My wife has suffered from RLS for years (she didn't find out there was a name for it until a few years ago). She found that Ambien works just fine for her, though she's had a few of the usual 'Ambien' moments, the most dramatic being baking a batch of cookies (after having taken Ambien) and not realizing she had done it until she walked out into the kitchen the next morning. Mostly, though, the side-effects have been limited to not remembering conversations or phone calls that have happened after she took her medication for the night.

She's highly amused by the ads for Requip, especially the sexual/gambling side effects, but has no interest in trying it. ..bruce..