Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Gupta, R. & Pandi‑Perumal, S.R. Sleep Vigilance (2018). An editorial from https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s41782-018-0052-y Sleep and Vigilance (journal) Addictive Substances and Sleep: More Research is Needed (title) Ravi Gupta & Seithikurippu R. Pandi‑Perumal (authors) EDITORIAL ...

Far too many people assume the government is correct when it makes its rules and regulations. Governmental regulations are HIGHLY influenced by special interest groups (law enforcement lobby, trial lawyers association, pharmaceutical lobbyists, alcohol manufacturers, etc., etc.) These groups have l...

omg. That's great!

A recent study of 35 WED/RLSers, 17 assigned to receive vitamin D and 18 a placebo, showed no effect on IRLSSG score after 12 weeks. The vitamin D dose was 50,000 IU. Abstract here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11325-018-1751-2. I didn't access the actual paper, so I don't know what th...

You're doing really well.

Based on my imperfect understanding of a subject that even researchers in the field don't understand (so for whatever it's worth!) I tend to think a long-acting DA just masks whatever dysfunction the DA is causing, for longer than a short-acting DA would. I don't know if my nebulous negativity is us...

Hi Gayle! I'm glad you're posting here, You couldn't have come to a better place. Clonazepam has some properties that seem to make it effective against WED/RLS symptoms for a minority of people. It would be nice if you're one but it seems to me that the severe and augmented cases don't get off so ea...

It's good to hear you sounding hopeful

I hope it helps, Betty
AC was my shorthand for anti-convulsant - I just got lazy!

Seems as though all opiate users are relegated to one unworthy class of humans. Possibly it's only a problem in FLA based on past and current hype. I'm curious to hear what other legitimate opiate users encounter I live in the Northwest Territories in Canada. I have never had a problem. I think it ...

feels so unreal, like I'm in the wrong movie .... it is both, funny and frightening ... frightening because I am already developing new hope and I'm afraid that this will be just another big disappointment I tell myself there's nothing wrong with going thru life in experimental mode. Everything you...

Love that answer, Holland.
I am moving this topic to Prescription Medications forum but I will leave a shadow topic behind in Physical Treatments.

Also anything that lessens your physiological stress ought to improve your WED. Treating sleep apnea should allow you to get more restorative sleep, helping to break the vicious circle of less sleep making your WED worse. Or so the theory goes. For myself, I do get worse symptoms when I'm worn down.

Ah Betty, it will never be a good time to withdraw from life for a few weeks - but you know the scoop. The chances of your life being a billion times better on the other side are enormous. The chances of your life getting slowly worse and worse if you don't make the move are also enormous. You may n...

Cool! Even though the abstract sounds like they're only talking about PLMs, the discussion suggests that their discovery bears on both the urge to move and PLMs. It's interesting that they did their tests on the arms of the subjects and not the legs, but still found that difference between WED/RLS p...