I started taking Requip last year for RLS. I just happen to mention to my doctor that I had leg pain during the night. She had given me a trial pack but left it at home when I went to my daughters for the weekend. I had only been taking it a few days and when I didn't have it to take I thought i was dying. It is like I am addited to this drug. I can't come off of it. I have started having shooting pains in my legs and find that I am having to take it more often. I am sleepy, my skin has changed, I have flakey scalp which I never used to have and this shooting pain in generally in my left leg but sometime both. I have also been having stiffness in my right shoulder. Has anyone had simular effects?