Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Doc wants to add gabapentin to the Vicadin I'm taking. Looked thru the posts trying to find something, but there is very little. I did read something about Gabitril.....is that similar?

Have been on Vicadin for almost a year, 1 before bed & 1 about 4 hours later. It doesn't help like it used to ...

Zach, I really needed and appreciated your input when I was in the midst of my panic/anxiety attacks! And from reading posts, I am only one of MANY! You make a difference in people's lives! Because of you, I was cautious of the 'holistic stress mgmt' psychiatrist.......and rightfully so/....
I ended ...

We have joined the 'Y' here because they have a huge warm water therapy pool. It feels great! Will be going there at least 3x a week.

Also have some ear-plugs, and trying them tonight for first time. Being kinda claustrophoebic, I'm hoping they will keep me from hearing the furnace turn on and ...

Good advice. Thank you for caring Zach! She is Board Certified, but I will check to see how many years in practice, where, etc.

:oops: In the middle of all this......(my concentration has hit bottom)....
I made the mistake of somehow missing the fact that I had posted this.
How foolish of me!

I have started taking 1/2 of a .5 Ativan every 12 hours. Last week I took a whole one twice, then cut back to a 1/2 again. This ...

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Am having a really tough time with panic attacks & anxiety for 1st time in my life....meds are messing with my RLS....lack of sleep makes anxiety worse, etc. etc. etc. What a blessing supportive dh's are!

Read pg 1 & 2 of this post and could not read 3 & 4. Went to page 5 and saw EUREKA! at ...

Every time I come to this website I learn something important!

I have never filled out one of the RLS cards, but I will now!
And on it will go:

ALLERGIES: Compazine, Droperidol =
severe dystonia, muscle spasms

There are probably other things I should put on there also!

Thanks so much for ...

It's been a stressful year and a half.....and my body is finally reacting to it with Panic attacks. They are really messing me up!

What can I take that won't cause my rls to make things even worse? My doctor wrote a script for generic Ativan and Zoloft. Everything I read says it will mess me up ...

:( :( Ann, reading your posts has been a great reality check for me. Recently when I posted needing advice you were right there giving me specifics that I so desperately needed. And I have appreciated that so much! I've been off the Mirapex 4 nights and am miserable & sleep deprived (DH has asked me ...

How can we find the results of the clinical trials that have been done?

How wonderful it is that we can come here and find all this information!

Thanks to all who make this possible!

Go ahead and cry! You deserve to do it.
After 40 or so years of dealing with rls I've reached a point where augmentation is wreaking me. I have been online here and not only found great information, but honestly, others who knew exactly what I am going through. One night while reading some ...

last night took 1 1/2 mg. mirapex and half a 750 vicadin and had a pretty good night's sleep.

Have to get up at 6:15am tomorrow morning so will repeat the above to try to get on top of things a little bit.

Will cut the mirapex to 1mg Fri & Sat with the half vicadin.

Concerned about the vicadin ...

Keep seeing references to a Dr. B.....

Who is he and where can I find information he has written?

Sue

Interesting thing happened last night;....I could not find my Mirapex anywhere!..... Finally at about 1am I took a Vicadin.

(And by the way....from being easily frustrated right now....I've come up with an easy, cost free way to end bending over the computer keyboard and continually having to ...

Am desperate to find a doc who understands severe rls.
Been on 3mg. Mirapex for several years & on Permax for about 7/8 years before that!

Augmentation really bad! I am beginning to take myself of of it!

ViewsAskew has been so helpful, as have others.

If anyone out there knows of a doc who they ...