As for Mirapex, I never went gambling or attacked the cute bag boy at the grocery - but I bought 2 houses in two years and ran up a LOT of credit card debt (still looking at $30,000) - when I was in this study and things clicked for me and my doctor. As my dad had been a big time compulsive gambler, I knew I didn't want to go there. Cutting my Mirapex in half seems to have brought things back in line.

No, I don't think 20% of us are doing outrageous things, but then, it would only be 20% of those on Mirapex or Requip (I guess, Requip?) - and I suspect that far more of us have been at the "impulsive" stage overspending or overeating, etc. than "compulsively" self-destructive. I think it is something to be aware of, to be sure, but isn't the danger Mayo's is painting it. (Guess they weren't funded by the Mirapex pharma, huh?)