Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hi All I havent been on in a while-- kinda sick on top of everything else,just a quick up date on me and all my drugs I had tvp surgery on Mon am slowly getting better from that I almost didnt get to have the surgery, when I told my sleep specialist he threw a fit-- even called my surgeon ( his offi...

UPDATE Hello All Just a quick update --my legs and arms are doing a little better as long as I take the Requip before they get bad---- I think the idea of taking it during the day might help even more--I will suggest it to my sleep doc --if he doesn't - -I ,m still not sleeping much better I tend to...

Hello I appreciate your responce---its good to know I am not the only one that has experienced this problem- -I think your right about maybe going through withdrawal- -I thought the anxious feeling and rapid heartbeat that I am experiencing was because my thyroid or shall I say lack of throid was ou...

Goodmorning thank you Nadia for your words of encouragement--- this means a lot to me--- -I will try to stay positive--easier said than done-- stop stressing---I know I shouldn't stress-- I haven't found a way not to do that yet. Any one going through this affliction knows it is pure HECK!!!! I took...

Hello everyone its been awhile since I have posted im really having a rough time with my Rls My sleep specialist had me taking Mirapex along with Neurontin for the last three months I was doing pretty good at first then these medications just seemed to stop working-- more and more involuntary moveme...

Hello all i hope everyone is doing as well as they can be? Just an up date---i have been doing fairly well with the Mirapex for my legs--- now the movements have gotten a lot worse in my arms. I had been having all kinds of new and different pains-- my feet especially after sitting or laying cant ha...

Hello Hazel and Everyone Sorry i did.nt reply to your post sooner- -i am sooo glad your mood had gotten better!!! It's been pretty hectic around here this last week - -I went to two doc appointments-- my sleep specialist-- he put me on Mirapex---50 mg @ bedtime-- and my family doc she increased my R...

Penguin and Hazel I wish to say I hope you both are doing better than when I read these two posts--- I'm not an expert on fybro by any means-- but I don't know of any one who has it that doesn't hurt when they are touched in a certain spot-- even one spot???? Maybe you are just unique----I wish I wa...

Hi Hazel Sorry not to have responded to your post sooner. Sounds like Fybro to me--- only your doc can say for sure-- I hope you have a good one!!! As far as my meds--- I take Baclofen its a muscle relaxer and Lorazapam-- not much relief with either-- they are prescribing both of these drugs to help...

Hello Hazel and Penguin I hope you are having a GREAT day?? I'm glad you used the fibrohugs site---isn't The Letter to Normals a good idea to share with people who do not understand the disease? I have shared it with several of my loved ones and they each told me that they had no idea what we go thr...

Hello Penquin Thank you for your reply Fibro is a real pain ehhh--???(-as they say here in canada-)-- I am pure american --arkansas to be exact not making fun Ido truly enjoy being here other than missing my family I am truly fortunate to be married to a very compassionate man-- without his love and...

Thanks for the welcome and the responce----I was starting to wonder if any one was going to reply---I do understand-- as we all have not enough hours in a day---too bad these long nights weren't quite sooooo busy--- the legs ---and the arms and all the other stuff our bodies do when all we want is a...

Greetings from Canada I am a new member, I have been reading your posts,every one seems to be really sincere , and caring for each other, I too have RLS. along with Fibromyalgia--- what a mess -- I recenly had a sleep study done--- it showed no slow sleep-- plm of 586 index being 142.5 ve high-- no ...