Requip for Restless Legs Syndrome User Reviews (Page 3)

• Vis...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• May 25, 2017

"I've had RLS for about 5 years. I was on Nupro for about a year, and it worked well until the last month, then it was like it made it worse. I've been on Requip for almost 2 years and have had to up my dose a couple of times. I now take Requip ER in the morning around 11:00 am and take a 2 mg pill at 8:00 pm and sleep through most nights."

• Rog...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 6, 2012

"I take 0.75 mg at 6:00 p.m. This totally relieves restless legs syndrome for me. Side effects are mild but include profound sleepiness and mildly heightened libido (true!), which are somewhat self-defeating. Because Requip is a dopamine agonist, it works alongside iron as a co-factor. Therefore, I need to minimize iron-depleting lifestyle factors as well as taking Requip. That means that I can only have decaffeinated coffee and that I can't drink alcohol."

• Dag...
• February 18, 2012

"I have had restless legs syndrome since before there was any medicine or before they put a name on it. I called it shaken leg syndrome. Then finally, my Dr. put me on Requip as soon as it came out. I went up to 4 mg quickly, but I had it all over my body, so I went out searching again online and found 'NATURE'S INVENTORY.' They have an oil for RLS, and it works for moderate or less. So I use the oil when I'm out and about because Requip makes me very tired. I only have to take 2 mg Requip as long as I use the oil, too. Other side effects with Requip are: sweating, nausea. I nibble on my pill over about 2 hours and have no side effects that way. I can't imagine life without Requip."

• Res...
• December 31, 2015

"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, trazodone 50 mg, and Tylenol #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 you're nuts if you ask for all that, but I'm telling you it will work. I moved, and my new doctor decided to take my Mirapex away and try me on Requip... fail..."

• Dot...
• February 22, 2013

"I have had restless legs syndrome for 5 years. I started Requip at 1 mg, now I am taking 2.5 mg. I have had morning sickness every day. Nothing else works. I am hoping the path will work. I am willing to try anything."

• MoM...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• November 20, 2015

"Requip was life changing for a year! But like others have commented, my RLS has been getting a lot worse. I have discovered that this is a rather common side effect of this drug. Before Requip, I used to have 3-4 bad nights a week. Now, if I don't have access to the medication, I don't sleep at all, and the medication is working less and less. I don't know if it has been worth it."

• kas...
• March 17, 2009

"After taking Mirapex for about a year, then developing horrible nausea and vomiting, my doctor switched me to Requip 0.5 mg at bedtime. This time, the relief from RLS only lasted about a week. After that, the nausea and vomiting returned with a vengeance, and I had to discontinue the medication immediately."

• Pat...
• April 21, 2011

"I have been using Requip for approximately 10 years now for severe restless leg syndrome, which affects my entire body, not just my legs. I take 4 to 5 1 mg tablets a day and don't know what I would do without Requip."

• Bri...
• November 4, 2013

"I'm on 4 mg of ropinirole, and that used to be enough, but lately it is not. I was told by my doctor not to take any more than 4 mg per day. But I can't take it. The past two days I have taken 5 mg per day. Does anyone else take more than 4 mg per day?"

• sal...
• February 17, 2012

"Requip was effective, and I thought that I couldn't live without it. However, after about 10 years of increasingly disturbing nightmares, one dangerously extreme nightmare made me realize that something was very wrong. After stopping the Requip, problem solved. Now I take one Aleve one hour before bedtime, and most nights sleep okay. I have heard that some doctors believe that RLS is actually a spinal disc problem, and since I do have a bulge in a lower back disc, this could be my problem."

• Gen...
• August 4, 2010

"I have been using ropinirole for about 2 1/2 years now. I finally can get a good night's sleep. I take it nightly; I can't forget to take it because my legs start getting restless. I have had to increase the dosage to 2 mg, and I have never experienced any side effects to my knowledge."

• mst...
• November 3, 2015

"Was on Clonazepam 1 mg as needed. Doctor found out that it causes Alzheimer's and dementia, so they took me off it. I tried Requip, but it made me feel crappy. When I stood still, I felt like I was going to fall, I completely lost my appetite, and other things."

• Pha...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• September 5, 2015

"I have been on Requip for about 6 years and have a severe case of RLS. My leg spasms have worn out many sheets. I would have to say I have a love/hate relationship with Requip. I take a 5 mg tablet 1 hour before bed. Almost like clockwork, 22 to 25 minutes later, I feel miserable with a constant feeling of the need to puke, but I don't. I have always had insomnia, which got worse on Requip. I have been able to address the insomnia with trazodone, and it works well. I have read others' posts, and I think I am going to talk with my doctor about spreading it out in 3 different times to take it. In the past 6 months, I have begun to have twitching in my arms, shoulders, and wrists."

• squ...
• August 28, 2011

"I've been on 1 Requip for a couple of months with *great* success. Last night, however, I got my first breakthrough restless legs syndrome; it lasted all night and was excruciating. I took baths, did some stretching, and even took another Requip. I got about 4 hours of sleep, but RLS woke me up again this morning, and it's the same. I've read that many people have had to up the dosage on this medicine, but this happened to me so soon after taking it; I'm sort of nervous. I don't want to increase the dosage already - it's only been a month. Thank you for mentioning that some of you have RLS breakthrough if you are dehydrated or something else."

• lil...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• October 20, 2020

"I took Requip for RLS for 3 years and found that it was messing with my emotions. For the longest time, I didn't know that the med was causing it. Then I quit taking it for a week and discovered it. So I changed to something else."

• cat...
• July 5, 2011

"I have been taking Requip XL for a few years now. It worked great at first, but now I get rebound restless legs syndrome almost every afternoon. I also find that if I'm late taking it, or if I take it after the rebound RLS starts, that it takes hours before it helps. I usually end up taking Percocet to stop the painful twitching. It's better than taking nothing at all, but I would love to go 24 hours without the pain!"

• Anonymous
• May 22, 2011

"Has anyone noticed that Requip XL has more side effects than regular Requip? My doctor has been giving me samples of Requip XL to take instead of my regular Requip (insurance will not pay for Requip XL). I take 6 mg per day and have taken it for many years. My dosage has been as much as 12 mg, but I have reduced the dosage to get down to 6 mg. I still have breakthrough restless legs even when I take my medicine on schedule, and sometimes when I do not take my medicine on time, I will have restless legs for hours after I take my dose. I am having severe nausea, vomiting, sweats, flushing, hot flashes, dizziness, tiredness, etc."

• Nic...
• December 5, 2015

"I was taking amitriptyline for years, but started losing memory, then I started losing time. With Alzheimer's strong in family history, I had to make a change to my medication. I tried Horizant, 300 mg for a while, then bumped up the mg to 600/night. It still wasn't helping. My legs got worse and worse. I was taking Benadryl just to sleep, and sometimes even that didn't work. Fed up with crying and writhing in pain, I called my doctor who put me back on Requip. 3 mg to start. It was terrible! Incredible nausea, vomiting, sweats, syncope.... worst night of my life! I thought I was going to die! Luckily, my fiancé is a medical assistant, otherwise, I probably wouldn't be able to write this."

• jen...
• November 29, 2008

"I have chronic kidney disease that can cause RLS. It was wonderful at first when they started me on 0.5 mg. As side effects go, I got a nice relaxed feeling with nausea. Then I started to get the RLS again and had my dose upped twice. Now I take 2 mg of Requip with 1 mg Klonopin. Still can get a little restless. Still looking for the perfect pill. For those of you like me on dialysis, I don't think there is much hope but prayers. Sometimes they work, sometimes they don't."

• Tho...
• January 1, 2011

"It took over 5 years before I was able to find out what I had in my legs, and behold, it was Restless Legs Syndrome. They gave me Requip, and it was great for about a month or so, no pain when I sat down, which was when I always felt the pain. But like some other users, I would wake up and dry vomit, or vomit, depends on how long it was since my last meal. It was not worth the morning sessions, so I stopped taking it. I hope this works for other people, but I am waiting for a better option. I would like to point out also my legs didn't hurt after I threw up, but it just was not worth it."

• lbf...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• May 2, 2012

"I started with the Requip Starter Kit about 14 years ago. I remember this medicine being a life-saver. Without Requip/ropinirole, I would have no life - I can't imagine this medication not working for me any longer. That is something I dread, but I have been very, very lucky, this medicine saved my quality of life with no side effects!"

• Anonymous
• February 29, 2012

"This somewhat reduced my restless legs syndrome (which occurs every other day and is enough to keep me up at night and be bothersome); however, it gave me insomnia, which came in the form of falling asleep relatively quickly, but I would wake up approximately every two hours in the middle of very vivid dreams. Each time I would wake up, it would take me a good five minutes to realize where exactly I was and that I was semi-awake in the middle of a vivid dream; then it would take me a good half hour to fall asleep again, and the cycle would repeat. The side effects definitely outweighed the benefits, and I stopped using after two nights. Now I'm on Gabapentin, which hopefully will work a bit better for me."

• Anonymous
• April 3, 2012

"I've been on Requip for 5 years. Unfortunately, I started having breakthroughs daily. I was then placed on Neurontin along with the Requip. This was successful after upping the Neurontin dosage to a level of 1,200 mg daily at bedtime, along with 6 mg of the Requip."

• Tex...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 29, 2016

"I haven't taken my first dose yet, but hoping it works. My RLS occurs mostly during the day, and at times also includes my arms. Since I have a problem with chronic pain, I'm on Norco 10/325 every 6 hrs, Gabapentin 300-900 mg 3 times a day, and had been on Diazepam (Valium) 5 mg every 4-6 hrs as needed for muscle spasms. Well, one day I got so desperate that I took one of each of my meds and the symptoms stopped after about 45 minutes! I was so excited as I would often have 3-4 episodes a day, not every day thank goodness! Then, my pain management doctor stopped the Diazepam! Really made it harder to control the RLS when it would start. I finally upped my dose of Gabapentin, which seemed to help. Still need some Diazepam to work."

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

"Ropinirole 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 badly 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."