Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I don't know what levels they use in hospitals. I think in absolute pressure so we are already at 1 ata. I worked in the diving industry and a typical bends treatment would be 60 feet of seawater (3 ata) breathing 30 minutes of oxygen followed by 15 minutes air repeated however long the doctor said....

Someone talked about the tiny bit lower pressure in an airliner triggering RLS (lower oxygen). I know getting on a plane always triggers mine but I never thought that could be the cause. I always chocked it up to being in a constrained position.

Pushing oxygen is exactly what hospital based chambers are for, improving circulation for issues like burns, cancer, etc. I'm no doctor but would think RLS would be little lower oxygen delivery, not a significant reduction that would cause tissue damage. If you just to breath pure oxygen long enough...

I never get RLS when I am distracted so it is hard to tell what might work. I bought a $3000 massage chair because it made my RLS go away when I was suffering while walking through a mall. Great chair but did not continue to help RLS. Hypoxia in muscles should be easy to test in hyperbaric chambers....

It seems to me that these researchers found what may help a significant number of RLS sufferers, so they did not publish their research for a number of years, pursued FDA approval and then offered their product at an exorbitant price. They shared nothing I know of with organizations like rls.org. Se...

I'm surprised that someone with significant untreated RLS can nap. That would set mine off even under heavy medication. Even under medication the first 15 minutes I lay down at night intensifies the RLS, then I pass out. I jogged and or worked out about the last 30 years and for some time did long d...

That is just malpractice to stop supplying a benzo like that. Very serious for someone unprepared. They are even cheap here in US. Probably why supplier is holding back, not enough mark up.

Good luck with your Mom yawny. Go Slow! I inadvertently tried to get my mother in her 80s to try Clonazepam because she has severe restless legs also and it works well for me. Her doctor quickly gave her a script for twice the dose I was on for some or no reason. At the time I really had no idea how...

badnights I don't think my doctor, my wife or I are misinformed when you see the news coverage of the over use of or commercials for medicines to deal with the side effects of opium. I definitely want that to be the last resort and I understand many people are already there. It would be great if we ...

I used Gabapentin to get off Clonazepam. At first it worked very well as I dropped from 3 to 1 mg. using 300 - 600 mg. Gabapentin. Getting off that last mg. was brutal and once finally off the Gabapentin was useless. I might as well have been taking aspirin. After nine months on DAs that just turned...

I had 25 years of experience with rls before I saw a doctor about it. He put me on .5mg clonazepam. Over the next 20 years my dose slowly went up to 2 mg and I assumed it was resistance to the drug but I was sleeping well, had no hangover and just dealt with late afternoon and early evening rls. I n...

I quit clonazepam after 20 years because it is a nasty drug for any people. I seem to do well on it. I tried DAs and ended up on ropinirole that just made my RLS miserable. At first it was a miracle, to go days without the dreaded feelings, but that did not last long. My doctor quickly had me on 4 m...

My doctor put me on gabapentin to help my restless legs while I got off 20 years of clonazepam. I chose to quit because a large Canadian study associated it with an increased chance of Alzheimer's. The clonazepam was very, very, very difficult to get off of and had to be done by tapering very, very ...

Thanks for the replies. In no way did I mean opiates are not a acceptable treatment for rls but just getting a controlled substance like clonazepam is bad enough. After 20 years I had to sign a statement that I would not get another doctor to prescribe from a different pharmacy. My wife gave me the ...

Since I went through a four month nightmare getting off clonazepam, I’ve tried gabapentin, pramipexole, sinemet, , ropinirole, ropinirole ER, kratom, Maryjane, iron, magnesium and red wine, even nothing. Even gave up caffeine. Now I’m going back on clonazepam and see if I can get back to where I was...