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- Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:29 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Does anyone successfully use ONLY an anti-convulsant?
- Replies: 57
- Views: 13659
Re: Does anyone successfully use ONLY an anti-convulsant?
Just taking requip
- Sat Nov 16, 2013 10:20 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Requip
- Replies: 40
- Views: 7848
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?
- Sat Apr 23, 2011 11:17 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: traveling
- Replies: 2
- Views: 596
traveling
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.
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:12 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Iron for low Ferritin proved beneficial?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1642
Re: Iron for low Ferritin proved beneficial?
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...
- Sun Jan 09, 2011 10:40 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Question for tonic water users
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3099
Re: Question for tonic water users
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...
- Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:11 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: A complete cure that makes sense . . .
- Replies: 3
- Views: 3362
- Fri Oct 01, 2010 2:28 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Hot Yoga
- Replies: 6
- Views: 2037
Re: Hot Yoga
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...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 12:27 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Possible Augmentation--Dosage Experimentation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4566
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 10:09 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Had to stop the Mirapex.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4815
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...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:35 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Possible Augmentation--Dosage Experimentation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4566
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...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:29 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Had to stop the Mirapex.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4815
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...
- Tue Sep 28, 2010 9:23 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Had to stop the Mirapex.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4815
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...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 12:29 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Had to stop the Mirapex.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4815
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:48 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Had to stop the Mirapex.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 4815
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 ...
- Mon Sep 27, 2010 11:37 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Possible Augmentation--Dosage Experimentation
- Replies: 20
- Views: 4566
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...