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- Thu Apr 02, 2009 4:22 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Next......oxycodone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1370
Peripheral neuropathy/ jitterlegs
jitterlegs, That sounds an awful lot likePeripheral Neuropathy . Will be just a sudden stinging painful hit sometimes it hangs around for a little while or it will go as suddenly as it came. Here is some info i copied and pasted for you to read. m ____________________________________________________...
- Mon Mar 30, 2009 11:01 pm
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: In so much pain!!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 3532
- Sun Mar 29, 2009 5:16 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Next......oxycodone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1370
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:47 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: Talking to your doctor
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2026
I smoked for 25 yrs and was up to 3 pkgs aday when I quit. that was in the days when I could find NO help for my rls, but when I quit and I quit cold turkey after hospital stay of 9 days, I have never noticed any difference in my rls. it was still as strong as when I was smoking, but of course my ne...
- Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:38 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Next......oxycodone
- Replies: 9
- Views: 1370
I have terrible leg pain in left leg at times, and it has nothing to do with my rls, its caused by the sciatia nerve(sp?) that runs from the hip down into the bottom of foot. I was up all night last night dealing with my painful leg, took hydrocodone and finally this morning I remembered that just p...
- Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:20 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Hi Not sure I belong here..but..I'll pick your brain anyway!
- Replies: 15
- Views: 1994
- Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:15 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: rls after surgery
- Replies: 18
- Views: 2104
Sasha, if you are able to stay in bed, while having these tingling feelings and sleep, I tend to feel its not rls. unless your rls is very very mild. For most RLSer's we have to get up and walk all night with our rls hits. because movement is the only thing that will stop those feelings. Most RLSers...
- Tue Mar 24, 2009 7:49 pm
- Forum: Physical Treatments
- Topic: Support or Compression Stockings (try it, you may like it)
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1550
Support hose and rls
I actually tried the support hose and the ones they put on your when you have surgery long white stretch leggings.. also the hospital will put on those leg things after surgery that pump up, to help stop blood clots, well I cant stand those on my legs! All 3 things support hose, stockings after surg...
- Wed Mar 18, 2009 4:49 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Cough Medicine and RLS
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1023
DRUGS AND FOODS TO AVOID TO IMPROVE RLS
copied/pasted from www.rlshelp.org. You might wish to print this list off and keep with you at all times. so when a Dr prescribes a cold or other illness prescriptions you can ck the list and ask for something else if the med is known to increase rls. ________________________________________________...
- Sun Mar 15, 2009 5:03 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone Users
- Replies: 269
- Views: 44211
- Fri Mar 13, 2009 7:34 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: other RLS forums - dailystrength.org
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1013
Helen, I went to the web site you posted,and found it very difficult to work with, could be my computer. But since you are already registered there, maybe you could post all the good rls web sites. www.rls.org www.rlshelp.org www.wemove.org www.mayoclinic.com and many more can be found by doing a rl...
- Tue Mar 10, 2009 6:59 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: hi all
- Replies: 4
- Views: 641
hi lynzilu2, Glad your found this message board. I recommend that your read as much as possible before going to your Dr. Print out any info that you think might be helpful when discussing rls with him/her. Be sure to print out the list of meds used to treat rls and also the list of meds known to mak...
- Sat Mar 07, 2009 7:06 am
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: The problem with doctors
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7736
Could the RLS Foundation put together a packet that we RLSer's could order to take with us to Drs appts? We might be able to spread RLS info more quickly in this manner and it would also give us as patients a way to open a dialog with our Drs about RLS. Possibly the RLS Foundation and Mayo Clinic co...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 6:36 pm
- Forum: General Topics: RLS
- Topic: The problem with doctors
- Replies: 34
- Views: 7736
Maybe our first line of attack should be the medical schools that are educating these Drs. Most Drs go to medical seminars for updated medical material every few yrs. So maybe we should ask the RLS foundation to start the education of rls there and of course the medical schools also. As hard as it i...
- Wed Mar 04, 2009 7:41 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Help with prescribed Marijuana
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4220
This info was found on www.rlshelp.org Under Recrentional medication ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (4) Recreational Medication Marijuana This illegal drug seems to have very beneficial effects for RLS. There are no known medical studies on this dr...