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by clarkgriswald
Tue Jul 07, 2009 12:23 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Leg Pain
Replies: 30
Views: 6967

Dale, I’m sorry to hear about your RLS is bad. And I think being in between apartments is phenomenally stressful. It feels like you can’t address anything else in your life because you don’t know where you’ll be living. I exercise almost every day. When the RLS gets bad I don't sleep. When I don't s...
by clarkgriswald
Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:48 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Percocet/Vicodin Banned by FDA
Replies: 15
Views: 2803

I see my doctor on Tuesday. We just upped my Percocet. I so far below the maximum daily amount of acetaminophen. I wonder if he'll want me to switch to the acetaminophen free version.
by clarkgriswald
Wed Jul 01, 2009 12:36 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: New to the board - really suffering - please help
Replies: 12
Views: 2275

I'm in Los Angeles. My doctor is a great guy. He really cares. I see I can update my profile to show my location, which I will do now.
by clarkgriswald
Mon Jun 29, 2009 6:36 pm
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: New to the board - really suffering - please help
Replies: 12
Views: 2275

Thank you fellow RLSers. I spoke with my doctor. He said I could increase the Percocet to 2.5 pills a night if I needed it. Because I kept waking up at roughly the same time with pain, I took the advice given to me here and spread out the dose. I took one pill right before I went to sleep and then o...
by clarkgriswald
Sun Jun 28, 2009 2:15 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: New to the board - really suffering - please help
Replies: 12
Views: 2275

Thank you Susan and Polar Bear. I can't think of anything that's changed in the last six months. Tons of stress maybe. I've started looking at all the great info on the site.

Tom
by clarkgriswald
Sat Jun 27, 2009 6:02 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: New to the board - really suffering - please help
Replies: 12
Views: 2275

New to the board - really suffering - please help

Dear RLS board, I'm new to the board. It's great to be here because I feel like there is hope here. I have had sleep problems my entire life. In college the sleep problems became severe. I was diagnosed with RLS and myoclonus. After two years of trying everthing under the sun we learned that Percoce...