Before you go on a dopamine agonists

[Neverquitting]

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/2...

[Joolsg]

Thanks for that post. I definitely suffered DAWS for months after coming off Ropinirole and my GP thought I was being a drama queen. Wish I had seen that article and I could have handed it over to her with a smug grin

Happy New Year

[Hidden in reply to Joolsg]

Hi Jools. Please read my reply to Neverquitting about the DAWS w/d. I meant to put your name on also but didn't know how to send to 2 people. (L'm not the world'sbest computer user.). irina1975

[Joolsg in reply to Hidden]

Noted Irina and thanks.

[Hidden]

Hi Neverquitting. Great website. Very informative . Plan to give copy to my PCP (Primary Care Physician). Six months ago she gave me a prescription for Pramipexole which I took for a week before landing in the emergency room with a drug reaction. Stopped taking and have refused to try other meds she recommended. I thought she was a good PCP but several things lately have made me rethink my opinion. I remembered tonight what she said when she gave me the prescription. (At the time I had no knowledge of rls meds and little knowledge about rls.) Her comment, and I quote, was "This med will probably help your rls for a while but then will most likely stop working." End of conversation. WHAT AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!!. It's amazing how-at least here in the US some substances are outlawed but commercial moneymaking legal drugs with God-awful side effects are not only allowed, but often pushed on an unsuspecting public. Thanks for listening.

[Neverquitting in reply to Hidden]

It’s criminal. So many lives ruined, they don’t care. At least your dr knew ( and disclosed) that the drug only works for a little while! I had to find that one out by reading dozens of research articles from the manufacturer! Most drs just keep upping the dose. I was on it for 9 years until I found out . It’s been 3 years. Still am not back to myself BUT I slept all night it’s just a bedtime epson salt bath! While on mirapex my last sleep study had me at 30x severe.