Ropinirole for Periodic Limb Movement Disorder User Reviews

• Luc...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• September 19, 2019

"I had been a bad sleeper all of my life and never realized there was a reason. I was sick of being tired, so I finally went to a sleep specialist and had a sleep study. He told me I had 300+ leg movements in the night. After increasing my iron and doing stretches, I was still waking up, though not as much. I started on Ropinirole a few days ago and am already sleeping better. The nights are not as long as they used to be. I feel more rested during the day. I used to feel like a zombie. The first night, I had a ton of really vivid dreams, which was odd. Since then, I've had a few each night. Not scary, just boring, slightly annoying dreams. Like a dream where I lose my keys and go through a day trying to find them. I haven't had any other side effects."

• Ger...
• December 23, 2008

Ropinirole "I am a 73-year-old male. I have suffered from periodic leg movement most of my life. Lately, it has been getting worse to the point that it could take me hours to fall asleep. In addition to that, I have been having nightmares in which I try to protect myself from some threat. My defense was to punch my wife on the arm. I have also experienced sleepwalking. I had been taking to sleeping in the spare bedroom so that my wife could get some sleep. This was not a solution that suited either one of us. When I began taking Requip, I experienced relief from the very first night. I now routinely sleep the whole night through without nightmares or restless legs/periodic limb movement."

• Sea...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• January 26, 2015

Ropinirole "Was it multiple sclerosis fatigue? I thought I was stuck with awful 24/7 sleepiness and waking up as tired. Three months ago, I was relieved after 15 years by Ropinirole, the very first dose, after a new doc asked if anyone had ever mentioned me twitching at night. Try it. It might be your miracle too! I feel like me twenty years ago."

• Rsa...
• April 22, 2020

Ropinirole "The game changer for me is the slow release XL, much less side effects. I do sometimes top up with 1 mg of normal ropinirole before bed, and then feel the side effects. Would recommend 4 mg XL slow release for RLS."

• Kar...
• Taken for 5 to 10 years
• November 9, 2018

"For many years, I had been experiencing jerky legs, arms, and total body. It became painful when I had these bouts. Around the age of 45, they became daily, sometimes multiple times a day. On top of fibromyalgia, these bouts became unbearable. A doctor diagnosed me and perceived generic results. Took a while to get the dosage adjusted. I finally was adjusted to .05 in increments up to 6 tablets before bedtime to be able to sleep. It worked out great. If I have bouts during the day, I will take 1 tab. I will fall asleep within 30 minutes and sleep up to 2 hours. I have lost health and prescription insurance and don't know how this is going to play out. I can't go without this drug, the pain it relieves makes life tolerable."

• thi...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• December 2, 2020

"I've had Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD) for years, occurring 4 nights out of every week. Was given Gabapentin first, which didn't work, but 4 weeks ago I started using Ropinirole and it worked immediately, giving me a massively better sleeping experience. I have had no single PLM occurrence since starting. My sleep is still pretty fragmented, but somehow of a better quality and more deep. I feel very pleased about it."

• Sti...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• February 3, 2022

Ropinirole "Requip takes away violent, uncontrollable kicking, punching, sudden tightening of any muscle. Works like a miracle for me. My condition has become a nightmare over the years. In higher doses now, sound seems amplified. But as long as that torture stops...it's okay! I hear 'RLS.' RLS is nothing compared to whole body violently jerking. J.M.O."

• See...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• November 28, 2021

"I can say that it helped me to sleep deeper, but the drawback was that I started seeing a bug each time I fell asleep and then awoke thinking it was crawling near me! Nothing there. It was a hallucination. It freaked me out! I also had a bout of vertigo! Also, I felt like something was crawling on my skin. I know that it was the medication because I stopped taking it, and about a week later the hallucinations disappeared. Then I tried taking the med again, and the hallucinations returned along with the crazy vivid dreams! Ropinirole is not for me, end of story."

• Sun...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 11, 2021

Ropinirole "I have been taking Requip XL (ropinirole) for about 4 years now, and it has helped me tremendously. I take it at night so that I can go to sleep, otherwise, the RLS tends to keep me wide awake for a long time. Once I do take the medication, I give it about 15 minutes, and then it makes it where I can lay down and go on to sleep. If I did not have this, I would not be able to sleep at all. The only thing I am experiencing right now is that I had to have total knee replacement, and with this surgery, I do seem to be having more spasms from the surgery, so it is taking longer to take effect than normal, otherwise, I have not had any issues."

• Kat...
• November 13, 2016

"I took my first 4-milligram ropinirole tablet last night at about 8 p.m. My stomach was about half and half, not full, not empty. About 45 minutes to an hour after, I started to experience severe what I thought were flu symptoms, and I had projectile vomiting until my stomach was empty. I felt fine after my stomach was empty, but I'm afraid to take another pill tonight. Does anybody have any ideas for terrible leg cramping, almost crippling effects?"

• Don...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 6, 2022

Ropinirole "It did reduce my tremors the first day. However, it made me a little nauseous. I would have to lay down because of the drowsiness. It put me in a depressed mood. I will only take it on occasion for disabling tremor episodes. Because the side effects prevent me from being active, I don't consider this treatment a success."

• Anonymous
• July 11, 2011

Ropinirole "This medication actually worsened my symptoms, and the MD kept raising the dose until I had symptoms during the day. Then she finally listened to me and took me off this medication."

• Anonymous
• April 3, 2009

Ropinirole "This medication caused me severe nausea and vomiting."

• Anonymous
• December 22, 2009

Ropinirole "I couldn't sleep at all when taking Requip!"

• Bub...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• November 18, 2018

"This is the best medication I have ever been on for RLS/PLMD. It has really given my quality of life back to me. I never experienced any problems with nausea or vomiting."

• Bee...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• February 12, 2013

Ropinirole "It did not work for me, it made me sleep worse."

• Tru...
• January 27, 2012

"Worked for about 2 weeks. Upped it to 0.5 with no luck."

• Anonymous
• May 27, 2010

"The medication caused nausea and vomiting. I could not continue taking it, although I tried for a few days."

• Jai...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 26, 2015

Ropinirole "I was given this med for RLS/PLM. This medication kept me up most of the night with a bucket to vomit into. Hummm.... Which to choose, RLS/PLM vs. severe nausea/vomiting?"

• Anonymous
• September 1, 2009

"I thank God for the invention of the Restless Legs Syndrome medicines I take. I actually sleep, and my RLS is relieved. I am in pain without my medicines."

• wro...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• August 10, 2016

Ropinirole "This drug ruined my life. I became a compulsive gambler. It screwed my brain over until I had little moral control over my life."

• Pen...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• July 18, 2021

Ropinirole "I have been severely depressed since starting this medication. I’m stopping today as I just figured out the correlation."