"i went to see my dr about restless legs at night which is quite painful. she prescribed 25mg at night before bed. it&#039;s was working well..no pain. however i fell over a couple of times which i thought was odd but didn&#039;t set any alarms off. i began to feel stiff and unable to bend over to pick things up. i was afraid i would hurt myself. not realizing this was the drug. i figured this is what happens when you are close to 50. the worst side effect was the weight gain. i was on the drug for 3.5 months and gained 30 lbs.  once again i figured it was because i was getting older. so the drug certainly helped my leg pain...but altered my body to look like the pilsner dough girl."