Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

What are people experience in Canada applying for the dtc with rls ? My symptoms are awful along with everything that goes along with it,depression,Cronic fatigue ect. Ive missed a lot of work and had to ask my employer for accommodations, I'm thinking of applying for this credit to ease the burden ...

All natural lol..

I eat a lot of meat, I try to limit my carb intake religiosity

No iron supplements

Thanks for all the imput.

I do believe my problem may be lack of quality of sleep, I need to see my dr again to so what he can suggest to help this. Fatigue has become a major issue for me and has effected othere aspects of my life so it would only make sense that it could effect this to

I Got my ferritin levels checked and my dr wasn't in to give me my results but the receptionist was nice enough to it was told my ferritin is 211.

It's much higher then the numbers I read on here.

I still need to see my dr but can anyone try and give me a little insight to this number?

Thanks

No I didn't stop any meds

I've been on the 1mg of the neupro patch for four days now, I felt better almost instantly but after 4 days I can feel symptoms starting return. This is the second time in 1 month that I have been on neupro and cone off of it for the same reason. When I cans off neupro before I did start feeling bet...

I'm wondering if anyone else is going through this, I've lost 147 pounds in the last 2 years since then my rls has become unbearable and I have resorted to coping with food. Since starting treatment for rls I have been able to be more physically active which helps but find I'm using food to cope wit...

Are their meds for rls that can be used as needed? I'm struggling with needing to go back on meds for my rls. I'm no stranger to antidepressant and I'm afraid to become reliant on yet another med.(I've explored coming of antidepressants to relive my rls) I'm borderline going crazy over this and feel...

I read somewhere that a gut infection can worsen rls and carbs can cause the bacteria to grow. I think the term is "Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth " I have no idea if this information is reliable but it makes me wonder. Does anyone know of this?

I to try and limit carbs but I'm not perfect and every now and then I slip. I've started a vitamin regiment and have been eating a low carb diet For 2 weeks now, since then I'm completely off DA and have been feeling good except for today when a had a little bit of a binge and it flaired up my rls.

Are Carbs and sugar rls triggers? Or am I just going crazy

I had gastric sleeve surgery December 1 2014 I went from 339lbs to 193lbs and my rls has never been worse. I admit that there may be a couple new factors that has caused this worsening but I'm convinced the weight loss doesn't help rls.

I was first prescribed cymbalta by my rheumatologist when i was first miss diagnosed with fibromyalgia. It mildly help with my rls I've found cymbalta to really help for my anxiety. Feeling less Anxious has helped with my restless legs. Now that I have been diagnosed with rls I know what I'm dealing...

Which strains are people finding helpful for rls and anxiety? I read that some trains have a stimulating effect like caffeine. I would think someone with rls should avoid these strains as caffeine can make rls worse. I'm thinking of trying kratom but don't really know where to start and figure this ...