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- Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:29 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex to Neurontin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 947
Betty and Ann: Thank you very much for the help locating a source of information. I tried decreasing Mirapex yesterday (I took 3 doses of 0.5 mg about 6 hours apart). This morning about 4 AM I took a sleeping pill so that I could go to sleep, and today I feel really drug out--except my legs, of cour...
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 2:07 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex to Neurontin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 947
Do you know how I could find the address for Dr. Buchfurer? I'd love to get an opinion from someone who knows. I did run across something today that indicated I should perhaps taper the Mirapex...so, if I don't find something definitive, my plan is to skip most of the daytime doses and see if I can ...
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 10:36 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex to Neurontin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 947
I was thinking that it might be good to make my initial attempt on a weekend, so that if I go nuts, I can change my mind and take the Mirapex again before I have to function. I'm fully expecting the Neurontin to have to build up in my system a little--a friend is taking it for pain, and she said it ...
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:31 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex to Neurontin
- Replies: 7
- Views: 947
Mirapex to Neurontin
I have to thank you guys for the previous help--I wasn't aware of augmentation until I stumbled on this list--now I know I have to get off the mirapex! (Remember me--the q4 hr dosing?) So--I'm going to try Neurontin. I have MS, and think that my RLS may be a facet of that, and...for various reasons,...
- Fri Mar 27, 2009 3:22 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: does Provigil help RLS?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1098
provigil
I take provigil occasionally--for reasons completely unrelated to RLS. However, I've noticed that on the days when I take it, my RLS seems slightly less annoying. It doesn't make it stop, but it just doesn't seem quite as bad.
The Wreck
The Wreck
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 5:09 pm
- Forum: Special Populations: Pediatric, Pregnancy, Secondary, etc.
- Topic: Gambling and RLS meds
- Replies: 11
- Views: 10673
Gambling
I haven't had any problem with compulsive gambling. And my MS seems to have dealt effectively with any uncoltrollable sexual urges (darn it!) But, I do seem to have developed a compulsive behavior--I'm blaming it on Mirapex. It's shopping. Not anything really extravagent, but just a continuous urge....
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:55 pm
- Forum: Special Populations: Pediatric, Pregnancy, Secondary, etc.
- Topic: Pharmaceuticals = The RLS vs. Antidepressant Dilemma
- Replies: 16
- Views: 10081
antidepressants
Kimberly: I know you said you had tried Wellbutrin. I switched from Wellbutrin to Cymbalta last summer, because the Wellbutrin wasn't doing the trick. Now, I wonder... Anyway, I ran across this article today. If you've already tried it, it's probably not of any value, but perhaps it will help someon...
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:44 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: New FDA Restriction on Narcotics!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4750
FDA
I also need to apologize--my note needed to go in a couple of pages ago. I discovered after I posted it, that I hadn't followed the thread all the way through.
My apologies...
The Wreck
My apologies...
The Wreck
- Sat Feb 14, 2009 4:33 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: New FDA Restriction on Narcotics!
- Replies: 37
- Views: 4750
FDA restrictionw
I think I'll jump in here now... First, I don't think it's something I want the FDA deciding I can or cannot have. I think that's a medical decision, not a political one. And I WILL contact my representatives--fortunately, my congressman is a physician. However, I would like to point out that physic...
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 7:29 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Feeling All Alone
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2596
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 11:19 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Feeling All Alone
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2596
- Wed Jan 28, 2009 3:26 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Feeling All Alone
- Replies: 21
- Views: 2596
Lex, I'm a little confused...why do you feel badly about having RLS? Or about dealing with insomnia? It's not something to be ashamed of--I mean, if any of us could make it go away, I'm sure we would. We definitely don't choose this agony! Just remember that people who would choose to look at you as...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 8:03 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex, does it work?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8891
yeah, that's me--the metabolic wreck. (although the name came about because of Grave's disease and a heart attack, before I knew about the MS). My neurologist and I both think that there could be some link between the RLS and the MS, but I don't guess there is any way to prove it. There are a lot of...
- Tue Jan 27, 2009 7:40 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex, does it work?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8891
Ms. Bear: Who is Dr. B? (Ooh, that felt almost sacriligious--are we talking about the father of RLS?) I'm still reading--I really think we've followed the algorithm pretty well. Did Dr. B suggest something different? JM--in my reading yesterday, I ran across something that said it takes Mirapex abou...
- Mon Jan 26, 2009 6:51 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex, does it work?
- Replies: 41
- Views: 8891