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I have MS and RLS. I tried Requip for about a year and it worked pretty good at first but finally just quit working. I went back to Klonopin. I didn't have any side effects at all from it, but as Curious said, everyone is different.

I know that you have to titrate up on the dose and I do believe you have to taper off it.

I found that I have better luck with Klonopin as I can play with the dose much easier than I could with Requip.
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I have MS and RLS. I tried Requip for about a year and it worked pretty good at first but finally just quit working. I went back to Klonopin. I didn't have any side effects at all from it, but as Curious said, everyone is different.

I know that you have to titrate up on the dose and I do believe you have to taper off it.

I found that I have better luck with Klonopin as I can play with the dose much easier than I could with Requip.
I have had RLS for 30 years. Yep!!!! The only thing that helps me is Klonopin. I have been everything that has come out with no success and am on Gabitril and Lyrica for Fibro and other neuropathic pain. They don't inpact the RLS. I take just 1 mg daily and take a second one if there is any breakthrough activity. That may happen once or twice a week.
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My neuro gave me some a few weeks ago, because he said it might be RLS, but I don't think it is RLS, because it hasn't helped yet, and he told me to take 1-3 2mg pills daily, then call with my progress.
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I've been on Requip for a couple years now. I'm up to 2 mg a day and was doing pretty good then the pharmacy changed it to a generic and it doesn't do the job Requip did for me.

My mom was on Mirapax (sp) but she was having hallucinations so she is back on Requip. I have no idea why they changed her meds in the first place.

For me RLS is a familial thing. I had RLS before they had a name for it. My dad and his brother both had it. My mom's started when she had a bad B12 defiency that did some neurological damage.
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