Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Re PLMs - you will probably have them when you're off meds, and anyway you wouldn't know without a sleep study because they mostly don't wake people up. I didn't think I had them, and one study when I was medicated with gabapentin and codeine didn't show much, but the later one when I was medicated ...

Wow. When it happens, let it happen! And may it happen more. A lot of your distress the last week (I've been away but trying to catch up) has clearly been lack of sleep. My GP sent me to a psychiatrist once, and luckily for me he was a well-informed man, and he told her in his report that I was not ...

Me too, Ann. I'm greedy for what I feel should be rightfully mine: the life I used to have. I've read the saga from beginning, so much to catch up on after my trip! The horrors of a drug test and then NO MENTION of why they didn't seem to pay any attention to it at all! Did someone there know that y...

I get the aura but not the pain. (thank you thank you thank you thank you)

poor moonlight! But I'm glad you have your music groups and that you're painting. Anything that gets the mind off things for a while is something that lets us carry on that much longer in spite of things. the other drug rthom mentioned is hydromorphone. That's the generic name. It might have a brand...

jumping in on the Canadian health care system. It differs quite a bit from province to province. We get pretty good health care in the NWT, a lot of it paid for if you're an NWT resident. I know lots of people in other provinces, including Ontario where rthom is, and I have never heard any story lik...

Makes sense; we want results if at all possible.

I don't think there's any evidence that toxins leave our body by soaking in salty water, but who knows.

that's great, peanut.
you don't get the same effect from a bath with no salts? I love a hot bath, it kills the symptoms dead (as long as they're mild)

The only times i had similar things were from working outside in the cold . my inside-the-nose scab came from the nose constantly running, I think,maybe initiated by catching a rock chip in the nose (from hammering on the rock). The cracked fingertips definitely came from handling rocks in the cold ...

That just makes you never want to go to emerg again for anything, esp since you already didn't really want to go. Love of Jesus. Why no local anesthesia? There must have been a reason? That's nuts....

keep investigating/. too much glutamate, yes. adenosine, I don't know, I will look into that and see whether I come to the same understanding, when I have some more time. It's interesting that too much glutamate is a problem yet the amino acid supplements that chipmunk??? takes (that I recommended t...

Ah gee Deb, I hope it changes for the better.

Ireitz Perhaps print out the RLSF Medical Bulletin (2011 version) , and highlight the parts about augmentation , and take it to your doctor. Also print this post for him/her; here are some references to ferritin levels and worsened RLS/WED: Patients with augmentation had significantly lower ferritin...

well that sucks! sounds like your doctor is not comfortable treating this disease on her own. Perhaps it owuld be best if you asked for a referral to a neurologist or a sleep specialist with RLS/WED experience.

Deadelus, a lot of people see a correlation between spinal nerve compression and WED/RLS symptom severity, but nothing I know of has been published about it. WED or no WED, the inversion table is a great way to stretch the spine. If you can't afford one, various stretching exercises can help. Someon...