Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

Some years ago I was prescribed SSRI's (3 types) for panic attacks. I had to give them up because they exacerbated RLS .

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.

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...