Disappointing Appointment

I never would have guessed the outcome of the sleep doctor appointment. New Drug. Requip. It's supposed to be similar to Mirapex, but different enough that I need to try it. So, I have a two week sample to try. At least I know now I can call the doctor if I don't tolerate it well. I also know that I'll need to try at least four more medications to treat my "excessive myoclonus" -- my feet twitching, possibly RLS. I wasn't ready for the outlook of trying multiple weeks of multiple drugs in hopes that one will work. Perhaps I should review my notes/blog from the first sleep doctor appointment. I might have just forgotten that that was the plan.

I am very, very doubtful that the leg twitching is the problem. No one has ever told me that I move my legs when I sleep. If I remember correctly, the sleep doctor said that it was slight -- even so, it's deemed "excessive".

The whole appointment and outlook has me pretty discouraged. I'm looking at months of trying drugs that, in my uneducated opinion, are treating something that isn't the problem. Perhaps it's what the insurance company requires give my sleep study results. It still means, from my point of view, that I will spend multiple months ingesting medications that aren't addressing the problem. It's frustrating. Despite that, apparently there's no alternative.

So, tonight is my first night of a two week course of Requip. I've not read the information yet, so I have no idea what to expect. I hope it doesn't cause me the same troubles Mirapex did with restlessness and frequent night waking.

I am very close to bagging the whole thing and just living with the sleepiness. With the Mirapex only making the sleepiness worse, the last thing I want to do is spend months making my life harder. Increasing misery is a stupid idea. Better to live with the sleepiness that I have, than see how many ways I can make it worse.