Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I have only used one medication for RLS that has worked. Tramadol. Since 2009 I have taken 150 mg at 7 pm every night. It always works. I have never changed doses. I have never needed to increase the dose. If I forget to take it, boom, at 9 pm I am in agony. Luckily I have been able to explain to my...

UPDATE: I have found a system that seems to be working. I started at 150mg Tramadol, with a few puffs of CBD heavy MJ. to get used to the MJ. I am down to 50 mg Tramadol at 6pm, with a 10mg MJ hard watermelon candy. At 9pm I take 300 mg magnesium. I have been sleeping great. I also put a warm blanke...

yawn, when you say you sometimes have strong anxiety, do you mean at night? Or during the day? What strain of marijuana are you using?
Thank you so much for your contribution to this thread.

Thanks for the info, stjohn. I also started taking magnesium. It seems to help me stay asleep.

I am going to try vaping, and right away add some edible. If I need to re-vape that is ok, better than not sleeping at all.

I saw a doctor where I live in Arizona yesterday for my mj card. It should arrive in about 10 days. I am hoping to transition from 150mg of Tramadol at night, to only mj to control symptoms. The Tramadol is losing its effectiveness, and I am also experiencing daytime arm symptoms when I attempt to n...

After tapering down to only 50mg of Tramadol while starting Horizant, I had terrible RLS. In addition to insomnia from the Horizant. After several nights of constant movement and not being able to sleep, I gave up on trying to switch from Tramadol to Horizant. My husband begged me take Tramadol at f...

Thanks for the herbal info.

I was on Tramadol until recently, when I switched to Horizant. I have good insurance and they pay for it. I wanted once a day dosing and did not want to keep needing to increase the dosage of gabapentin. When I was on Tramadol, I started bupropion (wellbutrin). I was very successful on Tramadol, but...

I agree the RLS was most likely from long term use of Tramadol. I am unable to take a nap during the day due to my arms starting to ache after only about 10 minutes. Which was no fun when I had the flu for two weeks and could not lie down. When I am completely off the Tramadol I hope eventually my a...

Day two of switching from Tramadol 150mg at night to Horizant 600 mg at 5pm. I am tapering off the Tramadol, now taking 100mg at night with the full dose of Horizant. The first night was great, no problems. In the morning I felt a little spaced out, but not bad. Night two, I had restless arms. Very ...

After some research, I have decided to try Horizant, a pro-drug of gabapentin. It will arrive from my mail order pharmacy tomorrow. I will let everyone know how the transition goes...

Thank you. Part of this transition is to d/c the Tramadol completely at some point. It has become such a hassle to get it. For me and my doc to prescribe. However, if nothing else works, I will put up with the hassle. I can't live with have RLS every night.

I am discussing with my doctor discontinuing Tramadol and starting Gabapentin instead. The Tramadol has worked well for seven years. However, in the last six months I have developed severe itching, which keeps me up at night. Also, and not a trivial concern, is the obstacles to obtaining Tramadol in...