I've been on the drug for almost a month I experience augmentation .and during that time i went from 12 mg to 25mg last week that I was on it having bad side effects my doctor said I did not need to table off the drug I've been having really bad insomnia
like no sleep and psychotic episode could this be caused by pramipexole
Hi!
Sorry you’re having a bad time.
I am a little confused, so I’m going to tell you what I understand from your post:
-You are on 0.25mg Pramipexole (I’m assuming you meant to put a decimal point in there), raised last week from 0.12mg.
-You want to get off altogether because you are worried that the Prami is causing your psychotic episodes and insomnia
-your doctor said you don’t need to taper (instead of table?) off the drug.
Am I correct?
yeh and no I was on .125 mg it started to not work anymore 25 day my legs was keeping me up and body sensation I went into the doctor and have them increase my dose increases . 25mg it worked about 3 or 4 days then I started to have side effects insomnia not caused by my legs daytime drowsiness stomach pain. I had like 5 things on the side effects. I had noticed if I took the medicine sooner I could fall asleep it's getting to the point where I taking the medication at 5 p.m. to be able to sleep.I looked online and found out that insomnia with a side effects
that's how I call my doctor and ask if I can stop taking it or do I need to tape the nurse call me a day later back all hostile and said that no I don't need a tape I can set stop taking it 2 days before I lowered the dose of a medication back dow to .125mg when she had called I had misplaced the medication anyhow .every since I stopped I haven't been able to sleep I've been having an anxiety attack night sweats now I've been pretty depressed and I lost 20 pounds still in the last two weeks I was taking it. it have been 7 days now off
Ok... so, you are saying that you are off Pramipexole now? Despite this, you’re having side effects from it?
yeh
I was taking Xanax with it before I went to bed ? I had bad anxiety problems before this
I was taking Xanax with it before bed.I had a little anxiety pass before this I also known to be hypersensitive to medications. i do not have rls, it was perscribed as a sleep aid to help with nightime anxiety and overall restlessness.after stopping taking pramipexole i have more restlessness problem than before it was perscribed.
I have no idea why your doctor would prescribe a dopamine med like Pramipexole as a sleep aid, if you dont have RLS. I would go back to your doctor as it seems your anxiety is more of the problem than stopping the Pramipexole. You said your legs were keeping you awake, in what way, if you dont have RLS.
while taking it and after stoping taking it it seems like i have restless legs, numbness, crawling bug sensations, and as soon as i try to relax it becomes a problem. it got worse with the dosage increase, it was worse when i first stopped taking it but seems to be slowly improving. some days are better than others
My nurse practitioner also told me i didn’t have to taper off because I’d “only been on it for 3 weeks:” i ended up in severe withdrawal and paced the floors and didn’t sleep for 4 nights. Don’t listen! You absolutely do need to taper off.