Mirapex

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Rodney and all,

I've been taking the Mirapex for several months now...such peace! HOWEVER,

I think it's time to up the dose. (I am only on .125 mg 3 times a day) By

night time I am one big jittery nerve ending! I have a little massager

that hubby bought me for my foot long ago before I found the

Thumper........last night I put the little massager on low and wrapped it to

my foot with a big old Ace bandage. Hubby was complaining about the hummmmm

but it was working and it was saving him from having to massage my foot - so

he quickly shut up and stopped complaining.

I went to sleep around 11:00 p.m. and woke up about 12:30 a.m., took the

massager off of my foot and slept like a baby for the rest of the night!

Geez, this worked so great I'll be tempted to do the same every night to

fall asleep.......does anyone know if this would be harmful to my foot in

any way????? I used to put ice in a Ziplock freezer bag and " freeze " my

foot for about an hour before I went to sleep but the doctor told me that

was very dangerous! Neuropathy or something. Now I wonder if the little

massager is harmful. What do you think?

Rodney, I hope you were finally able to get to sleep last night. I swear it

is Springtime causing such extreme RLS symptoms - rainy, cold, sunny, warm,

windy, everything thrown at us at once...I am in the Ohio Valley and our

weather here is so changeable.

Tina

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the e-mails regarding mirapex. Several of you indicated that it

is known that drugs don't always work for a time, but when it doesn't work

for a while do you switch to something else or does it finally decide to

work again. I have gone a week now without good sleep, I haven't had any

dreams, and my husband says I toss and turn all night. I am back to where

I was in July, nodding off driving because I am so sleep deprived.

The dr. said to give up caffeine, even decaf teas and chocolate. I have

given up caffeinated drinks, but chocolate is almost impossible. Have any

others given up caffeine and chocolate, and has it helped?

Thanks for your help,

Angie

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[Guest guest]

Tina, the Klonopin is what helps me sleep. I'm not sure what is going on with

the Mirapex. I have read from others here about the insommnia. I also read

about neck pain, which I have and feels like a burning sensation in the back of

my neck. But, the thing that dawned on me today is that I have had a cough --on

and off--since before Thanksgiving and that was around the time I started taking

the Mirapex. My xrays are clear. My primary doctor says it is allergies. But

I have had allergies all my life and never had this type of sympton and the

allergy meds have no effect on this sporatic, but persistent cough.

Here's my question. Has anyone developed a cough while taking Mirapex?

Lindy B. in Southeast Texas

wellscon wrote:

> LindyB:

>

> I just read your post to Rodney about your Mirapex doseages. I also take

> Xanax with the Mirapex and have found when I am on my drug holiday from the

> Xanax I just do not sleep for two nights. Not from RLS but the Mirapex. I

> have found that if I want to sleep at all that night the latest I can take

> my Mirapex is 6:00 p.m. then the Xanax around 10:00 p.m. otherwise the

> Mirapex has some insomnia thing going and I will not sleep at all. Maybe

> you could try something like this.

>

> Tina