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by Arnie
Fri Jul 15, 2011 4:56 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: caffeine?
Replies: 15
Views: 2412

eliminateing

Sorry to hear that Ann! It worked for me! Don't give up!
by Arnie
Fri Jul 15, 2011 2:23 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: caffeine?
Replies: 15
Views: 2412

Scarlett, try eliminateing caffeine, includeing chocolate, completely from your body for one week! see what happens!
by Arnie
Thu Jul 07, 2011 7:28 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: caffeine?
Replies: 15
Views: 2412

i think just cutting back on coffee or sugar or other types of foods is not a good indication of how it effects your rls! because it's still in your body and it doesn't matter if you consume only a tiny amount or your daily portion, its still in your body! and who knows for how long! a day? a week? ...
by Arnie
Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:50 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: caffeine?
Replies: 15
Views: 2412

before i changed my diet (eliminating processed sugar, sodas,deserts, starchy carbs and wheat, caffeine, ect. ) i went on a planned 10 day fast! i lasted 6 days!! thats when i realized in my case, that my rls was connected to what i put in my body! or what i ate or consumed! my rls stopped! and afte...
by Arnie
Thu Jul 07, 2011 6:02 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: caffeine?
Replies: 15
Views: 2412

I stopped drinking caffeine, stopped eating process sugar (no more soda, tea and fruit juice) and starchy carbs like bread and potatoes. ect. because my blood test showed I'm borderline diabetic and have high glucose and i have insomnia! after forty years my RLS is gone! and I'm sleeping at night! I...
by Arnie
Sat Dec 26, 2009 5:03 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Lyrica maybe the answer for me.....
Replies: 30
Views: 6816

Thank You Lyrica, my RLS and my night kicks are gone! so far, it s been a month! First two days on Lyrica, i felt out of it or like i was drunk and dizzy! After a couple of day things got to be normal! I was on Requip! made me tired and made my RLS worse than ever while i was taking it because it ha...
by Arnie
Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:20 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Pain Management Clinics
Replies: 16
Views: 2006

I tried to upload my photo. but it wont work! i never had this problem before! Anybody have any suggestions! I'v had no problems on other sites! Arnie
by Arnie
Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:16 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Pain Management Clinics
Replies: 16
Views: 2006

Ya know, I have had RLS all since i was in my twenties! I t was never really bad! Got it 3 or 4 times aweek late in the evening when i get on the recliner and relaxed before bed! I learned through experiments that calcium/magnesium and later i added on Taurine, would stop RLS within a half hour! Now...
by Arnie
Wed Feb 11, 2009 7:05 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Pain Management Clinics
Replies: 16
Views: 2006

Is it possible that the RLS and the pain in the legs are two separate conditions?
by Arnie
Mon Feb 09, 2009 11:02 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Off neurontin on lyrica
Replies: 15
Views: 3110

Theres a Ph.D. Dr. Vilarino-Guell a neuro scientist at the Mayo Clinic campus in Jacsonville, claims their getting close to pinpointing the culprit gene in RLS from a family of more then one generation who all or most have it! I don't know what happens after that! I try to be positive but i hope it'...
by Arnie
Sun Feb 08, 2009 7:43 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Off neurontin on lyrica
Replies: 15
Views: 3110

Susan, try to listen to a radio show called, No Bones About It, hosted by Dr. Alvin Stein. It's an AM radio show coming from South Florida! If you can't find it on your radio, he has Podcasts on the Internet of his show! He talks in detail about Neurotransmistters and curing all kinds of ailments in...
by Arnie
Sat Feb 07, 2009 11:11 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Off neurontin on lyrica
Replies: 15
Views: 3110

Correction

Not ProShots but Prolo Shots and Prolo Therapy! also, the Neurotransmitters are different Amino Acids!
by Arnie
Thu Feb 05, 2009 8:05 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Off neurontin on lyrica
Replies: 15
Views: 3110

Lyrica

i have RLS very bad all nite long! I'm fine during the day! I've been on Lyrica for about 1 year! And it works great! 75Mg at 6:00PM, another 75Mg at 11:00PM, bedtime. It stays in your system for about 5 or 6 hours, so sometimes i have to take a third (75Mg) at 4 or 5 in the morning! I also take 5Mg...