Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thanks Ann!

Hi Ann, How do you alternate on methadone and pramipexole? Every other day? I am on 10mg daily of methadone and 300mg of gabapentin. I want to get off of gabapentin because of the short term memory loss it is causing since I’ve been on it. I have tried to get off of it but it caused an increase in m...

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Thanks for the help Beth!!

Dr. John W. Winkelman MD, PhD in Boston. A true RLS specialist. Has done extensive research on RLS. Served on the Medical Advisory Board of the Restless Legs Syndrome Foundation. Collaborated on quite a few papers with Dr. Allen at Johns Hopkins.

I started to notice ED ~40 years old when I got diagnosed with RLS. It slowly worsened each year with age as I was on DA’s. Finally, I went on Methadone ~1 year ago and it had a dramatic effect on my libido for the worse. I believe the dopamine dysfunction in males with RLS has a direct impact on li...

I have been on Methadone for ~ 1 year for my RLS. I recently had blood work done and it came back with very low testosterone levels. This makes sense because I have many of the symptoms that come along with it such as loss of limbo, lack of motivation, irritability, etc. I believe, like many other p...

peanut1 wrote:I just started methodone since I was augmenting on the neuropatch.

Peanut, how soon after coming off the neuropatch did you start using methadone?

Thank you Deb and Ann. I appreciate your help! I feel better about this now.

Bob

I am on 10mg Methadone and 600mg gabapentin. Since I have been on the Methadone I get mood swings and “mean spirited” often. I constantly have to be aware of it or it would be worse (snapping at people). My doctor thought Suboxone would help but he doesn’t have the special license you need to prescr...

Hi Ann,

Very good. I think that is a great idea.

Bob

Very good. Thanks Polar Bear!

Hi Polar Bear.

I have the article in pdf. The full article is not available online so I can’t insert the link. I can copy and paste it but its 11 pages. Not sure how to post the pdf. Do you want me to email the pdf to you as an attachment?

Bob

I have the article on the Comparison of Pregabalin with Pramipexole. I’m just not sure how and where to post it.

Bob

Thanks a lot for everyone's help. I continue to learn every day!

Bob

I forgot to ask a question which happened to my brother, although, I’m sure it also happens to a lot of people. Here are the circumstances. Person is on a high dose of a dopamine agonist (D/A) (~10mg+/-) and the person gets 2-3 hrs of broken sleep/night because RLS symptoms keep waking the person up...