Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I bought a stuffed animal that vibrates (designed for young children) off eBay. It really helps when my symptoms are mild. I use it before the meds "kick in". I was really going crazy last week, (while trying a new med out) & it didn't help much then, especially for my upper back &...

I think it has taken this group to encourage and empower me to "step to the plate" when it comes to decissions about my health care/treatment. Without all your input and support I have felt like I was the only exception to the normal course of therapy to the typical DA drugs. After hearing...

My thoughts exactly......

If she's trying to "cross all her t's and dot all her i's" just so she can continue writing scripts.....I'll go along.

Life can be fine when you have medication that does it's job wo side effects....but what's hell is when they want to take it away from you....makes alot of sense.

Don't get me going....I'll really vent!!!

Yeah...makes you feel like a criminal for having a disorder....shame on us.
My Dr is also an hour away. I think she wants to help me...but not at the expense of her licence....I thought the U.S. was more progressive than the rest of the world in the field of medicine.

We don't have a pain "clinic" here, but we have 2 Drs who specialize in Pain Management. My Dr has been giving me a script for 3 years now, but every year or so she pulls the "we need to try something else" stuff, although we already went down the road enough. Now to continue get...

Thanks for the quick replies and help, jumpy & ViewsAskew. I am just about fed up on this stuff and don't know if I have the patience to try and see if it is going to do something. At now 1800 mg it has done squat and it just makes me sleepy and unenergitic during the day, then its hard to "...

Ok, I've been on Neurontin for 6 days now, (my Dr wanted me to try it) I've been off the methadose for the same amount of days. The script is for 2 300mg 3 x/day. The first day I took 1, and it did make me feel like I had 1 drink too many. The next day I took 1 2 x's during the day and didn't feel s...

I signed the petition......having methadone no longer available for me, would be taking away my right to a quality of life. Most the deaths that I read about were from OD, mixing other narcotics and/or drinking or just having an intolerence to narcotics. Some were due to doctors not educating their ...

Thank you ALL for your support. I have been on other RLS forums and it just seemed I got "lectured" on how bad opioids were. They seemed to overlook that I HAVE tried other medications. What am I supposed to do, suffer? My RLS is so bad, like I've said before, it is in my arms, shoulders &...

Thanks for your quick and kind reply! What has become obvious to me is, after trying so many medications, to no avail, the only type of medication that is going to work for me is an opioid. (Shame on me!!!) But I always feel like she wants me to find something else. But since we did in fact FIND a m...

Hi I have had RLS since about 15, I am now 45. Until 7 years ago, it was just occasionally, about 3 times/mth. Now it is everyday and I get it in my arms, shoulders & back as well as my legs. When it started getting that bad 5 years ago, my Dr. tried me on Elavil, not knowing it would make it wo...