Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Just taking requip

Started with .25 4 yrs ago. Now on .5 and it is not working as well. What is the next increase. .25 or .5 ? I fortunately need this only at night. Also does a glass of wine at dinner increase the RLS?

take Requip around 7 every night (sometimes have to add Klonopen and Neurotin) and works OK. Will be going to Russia and changing time zones....any advice on when and how to take the meds as time zones change? Am OK during the day just need at evening EST.

I am taking iron due to my ferritin level being at the lower end of the normal range. I have talked to someone on another board whose anemia gets so severe she periodically gets transfusions due to being unable to tolerate any oral iron formulations. She said she can tell she needs a transfusion by...

Hi, I am new to this forum and would appreciate input from those who use tonic water for rls relief. I am 65 year old (male) and have had rls on and off for 15 years. Went through all of the popular drugs for rls. Was not able to stay on any of them long enough to tell if they worked or not. Had SE...

DO YOU SUGGEST THE BROCCOLI AS A BEGINNING???? SHOULD I TRY THAT AND SEE IF IT HELPS? DO I NEED THE VINEGAR AND OIL?

I have had RLS all my life and it has worsened with age, contributing to insomnia, PLMS, and (potentially) sleep apnea. After trying 8 rx strength medications and several otc's, and out of sheer desperation, I tried hot yoga. I have done 10 classes and have had no RLS symptoms on the nights I do it...

Ritomko, I know you aren't addressing me, but I'll just weigh in. I "got" RLS 24/7 from a June, 2009 surgery. I believe it to have been the nerve block I was given. First my PCP was treating me, but didn't want to prescribe the hydros, so he sent me to a neurologist who also did not want ...

Ritomoko: Glad you're are going to read that book. I'll checkout that site for books. By all means see a neurologist, and I hope you find one that knows about RLS. I see a neurologist, but he even admitted that he knew little about RLS. He said I knew more about it than he did. Because I have it an...

My daily allowance of ropinerole is 4.75mg. My script provides both 1mg pills and .5mg pills. Some of the .5mg are halved using a pill cutter and my dosages are as follows: (Because of the pill cutter the dosages made up using .25mg vary a bit with regard to accuracy) 3 am .5 mg R 9 am .75 mg R 2 p...

Ritomko: Did you get my last post.??? Did you read Dr. B's books.? Also I just got Rober Yoakum book on Amazon.com and it is very helpful. And it only cost me .26 plus $3.99 shipping and handling. It was a used book but in very good shape. BETTY/WVF Just ordered the book. I always use FETCHBOOK.COM...

Personally i've been on all of the Parkinson's drugs,Mirapex twice. None of them worked for me. I did start up with the RLS again after my stomach surgery..I had a very tough time of it. I complained of horrible back pain while in the hospital and that only hurt while up and arthritis in my hip fla...

If you have Dr. B's book "Restless Leg Syndrome Coping With Y our Sleepless Nights." (If you don't have it you should get it. Has everything you should know about RLS.) And it mentions ice cream making some peoples RLS worse. Tramadol is like an opiod, works like an opiod for pain. My GP ...

Requip was the first I tried. In a few days of taking it I was sick at my stomach and had a migraine. My doctor just stopped the med. Probably he should have tried adjusting the dose. Then after a few more doctors I was put on Mirapex. It has worked ok. After about a year I started having bouts of ...

My daily allowance of ropinerole is 4.75mg. My script provides both 1mg pills and .5mg pills. Some of the .5mg are halved using a pill cutter and my dosages are as follows: (Because of the pill cutter the dosages made up using .25mg vary a bit with regard to accuracy) 3 am .5 mg R 9 am .75 mg R 2 p...