Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

There I was, as is my usual, crossing many bridges down the road that often never need crossed. I spoke with an Admin member of staff at my Medical Practice, explained my reasons for not to want to move and to ask if there was room for negotiation. For ease I will call her AM (Admin Member). AM said...

Monday 18th February 2019 Welcome today to: R.Connolly - who has had RLS for over 25 years and whose symptoms are escalating now. Please post and tell us how you have been treating your rls symptoms, are you taking medications, tell us what they are, how they have worked for you. We all understand h...

Yesterday I received a letter from my Health Centre who I have been with for 45 years. The last 15 years I have lived outside their catchment area but they agreed to keep me registered. The catchment area is 6.5 miles. I am 12 miles distant. I have always preferred to stay with these doctors with wh...

curqlink - how good to hear that you are in control and feeling positive. Did you wean yourself slowly downwards off the ropinerole.

17th February 2019 Welcome today to: FiveaLife - who says that sleep deprivation, day time drowsiness, agitation while in close contact with loved ones, and lack of attention and focus has wreaked havoc on professional life and personal life and affected those I love around me including my 3 childre...

LIFE LONG LEARNER.... love it.
Hmmmm..... I must think about this.

Good luck with getting the oxycodone, I wish you well.

13 February 2019 Welcome to: Csherkel - sho says that controls his/her life. Csherkel works full time, exercises almost daily don’t do drugs. Health is good but rls ruins so many activities and most sleep every single day. Please post and tell us how you have been coping with your rls symptoms, are ...

Stockton - you have said that 'both your iron levels are normal'. Would one of these iron levels be your Serum Ferritin which is not normally tested in run of the mill bloodwork. This is the iron level that is so important to us sufferers of rls. Also, depends what you mean by normal. Serum Ferritin...

Legs - The two bad evenings actually were the evenings and not during the night. (except for one last week that was an all nighter). Generally speaking, I'm happy to say the actual nighttimes have been improved since starting the Lyrica. I've ordered my next prescription at the same 150mg x 2 dosage...

So difficult for me to describe the symptoms, no words seem to be accurate enough to adequately describe the torture. I can be sitting calmly reading and .... then there it is.... i don't know what 'it' is..... but it's a warning, a feeling but not a feeling, perhaps an intuition or an emotion, yes,...

Ah Yes, the disappearing notations..... If I think I'm going to be doing a long-ish post I sometimes type it up as a Word Document and then 'cut and paste' over to the discussion board.

wishful - There are many triggers for rls symptoms and alcohol is one such trigger. So your champagne and red wine could well be the culprit. And yes, a bad night after a quiet evening. Sometimes there appears to be no reasoning as to when symptoms play up more. Do bear in mind that, tobacco, sugar,...

95% reduction in symptoms. That is like a miracle. !!

It's wonderful to hear the positivity in your post and to hear that you are now sleeping so much better.