Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

My wife clandestinely weened me off caffeine in a week after a lifetime of drinking it. I was amazed how smoothly it went since I used to get a headache if I skipped it for one day. It seemed to help a bit with rls but more than that it significantly improved my bowels and I don't miss it much. I st...

Wow, 8 mg! I have been on ropinirole for the better part of a year and had my ups and downs with it. I started at 1, quickly to 2 and when my doctor said 4 mg. of extended release I thought it would be a train wreck. The extended release greatly decreased the physical pain in my thighs and controlle...

I'm surprised nobody mentioned dehydration. I took gabapentin for a year and dealt with dehydration on a daily basis. Lately I have been taking 300 mg and waking up parched in the middle of the night. I'm giving gabapentin one more chance. Most of these drugs increase my appetite, or is it just my a...

Walking through a mall with my rls screaming, I sat in a massage chair and the rls stopped. I ended up buying one, enjoyed it for many years, but it worked great but did little for my rls. Like so much more that works for my rls, I think it was the distraction.

What was your doctors opinion? "(utilized a clonazepam to assist prior to hearing my Dr's opinion on the matter)

I'm using to about once a week just to survive on ropinirole and thinking of going back to it full time. Rick

I don't know why doctors even prescribe Sinemet. I took it for a short while and felt like I was tripping on lsd, no exaggeration, and still had rls. Two days after quitting I surfed some big beautiful waves and it was the most surreal out of body experience I have had in a long time. I kept going b...

They have some good illustrations of the muscles at play on Wiki. The photo of the device on the JAOA article is worth a million words. Just leaves which muscles to target.

Targeted Pressure on Abductor Hallucis and Flexor Hallucis Brevis Muscles to Manage Moderate to Severe Primary Restless Legs Syndrome to be precise. I just wonder why it took 4 years to publish and with such good results. I did a web search and had no luck finding more about her or the device. The o...

I have been struggling on 4 mg. ropinirole er for two months and was considering going another direction when I see my doctor this month. I had good days and bad but bad days started as early as noon and lasted the rest of the day. I was not sure if I was augmenting or just struggling. Then I starte...

I've known for over 40 years that ice cream can trigger bad rls in me. Way before I had ever heard of rls. Not always a trigger but enough times that we don't keep it in the house. I always assumed it was the sugar. And I love ice cream!

Ann, I very well could be augmenting but I have as many good days as bad. Hard to tell if symptoms are earlier or worse when every day is different. The extended release does seem to have some benefit and is probably better than taking such a high dose of the standard medicine.

I read a lot about better deep sleep once you are off clonazepam. I now have insomnia now that I am benzo free that I never had in my life. Everyone is different.

I just started taking 4 mg. Ropinirole ER and had no idea it was a generic based on cost. I looked at bottle and it says generic and TRI so I assume Trigen and fits your description. My observation is it is a wild ride on one brand with very bad days followed by great days. ER seemed to work better ...

I thought I would check back in after a month on 4mg ropinirole ER. Some days are great, hardly a twinge of RLS and little to no thigh pain, sleep a good 6 or 7 hours and feel healthy. Other days medium RLS starts mid afternoon and runs until asleep or later and medium thigh pain most of the time, o...

I know when I quit clonazepam cold turkey, I would have knocked off a parking meter for the $2 a month script if I had to. Cool Hand Rick