this for years, and it definitely works for me, although it makes me very drowsy if I take two 1 mg at a time. In the past 18 months or so, my RLS has gradually become more frequent during the day, therefore, unable to sit in the afternoons, or if I'm on holiday, particularly in a hot country, they are a nightmare. Have recently been to the doctor and got 500 mcg, and when it's really bad, I'm going to try it and see if it helps during the day. On my last holiday, I took 1 mg about 3 o'clock, and it helped, but that only left 1 mg for the evening, and this meant it didn't last till morning. But to be honest, I think I need to up my dose, but am scared that my RLS is only going to get worse, so don't want to up my dose by too much."

• Texas...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 18, 2016

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "After years of suffering with RLS and two especially bad nights, I finally went to the doctor, and he prescribed Requip. Last night was my first night taking it, and it did work. It made me extremely nauseated and gave me a massive headache, and I woke up every couple of hours. The third time I woke up, I took a diphenhydramine sleeping pill. That is important to know because generally, a sleeping pill would send the RLS through the roof, affecting even my arms. No RLS symptoms after I took the sleeping pill. My head still hurts, and I'm still a little nauseated, but my legs are not bothering me. Since it did cause a massive headache, I will try using it only when the RLS is active and see if that works better for me."

• Gerry...
• December 23, 2008

Requip (ropinirole) for Periodic Limb Movement Disorder "I am a 73-year-old male. I have suffered from periodic leg movement most of my life. Lately, it has been getting worse to the point that it could take me hours to fall asleep. In addition to that, I have been having nightmares in which I try to protect myself from some threat. My defense was to punch my wife on the arm. I have also experienced sleepwalking. I had been taking to sleeping in the spare bedroom so that my wife could get some sleep. This was not a solution that suited either one of us. When I began taking Requip, I experienced relief from the very first night. I now routinely sleep the whole night through without nightmares or restless legs/periodic limb movement."

• Mfin
• February 14, 2021

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "My wife has been taking this medicine for 3 years. She has been a life long devout church going Christian. She developed an uncontrolled secret online gambling addiction that has likely caused us to lose our home just when we were fixing to pay it off. Destroyed our good credit rating, repossessions, etc. When I finally found out we had occurred $1800 in overdraft fees in only 4 weeks. She gambled my entire paycheck week after and fell behind on the mortgage for MANY months with huge late fees attached and developed an awesome way to hide the addiction for a long time which made the financial destruction larger than imaginable. She kept gambling anyway in hopes of eventually winning enough to fix the disaster this medicine created hoping to fix it and I would never know. Doctors and Pharmacists need to make it a priority to council the patient about Requip and plainly asked FREQUENTLY if the patient has found themselves gambling to help stop it before it destroys families."

• H Jeff
• July 28, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I have severe RLS and have slept on the floor for 25 years because the hardness of the floor against the muscles in my legs gives some relief. I have been on Requip for about 4 months and take 2 mg about 1.5 hours before bed. The effectiveness is hit or miss. On a good night, I fall asleep in about 30 minutes but wake up 3 to 5 hours later and toss and turn until the alarm goes off. On a bad night, I get about 2 hours of fitful sleep and then my legs ache for the rest of the night. Requip causes my legs to swell and I have had to increase my blood pressure meds. Also, it has given me some very interesting dreams. All in all, it is better than nothing because nothing means no sleep ever. I wish my doc would give me something else."

• taken...
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• March 5, 2018

Requip (ropinirole) for Parkinson's Disease "Diagnosed with Early Onset Parkinsons Disease in the fall of 2009 @ the age of 47, I was prescribed the drug Requip. God, family, & friends were the most important things in my life prior to taking the medicine. I was very conservative with my $ and spent approximately a total of $10 on the lottery & made 2 trips to a Casino spending $20 in my lifetime. After taking this medication for approximately 3 months in the fall of 2009, I developed an obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) with scratch off lottery tickets & slot machines. To make a long story short, after risking loosing my family, soul, friends and losing hundreds of thousands of dollars, the decision to take Requip was a mistake. Compulsive gambling is a listed side effect."

• Lucylu
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 19, 2019

For Periodic Limb Movement Disorder "I had been a bad sleeper all of my life and never realized there was a reason. I was sick of being tired so finally went to a sleep specialist and had a sleep study. He told me I had 300+ leg movements in the night. After increasing my iron and doing stretches I was still waking up, though not as much. I started on Ropinrole a few days ago and am already sleeping better. The nights are not as long as they used to be. I feel more rested during the day. I used to feel like a zombie. The first night I had a ton of really vivid dreams which was odd. Since then I've had a few each night. Not scary just boring slightly annoying dreams. Like a dream where I lose my keys and go through a day trying to find them. I haven't had any other side effects."

• Stone...
• October 2, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "Initially, the medication was very helpful, but the longer I'm on it, the less it helps. Now experiencing more daytime sleepiness, and I'm not able to stay asleep at night. Some nights it seems to help a lot, and then other nights nothing, it doesn't seem to help at all. Getting harder and harder to rest and feel rested. Going to my doctor within the next 2 weeks to discuss different medication. RLS is very frustrating."

• Celti...
• December 1, 2014

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I experienced bladder pain with Requip. I had a constant, frequent urge to urinate. This is not the most common side effect of this medicine; it is listed as 'less common.' But after taking this, I did have lasting bladder pain that did not go away after I stopped taking Requip."

• Restl...
• December 31, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I have had RLS since I was 14. I am now 42. RLS is a miserable existence. An annoyance beyond belief. I have gone with no sleep for 3 days at a time more than once because of my legs, or legs and arms, or even knees and a shoulder joining in to laugh at me. I have been on Mirapex most of my adult life at 1 mg being told I could take 2 on bad nights and it worked most nights, but most of my adult life I have taken Mirapex 1 mg, gabapentin 300 mg, trazadone 50 mg, and 1Tylenol #3 Every night.....just to go to sleep. And it took all of that just to go to sleep. A doctor might look at you like your nuts if you ask for all that but I'm telling you it will work. I moved and my new Dr decided to take my Mirapex away and try me on requip.. Fail.."

• Wpano
• October 16, 2016

For Restless Legs Syndrome "I have been suffering from RLS since a young child, and during the past year it had gotten so bad I was barely getting 3 hours of sleep a night. My dear husband was ready to hit me over the head with a baseball bat! My primary care Physician just prescribed Ropinirole (Requip generic) for me a week ago. I am on a low dose, .25 mg, taken 1.5 hr before bedtime. So far, this has been a game changer for me! I feel more rested and so much more energized in the morning. The little bit of nausea, (the only side affect I have so far) I am suffering is a small price to pay for no RLS. I still have some insomnia and wake several times during the night so I will up my dose to .50 mg. and go from there. This drug has been a miracle for me!"

• DrmzR...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• February 15, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "It works great for Restless Legs Syndrome. I can finally sleep at night. I'm 41, and the first time I experienced RLS, I was 8. I could just do without the side effects. I'm on 2 mg, and I think if it was upped, my side effects would worsen. I feel sick to my stomach. I vomit at times. I've had hallucinations. It makes me feel like my blood sugar is dropping, but it's not. Just makes my body not feel right. Thinking about finding something else without these side effects."

• Anonymous
• June 21, 2009

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "Works great at getting rid of RLS, but causes rebound RLS after a few months of steady use. Also doesn't affect RLS brought on or worsened by extreme tiredness or dehydration. Rebound RLS is worse than before, and instead of having it a few times a week, RLS is constant after about 8 PM, and rebound starts up in the very early AM. It works well, but I started to have issues after several months."

• Francis...
• December 17, 2016

For Restless Legs Syndrome "I have had RLS all my life. For the first 40 years, I was wide awake until 2-3 in the morning, and my legs were wanting to run a marathon. The first night on ropinirole was a come-to-Jesus-like experience. I had to up the dosages until I was at 4 mg, which has been just fine for the last 8 years. I do not know if I would have made it through the last 12 years without this medication."

• Ropin...
• June 23, 2016

For Restless Legs Syndrome "Started ropinirole 0.5 mg before bedtime in 2012. Now, 4 years later, I have finally determined, by process of elimination of other contributing factors, that this drug was causing SEVERE muscle spasms/cramps over my entire body - from my face to my feet. Additionally, the addictive qualities affected me by eating habits. I found myself returning to the kitchen after a meal, on average, 4 times for a snack. This translates to overweight!! I began tapering off this nasty chemical and am losing weight, and within 3 days, my muscle issues are nearly gone... after 4 years of pain & suffering & lack of sleep due to muscle/leg cramps. This info is NOT provided with the prescription, internet searches show this is considered rare (1%)."

• beau
• August 14, 2008

Requip (ropinirole) for Parkinson's Disease "I've been using Requip since 2005, started with the progression dose. Now I take 16 mg per day. Today, I saw my neurologist raise it to 20 mg per day, because the effect starts to decrease before my next dose. Drowsiness and sleeping are some of the side effects I have."

• Hippy
• Taken for less than 1 month
• October 30, 2019

For Restless Legs Syndrome "My doctor just prescribed ropinirole for my RLS but after reading the experiences of most other people who are taking it I'm terrified to try it. With PTSD, depression with anxiety and panic disorder this stuff just might harm me."

• Britc...
• November 4, 2013

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I'm on 4 mg of ropinrole and that use to be enough but lately it is not. I was told by my Doctor not to take anymore then 4 mg per day. But I can't take it the past two days I have taken 5mgs per day does anyone esle take more then 4 mg per day"

• kitjo...
• December 27, 2011

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "Requip has been a godsend for me. As with any other medication, it affects everyone differently. I take it only at bedtime because that is the only time it affects me. I do recommend this medicine to all that I know that suffer from restless leg syndrome."

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 14, 2012

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I have had restless legs syndrome for much longer than anyone knew what it was. I was a kid in the '70s getting in trouble for 'squirming' at my desk. It tends to act up more with periods of activity. When my wife and I were dating, I was at the gym and riding a bike, and I would wake up in the middle of the night and do stretches and anything to try and make the feeling go away. Recently, it has become unbearable again for some reason, it is ten years after the last bad period. I have tried Lyrica, which did not seem to help, Neurontin, which helped some but was wiping me out with tiredness, and I just switched to Mirapex because I couldn't see that 1-2 mg a night was doing anything but making me nauseous."

• Anonymous
• April 10, 2012

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "I loved Requip the first 3 months with no side effects. I was on 0.5 mg. Then I started to have anxiety attacks, emotional meltdowns, fatigued muscles, hot flashes during nighttime, and nausea. I stopped the medicine and all my problems went away, unfortunately, my RLS came back."

• KICKIN...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• June 13, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) for Restless Legs Syndrome "Ropinerol works for my jumpy legs, but I had to start taking it earlier and earlier. Now believe me side effects are real. I became reckless with money - my credit score dropped from 700s to 500s. I started to gamble so bad I would gather all the change in the house just to be able to play the slots. I would gamble instead of paying the mortgage."