Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Now that my ferritin is at 76 the natural remedies, a homeopathic and calc-mag are working better. I expect to be off the Mirapex this week.

What I found is that when my ferritin was 9, nothing helped. Now that it's 76, the over the counter homeopathic, calc-mag and continuing to supplement w/iron has enabled me to cut my Mirapex by 2/3's. I expect to be off it this week.

I'm wondering if there's a way to get my suggestions for gathering information to the Foundation? How about a poll on ferritin levels and iron supplements, oral and IV? Low ferritin is implicated in many disorders, and probably a culprit in many ways yet to be discovered. If doctors weren't paid lik...

And then ask your doctor about iron supplements. There's lots of information on this site about ferritin.

RLS post on iron I was very surprised that my neurologist did not test my ferritin levels when he diagnosed me with RLS about a year ago. It took me a while, but when I did find all the research indicating that raising ferritin levels can cure/significantly ameliorate RLS, I was not happy. My ferrit...