Ropinirole for Restless Legs Syndrome User Reviews (Page 2)

• Sleep...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 16, 2013

Requip (ropinirole) "I have had restless legs syndrome for 30 years that I can remember. I have been on Requip for 15 years. Before it was approved for RLS. I was in a clinical trial for it then was able to get a script for it as it was approved for Parkinson's. RLS treatment varies on intensity of it. It only gets worse. I am up do 4 mg a day. The combination of what works is a moving target. I have tried it all. Requip is no longer helping me as it was. Once RLS starts I am screwed in to a night of living hell. I take Ambien to help but that is no longer helping. "

• Veryv...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• June 3, 2020

"I am an 80 yr old woman who has had RLS since the birth of my first child 57 years ago. I have taken many drugs over the years. Currently I am taking 1200MG of gabapentin and 2MG of Ropinerole. It works great, but I have noticed a weight gain over the past few months. I have gone from 150 lbs to just over 170. I want to lose some of this weight, and have tried cutting back on what I eat, but the weight keeps going up. I contacted by neurologist, but he just says to keep on like I am. Maybe start taking some magnesium in place of some of the gabapentin. Has anyone else had a weight gain like this. I am experiencing edema in my legs."

• UPS
• October 24, 2016

Requip (ropinirole) "It works but it's based on what is in your stomach. If I'm stuffed and ate to much before bed, which can be hours before bed I need 3 mg. Some what full 2mg and if I ate small meals and I take it 2 hours before bed 1mg. Now if I take 1 or 2 mg on an empty stomach I might feel sick. I have gotten home before after work and very hungry and ordered pizza. Took 1 or 2 mg before ordering and felt sick before the pizza even got here. So I the mg's need is based on what's in your stomach. It works great but you can't get take what the Doctor says like 2mg's before bed because it changes. Have the Doctor give you 90 tablets at 1mg and write take 1-3 per night as needed. We'll see if that helps and I feel your pain."

• Sneeze...
• December 25, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) "Have been taking Requip for 6 months. You have to be careful not to exceed recommended dosage and keep it as low as possible. It will or won't work for you, don't get impatient and take more shortly after first dose. I am lucky in that I do not get the vomiting/stomach issues. But you can almost time it to the minute, I start to cough, my nose feels like it is swollen inside and no air can get thru. Draining in to the throat makes the cough much worse. 2 1/2 to 3 hrs later-all better. Higher doses ( 2mg) make it much worse. However it still beats RLS without a doubt!!"

• Anonymous
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 13, 2016

Requip (ropinirole) "I am 44 and started taking Requip 1 mg on 4/06/2016 and it has been absolutely wonderful. My quality of life was so poor prior to this and wasn't getting but 2 hours of sleep a night...if that. I call it my miracle drug. I haven't had any side effects. The Doctor put me on it because I have a sleep study coming up and the last time I went to the sleep study, I didn't sleep. I was surprised that it worked for me the first night I took it."

• lbfer...
• September 2, 2008

Requip (ropinirole) "I have been on Requip for over a year now and it is a God-send. Requip has saved my life. I don't have any of the side effects (sleepiness, etc.) associated with Requip, thank goodness, but it does let me sleep at night. I asked my doctor to prescribe it for me and she had never heard of Requip until I told her about it. Surprise! I will be on Requip forever until science figures out what causes RLS. I highly recommend Requip to anybody who has RLS. Side effects for me - none whatsoever, just a good night's sleep for a change."

• Buckw...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 23, 2019

Requip (ropinirole) "Didn’t notice a change in RLS, but after trying at 0.5mg a few different times I noticed it was causing terrible depression. Every time I try it the depression hits me the next day and gets worse. Maybe it’ll go away after awhile, but I’m not waiting! The depression it gave me was terrible."

• Worldly...
• April 7, 2008

Requip (ropinirole) "I have moderate-to-severe Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). I take 1 or 1.5 mg of REQUIP nightly. It is 100% effective in eliminating all symptoms of RLS. I have no side-effects. It has been a miracle drug for me. I also want to say Mirapex (pramipexole) was also 100% effective for me, with no side-effects."

• NFano
• Taken for less than 1 month
• April 5, 2017

Requip (ropinirole) "I was told to take this medication around 5:00 PM. After taking this medicine for a week, I decided that I couldn't take it anymore. It kept me awake and still had restless legs. When I did sleep a little, I had bad dreams and I had repetitive thoughts all throughout the night. It was weird. I cut out caffeine and tried walking more and decided to try it again for a week but no change. I just couldn't take it."

• Jerky...
• November 8, 2014

Requip (ropinirole) "I have been on Requip for about 8 years now. My RLS is severe and I believe started as a child but became worse after childbearing. I take Requip 2-4mg at night. Guess what? I am out of town and forgot the Requip. It is 3am and I have not slept a wink. My sister has milder RLS, my grandfather had signs of it and then developed Parkinsons. I have seen signs in my daughter who is a teen and now have spoken to a cousin who also suffers. Thankfully my only side effect is sleepyness, because I do not know what I would do without my Requip."

• Marklr
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• September 7, 2019

"I've had RLS nearly all my life but it got a lot worse after I turned 40. The Dr first prescribed Gabapentin which didn't do much. Then I was prescribed a low dose of Ropinirole, building up to 2mg at night. It works for me.....stops the RLS no problem. If I forget to take a tablet, I won't sleep....the RLS starts kicking in to remind me! As for the side effects it induces impulse control disorders and hypersexuality disorders so I now have a gambling problem which is a known side effect so I'm skint from gambling, and have a sore penis from masturbating. Seriously"

• Anonymous
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• July 8, 2012

Requip (ropinirole) "I began taking Requip when it first came on the market for restless legs syndrome. My symptoms got better for about 6 months, then slowly got worse. As the dosage increased, so did the systems. What began as nightly leg twitching/aches, got so bad I began having anxiety attacks at night. It was very common for me to have an anxiety attack and end up getting up on the computer until about 3am until I couldn't keep my head up anymore (Getting up at 5am for work, I was a walking zombie). Also as the dosage increased, I began having symptoms while sitting at my desk at work and also experienced nightly vomiting/dry heaving. I became suicidal. After 6 yrs I switched to Mirapex. After 5 yrs I'm on minimal dosage with incredible results. I feel human again!"

• David...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• July 19, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) "So far so good. I have mild RLS compared to others I think. For a long time I didn't know what I had and the doctor thought at first it was neuropathy in my feet. Tried some other meds for that (Cymbalta, Amitriptyline) both did not help with some side effects. I started the Requip at one pill .25mg for 2 days and it seemed to work well but with some pain still. Last night I increased to 2 pills at bedtime and pain pretty much gone. My doctor said to increase dose if I need more relief up to max of 2mg after appropriate waiting time. No side effects so far."

• Short...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 31, 2019

Requip (ropinirole) "Wonderful.. especially the extend release. Generic makes me deathly nauseous. Requip is a miracle. Have had RLS since 10yo. I am 63. Wocart stopped making generic that did not make me sick. Had to go to the brand name. Made me sick first 2 nights. Now the miracle for me."

• Sin
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• May 23, 2019

Requip (ropinirole) "I was on REQUIP for my RESTLESS LEGS SYNDROME which I got after having my son but it gotten worst. My son is 41 now and I am worse I keep my husband up and he works every day and he needs his rest. Now the DRUG company says I can't take Requip name brand and have too take Repolirole 2mg but I am up all night with legs jumping all night and no sleep and get up to go the couch and try too sleep some."

• Chels...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 14, 2016

"I recently started this medication for my horrible RLS, I couldn't sleep most nights because of it. I started on 1mg a night and within 30 min the awful leg tingles and shaking stopped! And then about 1.5 hr into taking it my entire body felt relaxed and practically put me to sleep! It was easy to wake up on too! I tried seroquel for sleep before and that was really hard to wake from. Anyways I have not had any bad side effects so far! I'm so glad they make medications for RLS, I feel like this medication makes me feel so energized for the next day! Puts me in a much better mood feeling like I got enough sleep! Great medication for RLS! Definitely give it a try! They have many different dosages ranging from 0.25mg-5mg a night so try it out!"

• Izzl
• Taken for less than 1 month
• December 29, 2018

Requip (ropinirole) "Had been taking clonazepam for RLS. In the hospital Doctor decided to switch to Requip. That night traumatized me for a long time. Side effects , electric-like shooting pains exiting from my vertebrae bilaterally. When I returned home I looked up this medication. The approval rating was high, but if you read the side effects people had I would not recommend it to anyone. Leg pain with gabapentin. Mirapex made my muscles cramp up. My mom loved it, but I am back to clonazepam. Quality control bad with generics but as anyone who suffers from RLS knows, you get quite desperate, almost frantic if you run out of medication. BTW antidepressants exasperate symptoms."

• ShortyG
• January 21, 2015

Requip (ropinirole) "My restless legs syndrome has become really annoying in the past few months. I was on Gabapentin which seemed to help but it started to become less effective so the Dr switched to Requip. On my first night, I felt sick and had flu like symptoms. The next day I took it early and immediately felt sick and started to throw up and felt chills and then felt hot. This medicine did absolutely nothing for me besides make me sick."

• Ally
• Taken for 10 years or more
• April 13, 2018

"I have been taking Ropinirole for over 10 years now.It literally saved my life.I was so sleep deprived from RLS I wanted to end my life. At times I even had it in my arms. I have had RLS since I was a child and suffered for years in school and even college trying to sit still. Severe sleeping problems did not occur until my mid thirties but RLS was not treated as such then and a few Drs tried to tell me it was depression. The antidepressants only escalated the problem. Finally RLS became a realization to the medical world and thank God we that suffer with it now have a chance at a normal life even if it is on medication."

• Bless...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• March 28, 2019

"I was prescribed Ropinirole 0.5 yesterday (3-27-19). Was told to start taking 1 a week working my way up to taking 4 a week at week 4. I took my first dose at 10:40pm and within 45 min was so disoriented I couldn't see straight and made my severe RLS 10x worse then before. My calves locked up as though I had a major Charlie horse and I couldn't stop my legs from moving. I felt extremely nauseous as well. Now the next day I have thrown up twice, my whole body hurts and I feel like I have the flu (which isn't a coincidence) I'm unable to hold my head up I'm terribly ill and weak from this medication today. This medicine has kept my mind fuzzy all day and extreme mood swings. I'm never like this ever but once I took this 1 dose I felt horrible. These horrible side effects aren't worth it I'm so done with this medication."

• Jojo
• August 22, 2019

"I was given a 2mg ropinirole dose for restless leg and terrible leg cramps. I’m currently taking Wellbutrin for depression and trazadone at night for insomnia. The first night of taking it within 30 minutes I wasn’t able to rest, felt terribly ill with nausea and stood next to the toilet for over 2 hours. I finally laid down but was awake all night trying not to vomit. I was ill all day the next day like flu symptoms and wasn’t able to function. Called my doctor and was told to take my Wellbutrin in morning. Tried it the second night, laid in bed and it started making me sick again and this time I was projectile vomiting. I was sick the next day and wasn’t able to function again. That medicine was thrower in the trash and I get nauseous just thinking about what it did to me. Apparently I can’t find any drug interactions between Requip and my other meds. This medicine was the sole cause of the two days of illness. I hope this will help others that have also had this problem."

• Steady...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• December 3, 2014

Requip (ropinirole) "I've have an extreme case; it starts in my legs and finds it's way to the arms and everywhere else. I've spent more nights than I care to remember screaming into my pillow. Requip completely quiets the syndrome - 100%. But...then I spend the next two hours wishing I hadn't taken it, due to the endless projectile vomiting. I cannot take it, as I had developed hypophosphatemia from the vomiting. (I now take Klonopin 1 mg at bedtime, and it prevents RLS extremely well.)"

• Katz
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 1, 2018

Requip (ropinirole) "Been on Requip, 1mg for over ten years. The first 10 days or so, it was awful. Thought I would pass out. Kept stopping and starting again. Then like magic, no more side effects and worked 90% of the time. Retired this year and switch to cheaper ropinerole, 2mg as the lower dose was useless! Nausea too. So, now it 8months later and switched back to brand Requip. Some things are just not worth the cheaper price. Grateful I will sleep tonight!!"

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

"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) "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."