Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Tuesday 17 July 2018

Welcome today to:

Sherripie1234567 - whose RLS is driving him/her crazy.

You have certainly come to the right place. We all understand. Please make a post telling us about your RLS and how you have been managing it so that we can make a few suggestions to help.

Very recently on another thread Trazadone has been mentioned. It would appear to help with sleep, at least initially. Although not without it's negative effects the next day. Or getting used to it. For someone (moi !!) who never sleeps more than a couple of hours continuously, I'm wondering would it...

legsbestill --- the windy side of the law---- I love it !! Beautifully put.

I'm finding it hard to locate much that supports CBD in the RLS treatment. Fortunately I don't seem to be troubled with anxiety or panic attacks.

barbeegee - if you are now off the Trazodone are you taking anything that helps with your sleep?

Indeed EeFall, it's really just a way of life for me now. There seems to be nothing in the 'sleep med range' that will work. Haven't tried anything in the herbal range, everything except CBD oil is illegal here and the oil on its own doesn't appear to be a big deal for sleep. So I 'wander lonely as ...

With regard to CBD I've been making enquiries about the CBD Oil. Here in UK the CBD Oil is legal but not the THC. As far as I can gather the CBD Oil doesn't do much for the RLS symptoms on its own.
I believe CBD tincture is a liquid that contains a small amount of hemp infusion.

Anything I've read on CBD oil for RLS seems to lean towards needing a small trace of THC for symptoms relief.

I don't sleep either, my medications being of the more tradional type.

You have nothing to lose by trying it out and if you do, we'd be most grateful if you kept us informed of how it worked for you.

I read this article saying that Trazodone was seen to help with insomnia for the first two weeks of treatment but it hasn't been checked for the treatment of chronic insomia, i.e. in the long term. Several side effects to be aware of. https://www.consumerreports.org/insomnia/trazodone-for-insomnia-s...

Oh !! what happy happy joy indeed !! 7 hours sleep. I know that I haven't slept longer than 2 hours at a time, often had no sleep, and never had more that 5 hours fragmented sleep in at least 21 years. I can accurately date at least that far back in my sleep pattern because of a particular event. In...

Yankiwi - That's actually a nice idea, and write to the Practice as opposed to directly to Dr D.

Yesterday I had a GP appointment. I felt that a medication prescribed for blood pressure was giving an unwanted side effect and I was asking for a change of medication. Didn't need to see any particular doctor in the practice. We are able to make our appointments on line. Dr D was the only doctor wi...

Very interesting.