Search found 8 matches
- Sun Oct 13, 2013 11:04 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Insulin and WED - Relationship?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1549
Re: Insulin and WED - Relationship?
There are two issues here. Firstly Insulin purely mimics that which the pancreas was supposed to provide. Lantus is a basal insulin which means the pancreas is under producing. Secondly, type 2 diabetes is all about insulin resistance. That means that the blood sugars are not getting into the muscle...
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 8:32 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Is it all in the mind?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1035
Re: Is it all in the mind?
Thank you for responses. The GABA abstract appears to address the reduction of anxiety (a subset of Fear) and not it's potential for inducing anxiety/fear as Dopamine can. I'm not sure, though, if anxiety is the right word because it seems more to be a level of arousal. Making love seems to control ...
- Wed Oct 09, 2013 2:23 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Is it all in the mind?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1035
Is it all in the mind?
I'm just back from a spiritual retreat. Whilst there I kept a journal and part of that related to RLS/WED. The following is a copy of those notes and I think a worthwhile topic for discussion and perhaps experiment. WED/RLS. The augmentation of ropinirole is of great concern but I have noticed some ...
- Mon Sep 16, 2013 12:14 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Changing Drugs
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4479
Re: Changing Drugs
What a meeting I had!!!! Cost $200 for 3 mins of wonderful advice. "There is no solution I know of, I cant help you any more" but how about a holiday taking opioids, says I. "It could work but they are restricted drugs that I can't prescribe" GREAT!!!!!!!!!!! So now I will see my...
- Sun Sep 15, 2013 8:51 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Changing Drugs
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4479
Re: Changing Drugs
Guys, Many thanks for your replies. I see my neurologist tomorrow but my gut feel is that he will want me to switch to praximole. I now am pretty sure that will be wrong. I will advise him of the book and the anecdotal evidence. May I ask where I can find the advice that 4mg ropinrole is no longer t...
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 10:05 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: What I learned on my RLS-Path so far ...
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1653
Re: What I learned on my RLS-Path so far ...
Some years ago I was prescribed SSRI's (3 types) for panic attacks. I had to give them up because they exacerbated RLS .
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:53 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Changing Drugs
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4479
Re: Changing Drugs
Oh, one more question. Would a 2mg patch in the morning and 2mg Ropinirole at night stand a chance? My Neurologist is against mixing the two but I've read of others doing so.
- Sun Sep 08, 2013 9:48 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Changing Drugs
- Replies: 34
- Views: 4479
Changing Drugs
I have had RLS for many years, gradually getting worse. Ropinirole was a godsend and has kept the RLS at bay for around 4 years. For the last few months it is not s good and I am on the maximum dose of 4mg nocte. There are two issues. Firstly, I get augmentation. I attend meetings in the day and hav...