How much is too much?

[Moose68]

Hello everyone,

I have taken Ropinirole since 1999 my doctor has increased my dose to 2mg 3 x daily over that time period It’s not enough medicine to sustain me between doses any more. I sleep one or two hours each night and take several hot baths to reduce the agony or pace all night long.

My doctor said I’m on the max dose for RLS patient. What do I do now?

My biggest fear is loosing my job because I sleep in my car during my lunch break and some day my performance is lacking.

I often dream about life without this condition, I pray that I don’t wake from my sleep so often.

Thanks for any feedback.

My medication list below.

RLS - Ropinirole HCL 2mg 1 tablet 3 x daily

Metformin HCL - ER 50

Blood Pressure - ER Metoprolol 200mg 1 x daily

Vascepa 1gram capsule take two pills twice daily - Cholesterol

Clonazepam 0.5 mg - 3 tablets at bedtime – Sleep/Anxiety/RLS

Metformin HCL - ER 500 mg 2 twice daily

Fenofibrate 160 mg 1 daily

Amphetamine salts 20mg 2 x daily

Cypionate injections 1mg each week

Glimepiride 2mg 1 x daily

Lisinopril 20mg 1 x daily

Jardiance 25mg 1 x daily

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Too much.

Your doctor is irresponsible for prescribing a dose of ropinirole in excess of the recommended maximum.

Since you've been taking this amount plus you've been taking ropinirole for so long you will be suffering from a condition lnown as "augmentation" caused by the ropinirole.

Some of the other medications you're taking may also be making yout RLS worse. I don't understand why you're taking so many different medicines for your diabetes. You could discuss this with your doctor.

I suggest you look at the pinned posts on augmentation in this forum.