Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

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Thanks for all the replies. I am realizing now that tightening that I experience is not RLS. It doesn’t make me need to move my leg and when I get up and walk around the tightness is still there. It’s not a cramp but I think I won’t have to take some meds for diagnosis. I already have been diagnosed...

Thanks for the info about replying. It was good that you explained that people are more likely to augment on levo-carbidopa. I definitely won't use it daily. I plan on using it only if in the middle of the night I feel that tightening for diagnosis purposes only. I won't even use it 2 nights in a ro...

The fact that it bothers your 2 or 3 nights a week is bad enough, don't go thinking it's not bad. Sleep is important and not getting enough of it is very unhealthy (and may be contributing to your depression). Losing even one night a week would be bad. Your ferritin is indeed low, and probably refl...

It wouldn't hurt to try the Mirapex for one or two nights. In the past, some doctors would give a patient one or two doses of Carbidopa/Levodopa to do just what your doctor has suggested. Carbidopa/Levodopa is almost guaranteed to cause augmentation if taken regularly, but for just a night or two i...

Does anyone else get a tightening in calf (not a full cramp) instead of the need to move, jumpy feelings? Also does anyone else just lave 1 leg affected? A lot of times (most of the time) I just have my left leg bothering me. It’s making me unsure if it’s really RLS. once in awhile I’ll get RLS in b...

Hi, I have been diagnosed with RLS in 2000 from a sleep study in Toronto. I have been fairly lucky in that my RLS has not been bothering me too much (hardly at all) for the last 5 years. I thought it had a lot to do with me taking magnesium. However it has started back up or so I think. It started w...