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by SquirmingSusan
Wed Jan 10, 2007 7:06 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Thank You Dr. B!
Replies: 15
Views: 3231

Ditto on the big thank you! I emailed his site tonight about my situation and asked him what he knew about St. John's Wort having any bad interactions with narcotics. He already answered my email personally!!!! Geez, not even my husband answers me that quickly. And I certainly can't get through to m...
by SquirmingSusan
Wed Jan 10, 2007 3:20 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Side effects of Requip
Replies: 7
Views: 2597

Oh, I forgot - After the nausea went away, about 3 hours after I took the Requip, I had terrible nighttime munchies. I'm trying to lose weight, and that made it difficult. Susan Oh, and by the way - The nurse practitioner at the sleep clinic said that chills and shivering isn't on her list of side e...
by SquirmingSusan
Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:57 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Side effects of Requip
Replies: 7
Views: 2597

I need to go in and add my long list of medication side effects from various drugs to the "side effects" thread, but here's what happened with Requip: Yucky nausea, shivering and extreme chills (had to put on a hooded sweatshirt and wrap up in a blanket every night after I took it), extreme sinus st...
by SquirmingSusan
Tue Jan 09, 2007 8:52 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Mirapex and heat
Replies: 15
Views: 4869

I completely believe that the doctors have much less knowledge about RLS than we do. They do not know more than a few of the top/most likely side effects. Heck, my first neuro didn't even know what augmentation was or how to deal with it. He made my RLS worse. Another neuro I saw refused to prescri...
by SquirmingSusan
Sun Jan 07, 2007 8:34 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Augmenting already! This is pure He!!
Replies: 25
Views: 5769

Susan, that sucks. SJW seems such a great choice - except the other problems with other drugs. Augmentation from drugs is hard - it can last a few days - or weeks. And, in at least one case - it was permanent. Not trying to scare you, but I don't want you to have false expectations. Dr B basically ...
by SquirmingSusan
Sat Jan 06, 2007 12:49 pm
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Augmenting already! This is pure He!!
Replies: 25
Views: 5769

Aarrrrggghhhhh!!!!!! This is worse than I could have ever imagined. I need to vent. I need moral support. I need my arms and legs cut off!!! Last night was so bad, and I was in so much pain, and had to keep getting up to walk around to get rid of the creepy crawlies that were about sending me into o...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Jan 05, 2007 11:38 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Augmenting already! This is pure He!!
Replies: 25
Views: 5769

Hey Kim, sorry to hear you're up and squirming, too. My legs were kicking and spasming pretty bad there for a few hours, but after massaging them, trying to ignore them by doing sudoku, and walking around for a while, they seem to have settled down. I suppose the pain will come back now. It seems li...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:36 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: Augmenting already! This is pure He!!
Replies: 25
Views: 5769

Augmenting already! This is pure He!!

I'm calling it quits with the Requip. Nasty nausea, shivering and chills, and lately, my symptoms are getting much, much worse, especially the pain. I tried to call the doc today, in hopes of getting something for the pain, but didn't connect. I'm taking way too much OTC stuff, and it doesn't even t...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Jan 05, 2007 7:16 am
Forum: Prescription Medications
Topic: I'll Sleep When I'm Dead
Replies: 26
Views: 6726

Wow, I really needed this post! I've been taking that bleeping Requip for about 6 weeks now, and have finally worked up to a whole 1 mg. Still get nauseated and severe chills for about an hour or 2, and last night I woke up at 4am with horrid leg pain and feeling like someone was tickling me all ove...
by SquirmingSusan
Sun Dec 24, 2006 7:43 pm
Forum: Everything Else...just no RLS!
Topic: Merry Christmas, Happy Hanuka, And Well Wishes
Replies: 26
Views: 10228

Happy ChristmaHanuKwanzaakah to you all! And a very restfull new year. :lol:

Susan
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Dec 22, 2006 7:01 am
Forum: General Topics: RLS
Topic: Sleep Study
Replies: 17
Views: 3831

My sleep study was rescheduled to this last Tuesday night, so I finally had it done. I think they should have some really good data. I told the gal I couldn't take the full 1mg of Requip, 'cuz it makes me too sick. Then I started to shiver violently from the Requip. I hope she made not of that. They...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:58 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: My Husband would like some answers please
Replies: 3
Views: 1328

Oh, wow, that sounds so hard! (My husband was diagnosed with AML leukemia a year ago, at age 49, and given 25% odds to be alive this year. But he's doing well.) I do know how much stress it is to have a spouse in the hospital for months on end getting intensive treatment. My heart hurt physically th...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:48 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: back again - frustrated and impatient
Replies: 17
Views: 4673

Oh, Jamie, I can so relate to what you're saying. I also am hypothyroid (my TSH was 27 last summer!), but my meds have been adjusted. I also suffer from depression, and have been on Lexapro, which aggravates RLS. Of course I got onto the antidepressants because I was on Valium for vertigo for years ...
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:37 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: What are your triggers?
Replies: 26
Views: 6659

My triggers: PMS, constipation, antidepressants, evening. :roll:

Susan
by SquirmingSusan
Fri Dec 22, 2006 5:35 am
Forum: Just Joined?
Topic: Let's try this Again
Replies: 14
Views: 3123

Welcome, Debt. I think like we all feel like we're going crazy with this restless "limb" thing. (I get it worst in my arm, so I'm renaming it ) Especially when we don't get sleep, or the sleeping pills have weird side effects. I had a problem with Ambien CR - made me have hallucinations. The CR is a...