Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I apologize for not updating you all sooner on how the supplements affected me. I have been much busier this past month than I expected. About a month ago, I started taking a probiotic pill, 1,500mg of curcumin with piperine, 500mg of alpha lipoic acid, and 1,000mg of N-acetyl cysteine daily. I have...

So, having an MD does not always qualify you to be a researcher (those are the doctors with both an MD and one or more PhDs) and unfortunately for those of us who do research in any field, we have to be very careful when reading something by someone whose reputation we do not know. And one more thi...

A grand chunk of the medical community was oblivious to this, because not only was the paper accepted for publication, but by early 2007, it had garnered 75 citations (in the medical literature, of course). I'm afraid that's not enough. Sometimes there are factions that cross-review and cross-quote...

This is important since the abstracts can often be somewhat misleading A number of the studies I referenced have only the Abstract freely available. This is mostly because I don't understand enough science to make reading the full study valuable for me, so I have to rely on the Abstract being repre...

So - partly the lack of response to your post is the necessity to fact-check and review, or the necessity for readers to learn things they aren't familiar with, maybe things that are completely foreign to them; and the gross lack of the required energy to do so for many of us. Thank you for taking ...

Thank you for the advice, Frunobulax. By chance, do you have a source regarding vitamin D, B6, and B12 supplementation? I don't mean to suggest that you are incorrect, but I feel it would be prudent to consult a medical authority. I took the probiotic, NAC, a-Lipoic acid, and curcumin. Unfortunately...

I have no qualifications whatsoever.

I fully agree with this post, and the points raised here explain why I am so interested in determining the root cause of RLS. It's reminiscent of the ending to the Wizard of Oz - early research into RLS indicted dopamine, but later research found iron deficiency behind the curtain. What's behind the...

A year or two ago, I actually did start taking a multivitamin with Vitamins D, K, B6, B12, folate, and other compounds. As you note, I had read elsewhere online that these compounds may help in the "short term." I took the multivitamin for a couple weeks, but didn't notice any difference. I hadn't m...

Oozz, you read me very astutely. More than just eager to resolve my symptoms, I am borderline desperate. For years, I was able to effectively treat my RLS with gabapentin, CBD, and a weighted blanket. (Although this is a mild treatment plan, my symptoms are actually more severe than they might seem....

@sbunter Thank you for that link. I'm sure I missed other important studies too. There was no real methodology to my research - I just googled a few dozen things. @badnights I would greatly appreciate it if would review the studies, when you have the time of course. I am aware that correlation does ...

I have just purchased a probiotic, N-acetylcysteine, a-Lipoic acid, and curcumin on Amazon. In the coming weeks and months, I will keep you all updated on the effectiveness of this treatment.

My thread a couple days ago suggesting that Central Nervous System (CNS) inflammation causes RLS (http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=10785) did not spawn as much discussion as I had hoped. Perhaps this was because the post did not provide practical guidance about what can be done to reduce neuroi...

I was intrigued davew’s assertion on this board (http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?f=20&t=7129) that RLS is caused by inflammation, and decided to research the issue. I have no connection to davew, nor have I tried the purported “absolute cure” on RLCure. As a disclaimer, I have no background in scien...