Requip has been a blessing to me. I haven't had any of the problems everyone
else has had.

For the two years after I wasn diagnosed, our HMO neuro gave me a very low
dose of amantadine, and told me that I would never be the same as I was; he
never answered my question "But, can I be better?," he just said "You'll
never be the same."

Our insurance coverage changed and I now see a conservative-treating neuro
who has let me stay on amantadine (my security blanket) and started me on
.25 mg of Requip 3 X daily for 1 month. I then went to .5 mg 3 X daily, and
a few days at that dose found me sitting in the bathroom and crying my eyes
out because I could brush my teeth again. (I hadn't been able to do that in
at least 4+ years.) A month later I was increased to .75 mg 3 X daily and
have been on that for 3 months and  I expect him to raise it to 1mg . 3 X
daily when I go in on Thursday, since he said he would after I'd been on .75
3 X daily.mg for 3 months.

-----Original Message-----
From: Clare Wilson <[log in to unmask]>
Claire wrote:

Sir James:  we are all scared to some degree.  Continual input seems to wear
off the sharp edge of fear as time goes by.  I was diagnosed 1/98, and feel
much less afraid than at the beginning.  One adapts, believe it or not.   As
to requip, I finally would not change my  lifestyle to "sleep off" every
dose and my MDS/Neuro agreed,   so I phased out of Requip, and  gradually
started on Sinemet 25/l00 CR.