Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

no doubdt , you are hearing from those of us who really know what rls is ,and if you have it , its buried under some other condition that is going on. Zach is right , get your self to a doctor that can tell the difference. and let us know how you make out. note to moderator. can't thank you enough f...

I augmented on the mirapex when I first tried it. It also worked great for a period of time till the augmentation. The time it took to augment on the requip took alot longer , years, than the mirapex did, so you may be right , jumping back to the mirapex could give me a longer window before this hap...

Mack, you bet, read everything I can about drug holidays, alternative medicine, etc. My current doctor /rls specialist actually put me right back on requip after I was off it for 2 weeks, while getting what she calls the Clonazapan up to the titration level she wants it at for a 4 week period. ( whi...

I know what your saying, I had such good luck with both with the requip , when it was working , just wish it had not augmented so badly on me. kept me sleeping and killed the leg kicks , so I woke up refreshed. Just hope they (medical community ) doesn't give up on trying to find a cure, or at least...

I for one , felt like I had never slept when I woke up in the morning , and that was before I was taking any medication. ONce I got on Requip, and while it worked, it handled not only my Rls but also the Plmd. and voila , I woke up with more energy than I had in years. then the bomb hit and the requ...

Mermaid, actually this is from the Rls rebel book ,,, which is well worth looking up and ordering , its written by Jill Gunzel, a lifetime sufferer of Rls, and all the Bota's acronym for ( Bag of Tricks acquired) over her dealings with the disease. Her approach is to tame the beast of Rls, whatever ...

As Zach knows, I just went thru a very scary ordeal , dumping Requip after taking it for 4 years. At first it was a miracle drug, took away my twitches, allowed me to sleep, and since I have severe PLMD. I was able to sleep with my wife without knocking her out of bed. the Requip solved all my probl...

Tramadol was a band aid as far as I am concerned, If its an antidepressant in my future its Wellbutrin. been on it in the past, and worked well for me , 4 years ago when I was living with the symptoms and just taking the wellbutrin for depression from lack of sleep and being tired regularly. Just go...

Zach, and dogeyed, thanks for staying with me. hope to settle all my Rls down to a dull roar over the next few weeks. for now looks like its on the right path. The tramadol was a one time hit, the emergency doctor on call gave me to get me some sleep. as I said, don't know if thats what did it , but...

thanks dogeyed. glad to share the misery with everyone. Actually in a synopis this is where i am at. augmented on Requip, had to quit. stopped it and got on oxycodone, 4 mg. 4 times per day for a thurs. fri sat. and sunday. had a littlle xanax .25 mg first few days, and then dumped that on sunday ni...

It came to Sunday night, and the ups and downs of my ordeal, really hit bottom, no sleep for 5 straight nights. My wife finally called the emergency center at local hospital ,neurological center, and told them they had to do something to get me to sleep. They issued me a script for Tramadol, to help...

thanks Zach, done

Been reading the site frequently, and its a shame that this disease has so many of us so screwed up , fortunately , the internet has the discussion boards, such as these, so you can actually find a little comfort in others agony ,knowing the poor souls are going thru the same crap you are. Been talk...

Been reading the site frequently, and its a shame that this disease has so many of us so screwed up , fortunately , the internet has the discussion boards, such as these, so you can actually find a little comfort in others agony ,knowing the poor souls are going thru the same crap you are. Been talk...