Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Someone was complaining about how hard it is to split Requip
I found that I could scrape the raised portion of the pill on both sides and it will score easily.

I took it to replace gabapentin/neurontin which gave me pain in my quad's. it helps with sleep but due to my special sensitivity I get quad pain with it but less than with the gabapentin

I take 50mg prn

Neurontin, Lyrica(taken with Requip)

Pain in Quadriceps


Requip
Sleepiness, slowed thinking

Ativan
worse nervousness after it wears off(but helped me sleep)

I discovered that doing meditation for 5-10 minutes(or more ) can reduce my pain perception. It is a simple easily learned practice that is used in many pain clinics. It lowers your parasympathetic nervous system activity and calms you down. It works by directing your focus to your breath(in its mo...

HAs anyone had experience with any of these? Examples are: Somatic Experiencing, Bodynamics, Reichian? Sometimes the body expresses through a disability deeper psychological issues as a way of "getting our attention" If we work at a body level, perhaps we can discover the casue of our mental and phy...

I am computer literate and have counseling skills. I would be happy to be a part of the team.

Steve

Wilhelm Reich was a brilliant psychptherapist who did research into the causes of neurosis in the 1930's and 1940's. He found that it was holding patterns in the muscles that created blockages that strangled the flow of blood and body energy. Reich found that a complete and full orgasm would release...