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- Tue May 20, 2008 10:33 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Caffeine Withdraw
- Replies: 60
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- Tue May 13, 2008 3:33 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Caffeine Withdraw
- Replies: 60
- Views: 9605
I've been drinking diet Dr. Pepper like water for the past year. I knew I needed to break the habit before RLS but now it's definitely gotta go. I knew cold turkey wouldn't work but was helped was finding out exaclty what it was that I would miss the most and finding a substitute. It turned out it w...
- Tue May 06, 2008 9:00 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Natural sedatives
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2952
I should say that I'm a newcomer to RLS so take anything I offer with that in mind. I have had good luck with Melatonin. My symptoms seem mild in comparison to what many are describing here so once I'm asleep they usually don't disrupt me. My chiropractor recommended a natural product called Min-Tra...
- Wed Apr 30, 2008 10:48 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: RLS triggered by blood pressure meds?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1956
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome and your thoughts on this. Weighted blankets are blankets made of two realtively thin fabrics with some sort of BB's laminated in between. They're made for individuals with Sensory Integration Dysfunction who are helped by pressure. They come in various weights b...
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 9:26 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Me and my legs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4451
- Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:53 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Me and my legs
- Replies: 19
- Views: 4451
- Thu Apr 24, 2008 7:44 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: RLS triggered by blood pressure meds?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1956
Thank you all for your welcome and thoughts. Finding a direction to go in so soon after symptoms started has been helpful. It's left me creeped out thinking that a few weeks of meds could leave permanant neurological changes. I had a call into my neurologist and they just faxed an order to the lab f...
- Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:09 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: RLS triggered by blood pressure meds?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1956
RLS triggered by blood pressure meds?
Hi everyone. Last week in a desperate moment I googled "creepy crawly legs" and was surprised at how closely my symptoms matched what was being described here. My story: In mid-January I started medication for high blood pressure. The first med was Cardizem, a calcium-channel blocker and e...