Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I was suicidal from the gabapentin which is part of the reason I stopped it. Although I was desperate during the withdrawal, it was not the same as the drug-induced suicidal depression. The withdrawal was insane sensory and urge-to-move symptoms. It was almost unendurable torture. I've also heard th...

I was convinced I had withdrawal symptoms from gabapentin, but I reduced a codeine dose at the same time so I don't know why I was so sure it was the gabapentin. I tapered the codeine (not intentionally, but because I had only a bit left). Officially, the codeine was replaced with oxycodone, but the...

hi Paulande. Sounds like you're living a nightmare. I am sad that this level of suffering is still so common among us. I have to admit, I used to get livid when I read things like that - how do you expect me to get a good night's sleep when the whole darn problem is that I can't? But enough said on ...

However, I have also developed anemia, and that makes me sleep a lot more both at night and a nap in the day time. I take clonazepam once before going to bed and again sometime in the middle of the night and that seems to be keeping the RLS under control. However, when I take a nap, immediately aft...

Just be careful to only take the Sinemet for flights, or similar "emergencies", and not to slip into the habit of taking it daily. It works so well you might be tempted to, and it will almost certainly lead to augmentation if you do. I've been taking it for years without problems because I...

We have another indication that the name Willis-Ekbom disease is superior to the name RLS for patients with this disease. A previous study showed that the name restless legs syndrome actually affects diagnosis by creating false positives. This study suggests that the fifth criterion for diagnosis, a...

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I'm also just interested in finding a natural remedy, rather than remain on drugs that have side effects. My RLS is incredlby severe though, it's like torture. That is probably not your base level of RLS/WED, you are probably in an augmented state. The dopamine-type medications, including ropinirol...

I use three different message balls because some of the trigger points respond differently to the size of the message balls, My PLM feels like someone has punched me in the stomach while I am sleeping so I have to hop out of bed immediately thus ending my night’s sleep. I can only sleep three to fo...

I went on a keto diet and I was drug free for about 4 months. But then my symptoms returned. It sounds like you are already eating a keto dinner. I also have used several forms of massage to loosen up tight muscles. I am able to reduce the amount of medication I need because of this. Anything that ...

When you stop taking the DA you augmented on, your body will go thru a withdrawal phase that is like being augmented only much worse. Until that phase is over, whatever new medication you;re taking will be needed at a higher dose than you would need if you were past the withdrawal phase. The symptom...

Yes, wall squats or any squat hold. Going up on toes while squatting can help too.

Gayle that is such good news. I hope it continues!

I am surrounded by mostly healthy people (or those masquerading as such. If they're masquerading, they seem to be doing a much better job of that than I am) ... I'm surrounded by mostly healthy people, which causes the illusion that everyone in the world is healthy and I am the lone person who stru...

Mine has always been focused at my joints (ankles, knees, wrists), ranging out from there along the limbs as the intensity ramps up. And - hard to think about it, but I think more along the front of the leg and the outside of the arm....