Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I did not take Sinemet regularly pre-surgery, only on occasion. I'm now taking only one time release pill befoe bed (50/250), 1/2 to start and if I awaken then the other half. Thus, augmentation has not been a problem. I don't know if I will continue with the anti-convulsant (gabapentin). Right now ...

Hi Zach, I've thought of that too but it's been two months since I weaned myself from the "narcotics," and I took them for only 4-5 weeks so. Yesterday I forgot to take the Sinemet and Gabapentin before bed and awakened with PLM's and terrible RLS. I've read that in severe cases of RLS opoids are re...

Hi Susan and Jan, Thanks much for your input and welcoming me to this great group. Yes, the nerves were severely damaged prior to the surgery. Two weeks post-surgery the stabbing pain was completely gone. I, too, have instrumentation in my lumbar spine and the bone is still knitting according to the...

Thanks to all for your input and welcoming me to the discussion group. I look forward to searching the site and communicating with those of you who share my condition. Regarding Anne's comment about the anesthesia, that has been on my mind and I have thought that might be the culprit. I have also th...

I recently underwent a lumbar fusion and laminectomy decompression. Post surgery I was given first morphine, then oxycoton and then hydrocodone. Although I had been treated for RLS for several years with low dose hydrocodone and clonazepam 2 mil./day, and occasionally Sinemet for PLM, my RLS worsene...