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by Jenne1950
Fri Aug 24, 2007 10:42 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Three seperate side effects from Requip...
Replies: 11
Views: 2378

I've been on Requip for over a year and have good results--no problems. I have noticed that anytime I get too sleepy or fall asleep during the day, the RLS and PLMD act like it's night time, and "where's our Requip?" Still, the Sinemet I had been using for 10 yrs. gave up one night and I spent a ne...
by Jenne1950
Sun Jun 17, 2007 4:16 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Tramadol, strange thing............
Replies: 17
Views: 5954

Wait until one of those family members gets it (God forbid). My sister thought I was crazy to ask her to let me walk around during a road trip. Thought it was because I had just been put on Requip because it was popular. I had been treated for years with Sinemet which stopped working and thanks goo...
by Jenne1950
Tue Jun 12, 2007 3:52 pm
Forum: Help for Relationships
Topic: re hubby's angiogram
Replies: 23
Views: 14042

I think RLS couples, who learn to compromise because of the disease, carry it over into all aspects of their life. It sounds like he is doing well and my prayers are with both of you.

Long Gone Jenny!
by Jenne1950
Thu May 10, 2007 3:01 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Requip and Mirapex
Replies: 6
Views: 2052

Stitch, I have a spinal stimulator and it has taken away most of the back pain (unless I do something stupid like not charge it up soon enough). It has taken away my leg pain and most of both my peripheral neuropathy and my RLS has been helped. Just letting you know how it has worked for me. I stil...
by Jenne1950
Thu Nov 30, 2006 5:12 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Lexapro, making my legs worse
Replies: 15
Views: 6769

I, on the other hand, can take all antidepressants (Lexapro and Wellbutrin are working pretty well), antihistimines, antiemetics (for nausea) pain medications, etc. I'm the one in a thousand. BUT I am takiing Requip, and have taken Clonazepam and Neurontin for years, they are the group that keeps m...
by Jenne1950
Wed Jul 19, 2006 5:21 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: RLS and Travel
Replies: 6
Views: 1970

A lot of international flights are overnight flights. So I take my RLS medication at what bedtime is on the plane (after dinner) and just start with what is night time in Germany. We go there every year, we've been to England 3 times, travel back and forth to Florida twice each winter--so it is pos...
by Jenne1950
Tue Jul 18, 2006 5:10 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: RLS & depression
Replies: 18
Views: 6817

I take Wellbutrin for depression; it's an atypical antidepressant and doesn't give me a problem with my RLS. I also take Klonopin for the RLS so they seem to work well. I also take Lexapro which I believe is an SSRI type of antidepressant. Doesn't that all sound confusing? But if it ain't broke don...
by Jenne1950
Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:31 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: DIPHENHYDRAMINE (BAD!!!)
Replies: 8
Views: 2915

I've had RLS since my 20s and my blood count has always been good until my bout with anemia this spring. Both parents had it. And put me on a plane or in a car for a long trip--well, my tap dancing would drive anyone crazy!! As much as I would like for it to be gone, it reminds me every night at 8 ...
by Jenne1950
Mon Jul 10, 2006 12:15 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: DIPHENHYDRAMINE (BAD!!!)
Replies: 8
Views: 2915

I guess I'm one of those odd ones that things don't bother. I take Tylenol PM occasionally and sleep like a baby. I've been treated with quite a few medications on the list and never had any RLS problems (I was on Sinemet and Clonazepam). The only thing that has effected my RLS is low iron. So I'll...
by Jenne1950
Thu Jul 06, 2006 11:59 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Requip - Anything positive to say?
Replies: 65
Views: 22569

Clonazepam is a longer acting benzodiazepene and you may not always feel the effects of a decrease or stopping immediately. I don't want to harp on this, but those can be very tricky to get off of. I went from 2 mgs. at night to 1.5 mgs. and after 2 weeks I was shaking and quaking like a drug addic...
by Jenne1950
Tue Jun 27, 2006 3:35 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: I'm a newbie to RLS
Replies: 7
Views: 2522

I've had long-standing back and leg problems related to the back problems, and the leg effected has RLS worse than the other one. The right leg can be perfectly content, and the left wants to tap dance! I'm having good results with Requip, which not too many people here seem to have good luck with....
by Jenne1950
Tue Jun 13, 2006 2:21 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: STEROIIIDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 3341

I believe that endorphins, the body's natural painkillers, are made in the brain, part of the nervous system too. There are so many ways that research could go!
by Jenne1950
Tue Jun 13, 2006 3:45 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: STEROIIIDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 3341

Randy, I know the kind of pain you are talking about, and I do believe there is some connection between back problems and RLS. If they could just find it and do something about it!
by Jenne1950
Mon Jun 12, 2006 7:40 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: STEROIIIDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 3341

Thanks! Most of us have other medical problems and have lots of stuff to deal with, in addition to the RLS. Anyone having to take medications on the "OH, NO" list, I understand. Do you try to relieve the pain, and deal with the RLS, or keep your legs still but awake because of pain. I'm stronger to...
by Jenne1950
Sat Jun 10, 2006 4:32 pm
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: STEROIIIDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!
Replies: 10
Views: 3341

STEROIIIDDDSSSSSSSS!!!!!

I had more steroid injections in my back and hip yesterday, and my RLS just has a fit when I take those! Woke me up at 3:15 before my husband felt the bouncing and kicking. So I'm about goofy with fatigue. I can't even type right!