I just had requip added to my regimin (for RLS) and my pdoc started me at 2 mg. Everything I've read seems to say start at .25 mg. Why would he start me at 8 times the recommended amount?

He has been very keen on getting me off of Ambien. He's worried that I may get addicted. I told him I've been taking it for 12 years...I'm addicted already, but there seems to be no side effects. His original worry was that some people get up and cook a meal, or drive and never remember it.

So he's basically trying to replace Ambien with requip.

Is there any long term effect of Ambien...memory loss anything like that? Why is he so scared of it?

Thanks