On another forum someone posted "I talked to the PD nurse who explained that we shake more when starting as the drug [ropinirole] helps with the stiffness and the stiffness masks our shaking. Seems logical!"


This seems logical to me too! Since my ropinirole started to kick in I have got much shakier. Before I relax that I am not actually deteriorating at a rapid rate of knots, is there any other evidence that this PD nurse is correct?

This exchange of information shows the power of a forum but I find it frustrating that, if this is true, my neuro/PD nurse didn't tell me. The leaflet that comes with requip says shaking is a side effect but nothing else. It gets my goat that I upped to 9mg per day because of increased shake thinking it was detrioration not knowing it may be of indicative of the drugs working at the level I was on!

The frustration of it all!!

Bryn