Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

buglegs wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 7:54 pm Frunobulax...surfing through some older posting on here I read where you suffered through what sounded like DAWS after stopping Pramepexole...

Answered in your thread: viewtopic.php?p=111431#p111431

Answering to your question in http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?p=111430&sid=dd54b7325b9b801db7a944e9df4feaf1#p111430

Yes, I had severe DAWS, 11 years ago. I was on 1mg/d Pramipexole when I quit cold turkey. Pretty wide range of symptoms for 2-3 weeks, then depressions and mood swings for about 3-4 ...

At a modest cost for a one month supply you have nothing to lose by trying them.


Agree. However, battling inflammation takes time, and some of the ingredients (vit D3, curcumin) will show results only after months. Key is to avoid inflammatory food (there are different schools of thought on ...

Studies say it doesn’t become effective until 2-4mg (still a low dose). I’ve taken it up 5mg, it was partially effective for my RLS but my RLS is terrible. I take it at 3-4mg with methadone down and it makes me feel better either by: 1) improving the quality of my sleep or 2) reducing fatigue ...

Final report (hopefully). I reached the target dose of 2mg Abilify a while ago. The dose increase didn't change to my RLS in any way, but the good news is that the positive effect is still there. I take 7.5mg Oxycodone a day which almost completely controls my RLS. I hope to some day go down to 5mg ...

NeverGivingUp wrote: Tue Sep 24, 2024 5:08 am Can anyone site a good source for explaining the low oxalate diet?

I'd recommend Sally Nortons "Toxic Superfoods" book.

Agree with Ann and Steve. I have tried dozens of diets, including fasting. Whenever I fast for more than a day, my RLS gets worse, a LOT.

I agree that there may be environmental toxins that are hard to avoid and perhaps that we're not even aware of, but what's the solution? Even if you live on a ...

As someone who also augmented on Mirapex and I am also on oxy I am very interested in how you do on this Abilify! Please keep updating your progress. If this works, I will bring this up to my doctor at my next 6 month appointment!


6 weeks later, no change. 3 months in, rn on 0.8mg Abilify ...

I am not sure if you can raise the dosage from 500 mgs but it seems to work well at this dose so I have not changed it.


From what I've heard, magnesium only causes diarrhea unless you go really high (like 5 grams of elemental magnesium per day). Magnesium citrate has roughly 15% elemental ...

Oddly, magnesium citrate doesn't work for me when I buy it alone. But, there is a triple magnesium product (by Swanson in the US) that always works immediately for me. And doesn't work at all for my husband. Go figure.


Magnesium citrate has only a small amount of magnesium (ballpark of 15% I ...

Not a fun topic but rather than derailing further Bearpaws' thread with an off-topic query, I thought I'd start my own.

Opioid constipation is a thing and I'm dealing with it now. I'm taking 20mg oxycodone daily and having trouble moving. The laxatives I'm taking, Miralax and dulcalax, don't do ...

I find that sugar causes me problems with my legs. I understand chocolate is also a problem. I have found some chocolates that claim to be no sugar. Is it safe to eat these?


Cocoa contains oxalates that may cause severe RLS symptoms. But not everyone reacts to oxalates.
Artificial sweeteners ...

I’m going to ask my doctor to prescribe this to me tomorrow, but I’m still confused about its mechanism of action. It seems to prevent down regulation of the d2r and tolerance, but the a bit component of augmentation is the d2r-d1r heteromer. Maybe without the down regulation the heteromer isn’t ...

As someone who also augmented on Mirapex and I am also on oxy I am very interested in how you do on this Abilify! Please keep updating your progress. If this works, I will bring this up to my doctor at my next 6 month appointment!


I will! The issue however is that Abilify stops working for ...

But I am dealing with many of the side effects of the opioid medication, including a return of anxiety and OIC (opioid-induced constipation). The anxiety has been a big issue for me and I'm taking my usual SSRI (Escitalopram) in an effort to help battle those nasty feelings. Does anyone else out ...