Requip

[uk2]

Hi All,

Just a short one, Dr got me trying Requip starter pack.   I'm already on fenntal 100 pain patch change every 72 hrs, lyrica ( but coming off that down to 150) and clonazpam 4 mg and sertraline 50 mg
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before i tried pramopoxle and had pyscotic episode so am nervous of trying another dopimine agonist.

any views?

sam

[jeannetterp]

im very interested in what your going to say about the iuses for requip?

[jeannetterp]

Oh my goodness,
you described all my pains very well,
I have many more then you described, but what yoursaying I can relate with.
So I have Migratory rheamatoid Arthritis., fibromyalgia, chronic fatique blah blah blah
I get rituxan and it works for oh 4 months, but the down time is horendous, and this time I reduced night meds,
requip for numbing in arms, and also klonopin, I use to wake up with my hands in the air i remember trying other meds in the past, and then coming off them was miserable, I was on the same things as you.   so now I was looking for why this symptoms were coming bakc,
I have removed ambien cr for well over 60 days, i slowly have been reduceing my klonopin and requip,  i have not really taken it, last two three days.

grinding my teeth yesterday I chipped one, I am very angry, my arms are numb and I need to stand up from this computer,
I was looking to see if people use requipfor other then RLS.  I was given it to help with the arm numbing and the fact that my body or brain would shut down when smeeling old lady parfume and or fumes, loud noises, make me angry  to put more defense in the frontal lobe of the brain and it worked I can actually go into the church again.

[uk2]

forgot to say,its not for RLS its to help me sleep and ease pain the theary being that some fibro patients like parkinson patients have a lacking of dopimine in the brain which is a neuro transmitter for the part of the brain that controls,pain and movement nad sensations so by taking a dopimine agoinst it tricks the brain into making more dopimine but they dont know for certain if there is a lacking or not its just trial and error and last time it sent me loppy.

sam

shell

Thanks for your words, its nice to be welcomed back, Its so hard what to do i guess you have to try, its been a week and i notice i sleep better but all the side effects are not nice but i guess if they fade like they did with all the other meds it might be o.k but i'm already on such a cocktail i dont know if i'm coming or going.

take care

sam xxx(hugs)

[uk2]

Hi Hun,

I can write in bed now got net book, finaly feel connected to the outside world again.

I'm 33 and polymyalgia tends to happen to people in there fifties, An older friend had that and ended up in hospital but she k now after treatment but has to stay on long term medication.

I looked at the the central pain sydrome and it was spot on with the sensitive skin and sensitivty to light nad touch and noise but then fibro can have tohose sx but it also said it effects your digestive system which i struggle with but have been told its IBS which goes along with fibro so i just dont know, i've had 3 MRI done on brain and spine and all they found was degenerative disk disease in C2 and L4/5 and a narrowing and bulging at S1 almost touching the nerve.

I have separate issues which i am with a rheumy for knee problems palltalla (cant spell) and they have recently MRI my shoulder and xrayed it as i have lost a large % of use in it and they are trying to find out why.

All the drugs the london rheumy uses are for the CNS so i dont understand why they put fibro under rheumy as its not its a hyper sensitivty in the CNS.

My GP says i'm an unknown cause, she is distressed she cant help more.

I've been on pramapoxle a dopine agonist before and it made me feel the same way, it helps me sleep eases the pain but the side effects are extreme dizzyness, agitated nightmares sweats, really angry and just want to curl up and not be involved in anything.

Its so hard weighing up the side effects to what pain it eases.

As they are taking me off the lyrica i feel the skin sensitvity and nerve pain coming back, the spasms are getting worse, last time they took me off 400mg in a week big mistake my body went heywire and i've never felt pain like it full body spasms again all over in my jaw even my eys, just like how it started back in May 2007 ( although i'd been ill since jan 2007 after the car accident in nov 2006 which seems to of set it off from there.

anyway not sure any of that made sense my brain is all mush today.

But it sure is great to talk to you, i sent you private mail a while ago but not sure you got it.

I hope you are well, and you are doing a fantastic job on here still.

love sam

[Quixotic1]

Is the Requip for Restless Limb or some other use?

Sam, have you ever had a ESR or Sed Rate done?  Your pain is so severe, it makes me wonder if you might have something called Polymyalgia Rheumatica.

I just hate that you are in so much pain.

quix

[sllowe]

Ok, I'll be quik too......

Soooooooooooo VERY GLAD to see you Sam!  I don't know enough about the meds to comment, but cannot let this opportunity to tell you that I think of you!

I pray this med does you right and that you feel confident in your decision to take, or not take it - k?

Just take appropriate precautions if you do.  So you feel comfortable that you can be cared for if something happens.  That is what I just did w/the Rebif.  I'm glad I did it, as it made elated a bit afterward when i didn't have an immediate reaction.

Feel Well Soon,
and BIG HUGS
-Shell