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- Mon Apr 15, 2024 4:19 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Melatonin added to the mix
- Replies: 42
- Views: 45335
Re: Melatonin added to the mix
I'm still being helped--nothing dramatic--with sleep by taking low-dose melatonin. One change in my dosing from a few years ago is that I now take a 6-hour extended release form, 750 mcg (3/4 of a milligram).
- Tue Feb 20, 2024 8:39 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Chronic Cough Medication
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1207
Re: Chronic Cough Medication
It seems that this drug has been around for a long time and used for a wide variety of conditions. I've only been on Gabapentin for a week and it seems to have helped reduce the amount of coughing , which was affecting my speaking, and has had no noticeable side effects.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 6:14 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Chronic Cough Medication
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1207
Re: Chronic Cough Medication
Thanks for your helpful information, Steve! I appreciate your sharing your experience with this drug. The laryngologist did tell me that it is a very safe drug and in many cases helps eliminate or reduce chronic cough. I'm also working with a speech therapist to strength the vocal cord muscles.
- Mon Feb 19, 2024 2:10 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Chronic Cough Medication
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1207
Chronic Cough Medication
I've had a chronic cough for many years, but it has gotten worse over the past few years. After ruling out other causes, i was sent to a Laryngologist who diagnosed irritable larynx and prescribed Gabapentin to reduce coughing. For RLS I've been taking 0.125 mg pramipexole for more than a decade wit...
- Thu Dec 21, 2023 3:08 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Weighted Blankets
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20518
Re: Weighted Blankets
Let me weigh in with an update on my weighted blanket experience. I really like it and the way it holds me in place at night. I still get occasional middle-of-the-night episodes of restless legs, in which case I get up and walk around for awhile. I am leary of exceeding the 0.125 mg daily dose of pr...
- Mon Oct 09, 2023 3:12 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Got my Iron Results!!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 15703
Re: Got my Iron Results!!
I started on a one iron tablet a day routine when I got my first ferritin reading of 19 several years ago. It has gradually increased to over 100, and has greatly diminished my RLS symptoms.
- Tue Oct 03, 2023 4:32 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Weighted Blankets
- Replies: 15
- Views: 20518
Re: Weighted Blankets
I never thought much about a weighted blanket until I got a torn right shoulder rotator cuff. I move around a lot at night, in addition to RLS, and any time I'd shift to my right side, the pain from pressure on my shoulder would eventually wake me up. My reasoning was that a weighted blanket would k...
- Sun Sep 10, 2023 5:54 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Ferritin Level
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13940
Re: Ferritin Level
Hi Tim G How did you get your ferritin level to 175? How much iron are you taking and when? I'm struggling with an adequate dose of iron vs. stomach upset My ferritin level was 19 about five years ago, when I started taking a standard daily iron dose in the morning. Fortunately, I am able to take t...
- Sun Sep 03, 2023 7:06 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Mirapex .125
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6735
Re: Mirapex .125
I've been taking 0.125 mg of pramipexole at night for over a decade. Symptoms are manageable and no augmentation. I used to get the 0.25 mg tablets and split them (they're scored) but now take a whole 0.125 mg tablet, the lowest dosage available. It would be difficult to halve these tablets. Is your...
- Sun Aug 13, 2023 1:07 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Nightwalkers article by Stephen Smith
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9451
Nightwalkers article by Stephen Smith
For those of you who subscribe to the Restless Leg Syndrome Foundation magazine, Nightwalkers, one of our forum moderators, Stephen Smith, has an excellent informative article on "Dopamine Medications and Impulse Control Disorders". Of further note, he was one of the featured patients at the Sleep 2...
- Mon Jul 24, 2023 5:21 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Physical helps for managing symptoms
- Replies: 4
- Views: 11424
Re: Physical helps for managing symptoms
While general principles may apply, each of us is different. What tends to help me is (1) moderate exercise every day. If I miss a day, it tends to lead to RLS. (2) Stretching helps me keep limber, but also tends to reduce the intensity of RLS if it occurs. (3) I occasionally do a foot soak, which i...
- Tue Jul 11, 2023 6:16 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Ferritin Level
- Replies: 5
- Views: 13940
Ferritin Level
My RLS journey has been a good one thanks to the support of the RLS Foundation and this forum. My ferritin level, which started out at 19 has been steadily rising thanks to daily iron supplements over the past 5 years. This year it is 175 . Recently, I lowered my dose, taking half a 0.125 mg pramipe...
- Thu Jun 29, 2023 3:48 am
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: RLS at 15 years
- Replies: 4
- Views: 8482
RLS at 15 years
I was diagnosed with RLS 15 years ago and prescribed pramipexole 0.125 mg daily. I'm still on that same drug/same dose although I take it intermittently rather than every night. What helped the most was taking a daily iron tablet, which has raised my ferritin levels from 19 to over 100. Recently, I ...
- Thu Feb 23, 2023 8:42 am
- Forum: Everything Else...just no RLS!
- Topic: Whacha readin?
- Replies: 86
- Views: 159728
Re: Whacha readin?
I've been reading the Invisible Kingdom due to my wife's Long Covid symptoms that have lingered for several years. A book I'm really liking, also in the Health category is Breath Taking: The Power, Fragility, and Future of our Extraordinary Lungs by Pulmonologist Michael J. Stephen, MD (Atlantic Mon...
- Tue Feb 14, 2023 7:28 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Oral Iron Therepy
- Replies: 9
- Views: 13351
Re: Oral Iron Therepy
My ferritin level was 19 mg/dL when my PCP first measured it several years ago. After taking oral iron, 65 mg, daily it eventually got past 50 mg/dL in several months. It took about a year, but ferritin levels eventually reached 100 mg/dL. I only occasionally get RLS nowadays, and take 0.125 mg pram...