It is supposed to be worse after long night without sinemet (requip 0.125 is given every other night and no significant distinguish between with and without it) Sinemet suppose to make motion better and it DID make her better before. Or Dyskinesia completely overridden others (but the Dyskinesia is happened in the jaw/tongue and I don't see any tremor in legs/feet)
I tried to find a logic explanation, but no luck! Can this imply sinemet is no good for her anymore?
Every other sleep aid made above symptoms worse. Did tapered Requip withdrawal while adding the sinemet. Right now taking 1/2 afternoon and 1 at night.Offers little help with night RLS. None with bad waking. Horrible to go back to where I was after those months of peaceful nights and NORMAL waking. Any help welcome.
Have had following symptoms,increasing frequency since 11/05. Background:50F.5/05 Resection meningioma right parietal. 09/05 diagnosed Hashimotos Hypothyroid. Synthroid.137 TSH 1.87 FT4 1.40.10/07 neuro diagnosed RLS. Besides known rls symptoms had/have morning symptoms. Awakened early AM startled, stressed,wired/ tired,sense of dread,shaky,jumping out of skin,adrenaline rush. Difficult to describe, determined not panic attacks. Somewhat relieved getting up to move around.
I too have been on both of these meds and have had similar issues. Have you been on Sinemet yet? Requip and Mirapex are dopamine agonists, but Sinemet is a dopamine replacement and is best reserved for when the agonists no longer work.
SinemetCR worked for me for a few years before the side effects outweighed the decreasing benefits. It's more complicated to optimize it's effectiveness, as one is best served to consider the timing, volume and content of their meals.
I started taking Sinemet about 3 months ago and my blood sugar levels, insulin resistance are all over the map. In the morning I fight to get my BSs down and now, in the afternoon, I often have BS crashes into severe hypo territory. I've been to the emergency twice these past two weeks - a week ago Friday with hyper, ketones and this last Friday with a severe hypo with 5 units still active!!!
Have had rls once or twice a month for ten years. Then bam, it's full blown, unreal, can't do this, rls. I don't need to tell you all how it feels... But discribeing it to a small town doctor feels like I'm talking to a book. Short story, I moved to Idaho from California. Seeking the small town, farm, slow pace and American dream of life. Digging in deep with enjoying the mild winter and active from dawn to dusk.
t concentrate and feel generally jumpy and unbalanced. i am getting concerned about the effects of low dopamine on my personality. i have a feeling there are more effects, perhaps irritablity, etc. i want to know how to balance myself naturally and not take pharmaceuticals. i think it has a adrenal insufficiency component also.
any information or experience is very welcome.
OK, somebody out there must have restless leg syndrome, and not only HAVE it, but have found something other than Requip and Mirapex to help it. One glass of white wine sometimes helps, and faster than the drugs, but the effect wears off too soon. I've had this since my teens and I'm now in my sixties, and it's driving me round the bend!
Dear Kat,
I do know that taking Requip itself can cause hallucinations. But he's been taken off it. Now, stopping Requip can cause confusion. So, I don't know what to make of it. I do recall when I had pneumonia, I was out of my mind, and I have never taken Requip. I suppose it's possible he's having a combination of fever hallucinations, left-over Requip hallucinations, and withdrawal confusion. Any way you look at it, he's having a very hard time.
I took requip for about five years - worked, no problem. Then about 4 months ago, I started getting, out of the blue and for no obvious reason, anorexia, nausea, and finally light stomach ache. After a lot of investigative stuff, including an EGD, my gastroenterologist discovered the cause: I had become allergic to requip. Just a note of caution.
time I am struggling to breathe and feel I am suffocating. My neurologist has me on Sinemet, Requip, Amantadline and Comtan. She added a carbo/levo tablet this past week that dissolves on the tongue. .i have not seen anywhere that debilitating shortness of breath is associated with Parkinson's. My neurologist thinks that this breathing distress is due to the wearing off of my meds although these episodes can happen randomly. Nedless to say it is affecting my quality of life.
I've been dealing with horrible spasticity since April and has gotten worse. I don't sleep much anymore at night and I work full time. My MRI shows no changes (minimal) and thoracic spine has no lesions. I've tried so many medications including sativex. I'm so tired and done with it all. I've also tried amitripyline, carbonmezipine, sinemet, quinine, nabilone and nothing. Please help....
Sinemet is used for Parkinson's and in that case is neccessary. But if a person has tardive it will eventually worsen it (that's known clinically). That doesn't mean what the original poster is describing falls in that category. It could be just be akathesia or something temporary that will go into remmission.
Over the years the symptoms increased, and I now have severe lower back and neck pain, joint pain (especially knees) and my RLS has become more pronounced. I now have the symptoms beginning much earlier in the day, so have had to increase the use of Sinemet. I now believe the Lipitor may be the cause of my "restless leg syndrome" and also the cause of these other aches and pains that are becoming much worse.
m totally becoming homeless and the doctors are trying to find me any relief. Requip and gapapintin is what I been on for years and other types including patches Nupro to little help and now Requip is to little help and a couple hours of sleep night after night I worry is this. I'm off work do to showing positive COVID-19 with that being said you see I'm battling some difficult things.
I started noticing limp. Limp got more pronunced. Gradually had some weakness in right shoulder/arm and right leg. Constant burning in right shoulder and more weakness.
Test conducted - EMGs (3), Brain MRI (2), Spine/Lower Lumbar MRI, Autoimmmune blood test, Spinal Tap - all normal - there were some white spots on Brain MRI but were found to be normal for my age.
My Neurologist put me on low dose Sinemet for 6 weeks. This is usually intended for Parkinsons patients.
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