Ropinirole withdrawal: Getting emotional?

[Hazuki]

So I'm 3 weeks without ropinirole, sleeping is still not great but I have some faith it will improve.

Weirdly, these past few days I've been feeling really emotional, just super sensitive to everything, for example every now and then I listen to music by my old band and while it's always nostalgic it doesn't make me cry but today I just started crying!

Yesterday I spend the whole day trying not to cry as it was my wife's birthday and I thought about how my RLS and fibromyalgia have impacted our lives so much.

Has anyone else experienced this or am I losing my marbles?

[Merny5]

you are not alone Hazuki. I have never experienced such an inability to control my emotions like I have since coming off of a dopamine agonists. I too will cry for no reason at all or when I hear something unhappy or happy for example, on the news. It is very slowly getting better. I have been off of the DAs for one year and 4 months. Try to just accept it and not try to stop it. For me that helps. It will get better. I’m so sorry that you are going through this but you are not alone.

[Hazuki in reply to Merny5]

Thank you for your reply, it really does help, what your describe is exactly what I'm feeling!

I will take your advice and just accept that it's happening.

Thanks again

H

[grassgree]

You are definitely not alone! Dopamine is a "feel good" neurotransmitter, and the lack of it will cause mood swings. Some researchers think that low dopamine levels may be the underlying cause of many cases of depression. Here is some advice from the website bebrainfit.com/dopamine-def...

Some foods known to increase dopamine:

almonds, apples, avocados, bananas, beets, chocolate, coffee, eggplants, green leafy vegetables, green tea, legumes, oatmeal, oranges, peanuts, peas, plantains, sea vegetables, sesame and pumpkin seeds, spinach, tomatoes, turmeric, watermelon, wheat germ.

It will get better, in time.