LOL. I call it Vitamin Z because it's my go-to med whenever I run into real trouble with this illness. It's kept me out of the hospital I don't know how many times. But I do have something of a love-hate relationship with it because it plays hell with my blood sugar and puts on pounds that I really do NOT need.

I don't know much about Mirapex other than what it's traditionally used for (restless legs and sometimes Parkinson's tremors etc.) I doubt a doctor would put you on it just for keeping weight gain at bay, but then, I live in a small town and I've not heard of it used for that.

The way I look at it, I can be fat and sane, or I can be fat and INsane. I choose the former.