Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Day 23 dopamine agonist free..I feel better and better as the days without DA's pass-by.. My RLS symptoms are very mild, concentrated below my knees, right below my knee caps slightly numb feeling and calve muscles sore, slight burning. The DAWS is slowly subsiding but these DA's have some bad linge...

Good Morning Everyone... Well its Day 16 that I've been dopamine agonist free, actually haven't taken any type of drugs in 16 days, nothing at all. I feel really great this morning. Last night around 7;30 - 8;00 I was having like a slight burning in both legs and kind of itchy feelings, I took a hot...

Good Morning my friends..today marks the 14th day that I've been dopamine agonist FREE...and I feel like a new person!! I had my follow-up appointment with my neurologist yesterday at the VA Hospital in Charleston, S.C. everything went great...My doctor was amazed at how well I was doing at completi...

Good Morning everyone...well today marks day 11 without taking any dopamine agonist drugs, gabapentin, or lyrica..no medications what-so-ever, guess I've really had a drug holiday so far in this process, I haven't even taken as much as an aspirin. My RLS has become remarkably less intensive and prim...

Well I've managed to make it through day / night 5 with no medications, the RLS symptoms are slowly subsiding but it has been very unpleasant up to this point. Its 5:28 AM here and I've been up all night with no sleep, very tired but the main reason I haven't slept all night isn't from the usual rea...

Well I'm on DAY 04 of 0.0 Requip..longest Ive been without taking any kinds of DA(s) in years...Its been a rough last (3) days and nights without taking any kinds of medications but I did get about 2.5 hours sleep this morning around daybreak, its been three of the worse days In my life, so tired, R...

I've been taking Pregablin (lyrica) for approx. 30-days and Gabapentin prior for 14-days...the Gabapentin made my feet swell really bad, so after 14-days they switched me to pregabalin...stopping after such short period shouldn't be that bad hopefully, I'm just ready to do this 12-day drug holiday a...

Well looks like I won't be getting scheduled for my spine stimulator until Mid-june..but I'll be completely off Dopamine Agonist at that point. I decided to start my 12-day drug holiday yesterday, no medications at all. Its 0539 here and I've been awake all night, crawled in bed a couple times for 1...

Has anyone on here with RLS/WED tried the Implantable Spinal Stimulator for RLS? Abbott Technology has one out with Burst DR / Flexburst 360 I did a 7-day trial and it provided enormous relief for my RLS. I haven't been able to fall asleep for numerous years..without first taking Requip. I only take...

Well I'm on day 8 of taking 0.5 MG of Requip but something really interesting has happened in the past few days..a few days ago I agreed to a spine stimulator trial with the new Eterna SCS system from Abbott. The first night of having the stimulator I took my normal medications, 150 MG Lyrica, 0.5 M...

Tonight will be the 3rd night of me reducing my Requip to 0.5 MG...not much sleep past 2-nights since dropping to 0.5MG..the RLS has been constant / sporadically throughout the night, been getting about 3-hours of segmented sleep, hopefully it will level back out in a few days. Hope everyone have be...

Well I'm currently taking 75-MG Lyrica/1000-MG B-12 in the mornings and 150-MG Lyrica / 1-MG Requip in the evening, usually around 6:30 - 7:00 PM, takes approx. 1.5 - 2.0 hours before I can actually close my eyes, let my brain neutralize to that path of sleep, without the RLS starting preventing doz...

I've tried taking melatonin and it does nothing for me...I've tried different doses 1-MG up 5-MG and it seems to make my RLS worse..

Thanks for the reply..I'm ready to get off this Requip..drop to 1-MG tonight, probably gonna be rough trying to get any sleep once I'm no longer taking any Requip but hopefully the RLS will subside after a few days. I don't know really what to expect or how I'm gonna get to sleep because I can't rem...

Well here I sit in front of the computer... once again the bugs have come alive in my legs, been fighting them since 3:00 am..I'm so tired, seems like my RLS has become so much worse since being overdosed on Requip..Approx. 77-78 days ago I was on 12-MG Requip (1) time daily, usually at night. Terri...