Hi Joiyce: I had some of the same problems with requip that you are experiencing. Shortness of breath and a heavy feeling in my chest. My experience was that I needed to get to at least a 9 mg level per day before requip became feasible and started to work for me. I believe the manuf. recommendation is 9 to 12 mg daily as a minimum. The shortness of bresth has come and gone since I peaked out at 15 mg . day. Dale Severance [log in to unmask]