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- Mon Jan 31, 2011 4:51 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Sleep Study Question and issues ?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 687
Sleep Study Question and issues ?
Hello everyone, Its been a while since I last posted I need help and advice with a sleep study I am signed up for and hopefully will show up for at The Stanford sleep disorders clinic in California. I have never had a sleep study done by an Ekbom’s syndrome / RLS specialist. (I still think the disea...
- Sat Aug 21, 2010 6:28 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: -o
- Replies: 1
- Views: 492
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- Fri Jan 29, 2010 10:35 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: RLS, Hard core Medications, living strategies, + conditions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1251
You are all mostly right. Dr b's book I have read and I meet him at the regional meeting in San Francisco. I asked him ?'s during break. I probably will buy a ticket and see him now that I can. I hope he can help me. Mirapex and Requip help a little little little bit, But not for mid to sever condit...
- Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:54 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: RLS, Hard core Medications, living strategies, + conditions
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1251
RLS, Hard core Medications, living strategies, + conditions
Well its been a much better new year for me so far since my last posting where I nearly gave up on life. I got Social Security. My RLS and Neurological problems have escalated though to the the point where I am scared to death of them getting worse and worse. Social Security I thought would bring me...
- Wed Feb 25, 2009 8:35 pm
- Forum: Help for Relationships
- Topic: Dealing with tuff love and people with RLS
- Replies: 56
- Views: 65933
- Tue Dec 02, 2008 7:12 am
- Forum: Help for Relationships
- Topic: Dealing with tuff love and people with RLS
- Replies: 56
- Views: 65933
Dealing with tuff love and people with RLS
Over Thanksgiving I had dinner with a family friend of mine I have know my entire life. Since the begging of this year my RLS has forced me to file for disability because it has become devastating. After a few drinks ( I am not a drinker) I explained about my disability case and were I stood and I t...
- Sun Jun 29, 2008 6:29 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Painful RLS
- Replies: 11
- Views: 2656
If you look at Dr B’s book on page 29 the third paragraph states “ What complicates The diagnosis of RLS is that a significant minority of people with RLS may have an associated Peripheral neuropathy” My RLS is definitely very painful sometimes and I would not wish it on anyone. One of my neurologis...
- Sat May 24, 2008 11:57 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: I HAVE BEEN MISSING TOO LONG
- Replies: 13
- Views: 2026
Hello Stitch, It’s so good to see your posting I can relate a lot to it! I think that its great things are going so well for you. My severe to moderate RLS has gone away thanks to mirapex and another medication. On the other hand I am keeping my fingers crossed as well and do not want augmentation o...
- Sun May 11, 2008 6:05 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Caffeine Withdraw
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9694
Caffeine
Hello Hos I am so happy to see your posting on caffeine. It has been a major issue for me with my RLS. I try to consume no caffeine during the daytime but need to have it when I drive or have just had a really hard night for the next day. Something that is currently working for me during the day is ...
- Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:08 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: RLS and exercise
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1542
RLS and exercise
About exercise I want to know what are the best forms of exercise for people with RLS? I need to know what exercises, sports, or routines make RLS worse or better? I hope in the future to develop a new exercise plan since my rls has escalated to a whole new level. Not being able to exercise for the ...
- Mon Dec 31, 2007 9:40 pm
- Forum: Help for Relationships
- Topic: Family & Friends Understanding Pain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10782
More ?'s
I thank everyone for there support and suggestions on how to deal with RLS. I hope to see a specialist soon and get some help coping with it since it has been terrible the last 18 months. It is amazing the amount of support I have received so far by becoming a member of this discussion group people ...
- Thu Dec 27, 2007 11:37 pm
- Forum: Help for Relationships
- Topic: Family & Friends Understanding Pain
- Replies: 18
- Views: 10782
Family & Friends Understanding Pain
Dear RLS Forum members, I have had RLS since the age of Nine. During my teens it was not that bad it effected me only a few times a month the pain was OK sometimes. I used Ben Gay and mild pain killers to deal with it. As I aged and came into my twenties it became much worse the pain was bad I start...