The testing cannot show if you can come off of it b/c being in your system, doing what it does, it is preventing anything from happening to get a read on that activity that is being suppressed. The only way to know is to actually go off of it and see if those symptoms are still a factor. Each one of us had to decide if it is worth the risk for our particular situation to do this.

Being nicknamed "Dopamax", going off of it, I became more awake and actually slept less. The doc warned me about the weight gain, so I ramped up my exercise program and diet to combat it. I ended up with only a couple extra pounds. He also said that if you didn't lose weight when you originally went on it, weight gain is usually not a factor coming off of it. I had however.

I unfortunately/fortunately had to go back on it. My original symptoms returned, that I was put on it for in the first place. So please watch for your original signs and symptoms and be careful as you taper off and then are off completely.