About Me

I’m a 42 yr old female who innocently started taking Mirapex for Restless Leg Syndrome. Within less than six weeks of starting Mirapex I blindly began a compulsion and an obsession with going to the casino. With that first trip of which many, many more were to come, little did I know the possibility one of this drugs serious side effects could have outright destroyed me. My issue with Mirapex is not that there are serious side effects – my issue is I had a right to be informed of ALL the potential side effects they KNEW about.

10/14/09

...the boyfriend...

The boyfriend…darn is he so cute! He really is… after I shed a few more tears today and then thinking for a moment about what my life could have been like today had it not been for my experience with Mirapex it put a smile on my face thinking about how this time last year (last fall- into the gambling A LOT)…the boyfriend being just as oblivious to what was happening as I was (when this drug was re-wiring my brain) was writing me a song… a song he planned on singing to me at a cabin up north that hosts weekend retreats hosted by a musician we seen in the cities. I do believe the idea behind this song was he was going to propose. Can’t say for sure this was what was going on but from conversations in heated  arguments we had this past spring - hints were dropped that that was what he was doing…as well as hints were dropped that when we where in Seattle Washington (the fateful trip that made me finally do something about my RLS) is when he bought a ring. None of this is fact and it’s doubtful he’d ever tell me the truth… but what if it was true… how my life would be different today.

Anyhow… what the hell... just another curve ball to dodge in my life. Getting used to it. Just hoping I make it past this one.  And then there is school...argh.

One last thought (!)... and to think that another major reason I started Mirapex was because I drove the boyfriend insane at night because of my RLS - told him the other day that "Hey I dealt with this stuff for years on my own until I met you...its your fault I went the route to try a drug!"


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