Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Congratulations for making it to Day 4 of no Requip. We have had other members of the board who grew weak at this point and took a pill just to get some relief. Glad to hear that your will is still standing strong. If you follow the normal progression, the fact that you were able to get some sleep a...

Friday, April 12 Welcome to Renalyn, whose anxiety level has gotten higher. So she is trying to find the right treatment. You can find all the recommended treatments for RLS in the document that the link in my signature points to. As for anxiety, gabapentin and Lyrica are often also used to treat th...

Friday, April 12 Welcome to Frostnow, who has leg cramps that are excruciating and thinks that they must be related to RLS. Cramping is not necessarily related to RLS although they do occur. To qualify as RLS, you must meet all five of the criteria described in the following link: https://gpcpd.heiw...

Tim, none of your posts have been removed (with the exception of the duplicate that you posted today). We do not remove posts for being offensive and if we did, you would receive a private message telling you what you did wrong so that you could revise your message. A problem that some encounter is ...

Has anyone on here with RLS/WED tried the Implantable Spinal Stimulator for RLS?

Write a private note to Debbluebird, I am fairly sure that she has the experience that you are looking for.

TIm, the numbers generally reported for RLS range from 5 to 15 percent of the population. The reason for such a wide range is that RLS occurs more frequently in those of northern European ancestry and "rarely" in Africa, so there is a question of what "population" you are referencing against. There ...

Monday, April 8 Welcome to dmalone8, whose RLS began in the mid 30s. dmalone is now 52 and has been using medication to help control RLS for about 7 years but is finding that RLS and the the loss of sleep it causes is have a bigger effect on life with age. Unfortunately, RLS tends to get worse with ...

Saturday, April 6 Welcome to Jules, whose RLS has affected sleep and increased migraines/vertigo which causes anxiety. Is your doctor treating your RLS and has (s)he done blood tests to check your ferritin levels? You might find that taking gabapentin or Lyrica would help with your sleep and possibl...

Saturday, April 6 Welcome to vegascurley, who needs help...vegas was on Neupro for about 10 years till the insurance company wont pay for the prescription. vegas hasn't been able to find anything that will help. If you check the document that the link in my signature points to, you will find all of ...

Here is a publication that describes the types of iron used for infusions. Venofer is iron sucrose. Dr Earley at Johns Hopkins has done the largest part of the evaluation of IV iron treatments for RLS and he prefers iron carboxymaltose over the simpler iron sugars like sucrose. I don't remember if i...

That sounds like great news. I hope that the 20mg oxy ER works well for you for a very long time. And also good that you don't need to mess with pain management since they often don't understand conditions like RLS that are not classical pain situations where they can try other treatments to try to ...

Thursday, April 4 Welcome to snowluvr, whose RLS not only does this disrupt sleep patterns it affects motivation to accomplish projects. If his wife didn't sleep so soundly, his constant getting up and returning to bed would disrupt her sleeping as well. Is your doctor currently treating your RLS? H...

Thursday, April 4 Welcome to West_Coast, who was diagnosed and started on gabapentin 4 years ago, after reaching a point where nothing worked (massage, heat etc) and she was awake all night. Now she is chained to taking this medication every night, but even then she has regular problems with symptom...

Thursday, April 4 Welcome to West_Coast, who was diagnosed and started on gabapentin 4 years ago, after reaching a point where nothing worked (massage, heat etc) and she was awake all night. Now she is chained to taking this medication every night, but even then she has regular problems with symptom...

Wednesday, April 3 Welcome to Tompyro, whose RLS is so impactful on his life. He says that it is unbelievable how many hours sleep he has lost during an episode. He takes Requip 1mg dose. His Dr. doesn’t want increase the dose. It seems that lately his arms are becoming involved after going to bed. ...