Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thanks Steve.
I've tried virtually all AD medicines. Wellbutrin gave me an agitation/rage kind of mood. Had to quit it, too.
I agree, get stabilized on the AD medicine and then adjust RLS meds.
I'll check out the doctors you mentioned.

Thank you

After being off my antidepressant for several weeks, I had to go back on. Guess I can't really function without that.
Not surprisingly, my legs are now worse.
At this point, I'm willing to fly anywhere in the United States to try to find someone who can help. I'm in northeast Ohio and have access ...

For what it's worth, I couldn't tolerate pregabalin. Was on the lowest dosage and had to discontinue. Too depressing and it didn't seem to help RLS for me.

UPDATE: for what it's worth - My doctor is willing to start me on pregabalin. So we are trying that while I wean off of mirapex and gabapentin.

Fingers crossed. And I appreciate the thoughts and encouragement. Best to all of you.

Also, my current neurologist and sleep specialist is very reluctant to look at any kind of opioid. He is the second neurologist I have seen who won't go down that path. So it seems to be unavailable to me.

@badnights - Thank you for that. I am being switched to pregabalin this week and continue to wean off of the mirapex.

My life has really been turned upside down with all of this and I hope to get back on track again soon.

Ashwagandha helps me. Also, I think that inflammation is a large component or possibly a cause of RLS - just my opinion from years of suffering and experimenting.

Ashwagandha helps me. And it makes me think that RLS is related to inflammation.

Thank you for all of this.

Thank you for your response.

I'm currently on 3 x .125mg daily. Which is a pretty low dose (as I understand it).

My neurologist and I did discuss tramadol but he brought up the usual concerns about opioids, etc.

Middle-aged guy with RLS.
I've gotten to the point where 2 mirapex and 5 gabas / day aren't working. Really, I can't tolerate the 5 gabas. Too many side effects. At this point, there don't seem to be options and I'm considering just having to stay on my feet or sitting up in a straight chair until ...