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- Wed Apr 24, 2024 3:52 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Kmac
Wednesday, April 24 Welcome to KMac, who has RLS that keeps Kmac awake 50% of nights. KMac is looking for a non-medication resolution for RLS. Take a look at our Non-Prescription and Physical Treatment forums to see what has worked and what has not worked for our members. Also, the FDA recently gave...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 8:52 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to VGF
Tuesday, April 23 Welcome to VGF, who has had to stand at the back of the movie theater for over an hour. She has had to move, rub, & jiggle her legs while driving, She has put hole in a good bed sheet because her legs move so much. She has been to multiple doctors & been on multiple medications try...
- Tue Apr 23, 2024 2:38 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Letgomyleg
Tuesday, April 23 Welcome to Letgomyleg, who has had RLS for as long as Letgo can remember. It usually affects Letgo at night when Letgo tries to sleep it will wake Letgo up. Letgo has found a couple of things that help manage it and wants to share them in case they are helpful to others. All that y...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 7:10 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Spine surgery
- Replies: 3
- Views: 128
Re: Spine surgery
As Polar Bear has said, there are pamphlets in the Members Only section of the Foundation's website. There are at least two of these that deal specifically with surgical procedures and one of them addresses issues with anesthesia and the drugs that the anesthesiologist needs to avoid. I have provide...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 4:06 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone on backorder for nearly a month!
- Replies: 3
- Views: 261
Re: Methadone on backorder for nearly a month!
I had Walgreens transfer an opioid prescription to another pharmacy several years ago. The only problem was that the second pharmacy was also short and could only partially fill my prescription. They said that once they start filling a prescription, they cannot transfer back for a partial fill.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:48 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Linda J
Wednesday, April 17 Welcome to Linda J, who has severe RLS and tried Horizant which helped for a time but faded, so she just started taking Ropinirole. She is in search of reliable information from people that have taken the full course and anecdotally if they are glad they did given all the risks. ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 8:42 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to JoyTexan
Wednesday, April 17 Welcome to JoyTexan, who suffers every night with RLS and lose sleep. Both of those conditions are something that we all experience. If you would like us to make suggestions to help you get your RLS under better control, all that you need to do is to tell us about your current tr...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 2:43 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Darcj
Wednesday, April 17
Welcome to
Darcj, who has RLS and it drives Darcj crazy!
Is your RLS being treated? Has your doctor checked your ferritin level and do you know the number?
If are interested and are willing to tell us more, we may be able to provide you with some help.
Welcome to
Darcj, who has RLS and it drives Darcj crazy!
Is your RLS being treated? Has your doctor checked your ferritin level and do you know the number?
If are interested and are willing to tell us more, we may be able to provide you with some help.
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 11:01 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to jushe
Wednesday, April 17 Welcome to jushe, who turned to a narcologist for a prescription of tranquilizers and pregabalin for a congenital severe form of restless legs syndrome. As a child, jushe's parents tied jushe's legs to the cradle. We are happy that you have found relief. Pregabalin is one of the ...
- Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:50 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Agw0006
Wednesday, April 17 Welcome to Agw0006, who has suffered from RLS most of adult life. Agw is now 62 and was recently prescribed codeine due to the severe nature of Agw's symptoms. Agw personally refer to the condition as “restless body syndrome” because Agw also has the same sensations in the torso ...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:26 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Sugar and Chocolate problems
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1010
Re: Sugar and Chocolate problems
Not all chocolates are equal. Chocolate chemistry is extremely complicated. Even the taste of a cheap chocolate versus quality chocolate of the same type (milk, semisweet, dark, etc) will vary. The reason has to do with the processing and how many of the flavors make it into the product that you con...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:05 pm
- Forum: Augmentation
- Topic: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
- Replies: 54
- Views: 4903
Re: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
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...
- Sat Apr 13, 2024 2:10 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Renalyn
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...
- Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:23 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: APRIL 2024 - New Members
- Replies: 20
- Views: 1841
Welcome to Frostnow
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...
- Thu Apr 11, 2024 8:11 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Head roll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1228
Re: Head roll
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 ...