Hey all,
Quick question, I was dx 2weeks ago with Parkin gene mutation.
I am on ropinerole starting at 2mg and ramping by 2mg a week upto 12mg.
I am currently on the last 3 days of 4mg and finding it increasingly hard to regulate my temperature.
I am hot literally all the time, sweating and overheating to the point of collapse.
Is this a side effect or yet something else that's wrong with me?

Thanks in advance.

I take ropinirole. The only time I had this sort of reaction was when I tried to increase by 1mg and mixed slow release with ordinary and had an episode which was like a hot flush that just went on building and didn't stop and I briefly passed out. Perhaps you are increasing your dose too quickly and you need to take it more slowly?

Hey Hey,

I am on 14mg of RequipXL daily, started on 12 moved to 16 and now back to 14 plus 300 Madopar a day.

Not noticed excess heat, but never feel cold anymore, so it may be something to do with the meds.

I can only suggest that you contact your PD nurse and / or Dr. right away.


Good luck,

Mike.

think Parkinsons can cause feeling too cold or too hot . Almost like your thermostat has broken . But lately my husband has been complaining of feeling intense flashes of heat

He takes Sinemet

Mosie, I increased to 4mg from 2 last Tuesday. Use slow release (xl) and don't have anything else so can't have mixed.
Following instructions from neuro who I'm seeing again on 13th, so will mention then but starting to see some positive results so wouldn't want to stop now.

I have always been a hot person. Very seldom get cold to the point where I can't warm up quickly. But I just seem to be getting hotter. It does seem to be as my dosage gets higher, but that has also been inline with the weather that's been getting hotter.

Guess I will have to keep an eye on it. But interested in others experiences.

Thanks.

in tests 7% reported excessive sweating against 2% taking a placebo. if your body is still having trouble with its thermostat i would see a doctor if it was me and not wait till 13th, you could call the helpline to get advice.

Hi
on a different subject I just noticed you are a DBA. Obviously that has better long-term prospects than say a scaffolder or surgeon. But from my personal experience I would suggest you might think about moving your career say to data analysis/ architecture/consultancy where you are not in a position to accidentally delete production data with a twitch of your mouse finger. I speak from personal experience! Stress is the enemy and nowadays I hate to go anywhere near live systems. Just something you might want to consider over the next few years.
best wishes
T

T,

LOL! That made me laugh (though I completely see your point).
I work with SQL Server, so the deletion of any data would have to be code based.
I do agree with you though, there's a certain fear that I think any good 'data' administrator should have when interacting with any live backend data system.
I have been known to move GB's worth of files in explorer when my finger has switched while moving my mouse... So maybe eventually a safety mouse ;)
What do/did you do to make you a fellow 'data fiddler'?

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my current title is the rather posh sounding 'senior data architect' though since i am the only one there's a rather hollow ring to it. i mostly do data warehousing. used to work for a very large bank somewhere near halifax, and no i didnt accidentally delete £4,000,000,000. That was Dave. Honest.
i could do with a safety mouse. i know its time to go home when windows start closing unexpectedly.
usually set all mouse and keyboard rates at the slowest and turn off rrrrrrrrepeating keys. also typing one handed mostly, hence lack of capitalisation.
next step voice recognition software. once knew somebody with rsi of the wrist. he tried vrs and got rsi of the throat.
cheers