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- Sun Jun 02, 2024 6:02 pm
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Severe rls subdued using Allulose. Seriously.
- Replies: 5
- Views: 186
Re: Severe rls subdued using Allulose. Seriously.
The sugar that you read about in the literature is almost certainly normal table sugar, which is sucrose, a 12 carbon sugar. Allulose is a rare natural six carbon sugar that is almost, but not quite, chemically identical to fructose. Fructose is the sugar found in corn syrup (and sugar containing so...
- Sun Jun 02, 2024 2:32 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: JUNE 2024 NEW MEMBERS
- Replies: 3
- Views: 117
Welcome to RestlessinTexas
Saturday, June 1 Welcome to RestlessinTexas, who has had RLS as long as she can remember. It was “growing pains” as a kid, then nighttime leg cramps during pregnancy. Now it is full blown RLS in menopause. She has terrible difficulty sleeping, and has been on ropinirole for a year and a half. She is...
- Sat Jun 01, 2024 7:40 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Urgent Care, rls and migraines
- Replies: 2
- Views: 68
Re: Urgent Care, rls and migraines
You really need to be under the care of a knowledgeable neurologist for those three conditions and not necessarily the same neurologist since migraines, RLS and lower back pain fall within three different sub-specialties of neurology. Urgent care may be able to help you with the migraine. There are ...
- Sat Jun 01, 2024 2:56 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to Ail
Friday, May 31 Welcome to Ail, who can’t sleep with RLS's severe symptoms Sleep is a primary problem for most of us with severe RLS. If your RLS is not under control, we may be able to offer some suggestions to discuss with your doctor on how to improve control of your RLS. All that you need to do i...
- Thu May 30, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to missyh
Thursday, May 30
Welcome to
missyh, who is a member of the Foundation staff.
Welcome and we look forward to seeing you join in some of our discussions.
Welcome to
missyh, who is a member of the Foundation staff.
Welcome and we look forward to seeing you join in some of our discussions.
- Thu May 30, 2024 3:14 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to Steve Wake
Thursday, May 30 Welcome to Steve Wake, who is 66. RLS and involuntary leg jerks have relentlessly hounded him for the past 27 years. It's not just the physical aspect, but the toll on his mood, personality, outlook on life, and positive mental attitude have been overwhelming. Then there is also the...
- Mon May 27, 2024 4:11 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to knorman
Monday, May 27 Welcome to knorman, who has severe refractory RLS. knorman's symptoms started over 40 years ago and have escalated. It has profoundly impacted day to day living. Many of us here on the discussion board have severe, refractory RLS. If you have any questions about treatments or need sug...
- Sat May 25, 2024 7:54 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Weclome to VVtory
Saturday, May 25 Welcome to VVtory, who has suffered for decades off and on, sometimes not just legs but arms or torso. Gabapentin helps right away but would rather find more holistic remedies. There are only a few non-pharmaceutical treatments that have shown good effectiveness. You can read more i...
- Wed May 22, 2024 10:32 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Success
- Replies: 1
- Views: 169
Re: Success
One of the side effects of almost all anti-depressants (SSRI, SNRI and TCA) is restlessness that is either RLS or essentially the same thing as RLS. Whereas primary RLS is not something that can be cured, restlessness that occurs as a side effect of anti-depressant use or any of several other drugs ...
- Sat May 18, 2024 3:55 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to WebDemon
Friday, May 17
Welcome to
WebDemon, who was recently diagnosed with RLS but has suffered for quite a long time before getting diagnosed.
Many of us suffer for many years (decades) before being diagnosed. If you have any questions, feel free to post a message and we will try to answer it.
Welcome to
WebDemon, who was recently diagnosed with RLS but has suffered for quite a long time before getting diagnosed.
Many of us suffer for many years (decades) before being diagnosed. If you have any questions, feel free to post a message and we will try to answer it.
- Thu May 16, 2024 2:23 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to kmquinn108
Tuesday, May 16 Welcome to kmquinn108, who has suffered from RLS for several years. kmquinn is off medications for now and is experimenting with alternative treatments. You can find lots of information about the few non-medication treatments that work and many that do not in our Non-Prescription and...
- Tue May 14, 2024 2:11 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to SilviaC
Tuesday, May 14 Welcome to SilviaC, whose life partner suffers from this condition since 25 years (he’s turning 50 yo this year) and it’s getting worse, despite the medication he has been taking daily since one year. We are looking for more information in this syndrome and some alternative solutions...
- Tue May 14, 2024 2:06 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Anyone Heard of Nedria Tomac Therapy?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 9226
Re: Anyone Heard of Nedria Tomac Therapy?
Dr Buchfuhrer in Los Angeles took part in the clinical trials of the device and would therefore be familiar with it.
- Sun May 12, 2024 7:51 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: MAY 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 21
- Views: 990
Welcome to Lisamason50
Sunday, May 12 Welcome to Lisamason50, who wants to know what works for other people. You can get an idea of the things that everyone does by scanning our forums. You can also see the variety of treatments recommended by the experts by reading the document that the link in my signature points to. If...
- Sun May 12, 2024 5:36 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Oxycodone
- Replies: 18
- Views: 8708
Re: Oxycodone
Not everyone experiences opioid alerting. I take methadone and gabapentin. The methadone causes alerting so I take it at lunchtime and then take the gabapentin at bedtime. By taking methadone at lunch, my alerting symptoms are gone by bedtime.