Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

That is great you can manage on 0.5mg of requip. I got as far as 2mg and still no results from it. As for the sleep study I had mine done a year ago. That was the first thing they did when they heard my symptoms and figured I had RLS. My results showed: I had no resp arousals at all meaning The chan...

Thanks Ann, I did have 2 other doctors look at my iron also in the same fashion as this new doctor did and nothing showed up on these levels. So it still confuses me on how all of a sudden my iron or ferritin is the cause when it was fine the last two times they checked these levels and I had rls th...

Well got the pleasure of going to a movement specialist who was suppose do testing to see if I had any other movement disorders besides RLS and he says I have low iron. However according to everything I see online about low iron levels mine are fine. I am running about mid range on all the blood tes...

I use the med alert cards. I have one in my wallet and my husband has one in his, and I have one in the glove box of the car ect... Plus all my doctors have it on file.

Thank you Ann. I hope there is noting else going on actually but if there is then I will have a better idea of how to treat it. If not maybe this new doctor will have a better idea on how to treat my rls. The second opinion doesn't bother me at all at least my neuro was kind enough to admit she coul...

Guest is me again Jan. Oh and I would like to also mention I was on medication but neuro took me off it and is sending me to a movemet specialist as she thinks I have something more than just rls since I have pain, numbness, and whole body jerks.

my hubby bought me a gift card for a massage and it made everything worse. I got hardly no sleep after my massage that night. So massage is out for me. makes my legs hurt more

I hear you Ann. It's hard to say where they come from or why. I too am like Ann and have had these same knots and pain. Mine come and go and used to come more often when I was young and did a lot of playing. I seem to get them more when I am using my legs more. However none of the typical meds given...

Sorry the previous messeage is from Jan number 2

I believe they are the same. One was said years ago and still is sometimes used and the other is the newer version of medical term.

I have a problem with both sitting and lying down. So like Ruby said rls is very unpridictable. I would also like to add that you may have rls at night you just dont know it. I had it at night and thought all was normal until they did a sleep test on me and found that I jerk every 6 mins and for eve...

Kahndee I have pain with my rls and it usually starts in the knees and works its way down my shin.

I have it. Especially when I am sitting in the reclyner trying to watch a movie or something.

Good luck to you and we pray you welcome a beautiful healthy baby.

Worldtravler, I had surgery not long ago and I just came right out and told my doctors of the different drugs not to have. I also used the med alert card on the SoCal web site to show them.