Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

So sorry to hear about your situation. I took some antidepressants before I knew that they affected my WED. It was also milder back then. I took Seroquel because someone told me that it didn't affect her WED. I didn't take it long, maybe a year. Then I came off. Then more recently I took Effexor. My...

My hip is a little better, so legs are better. It always seems like when I have a flare up in my legs/joints with arthritis, it makes the WED/PLM worse. Gabapentin seems to be working ok. Only problem is that I am very sensitive to side affects with most drugs. My husband says he thinks I am more co...

yes, I had several nights of sleep when I first started the gabapentin. As I increased the dose the better it got. My husband and I couldn't believe it. But since the fall my bad leg had come back strong. Last night I took an oxycodone which worked right away, but I don't like to take them. Didn't t...

Beth, I haven't had a lab taken for iron in a year. I will have to look to see if I have the last one. I need to ask my new doctor to run that lab. Since I don't have insurance I just haven't asked for it. I will be getting insurance next July, a year. I fell Monday night getting into the tub. Lande...

Well, I've learned something tonight. I didn't know that I had PLM. From reading some of the discussions it looks like I have it. My legs can jump a foot above the bed. The sensation will start at my hip, going down my leg, causing the muscles to contract and the whole leg will jerk. I thought that ...

I just got off Mirapex due to augmentation. I'd been on it since 1996. Was off a few months in 2010, but couldn't find a balance with other drugs and went back on Mirapex. Well it happened again this year, so I decded to get off of it. The first week I cut my dose in half, then after that, off altog...

Finally made it to the doctor and got a script for gabapentin. Also talked to sleep doc and he agreed to try that. He wants me to try the new duragesic patch that is supposed to come out in a few months. We'll see. I don't have insurance and if it's expensive, it will have to wait until next year wh...

Well, it's been several nights of being able to sleep pretty good. I get up in the middle for an hour or two to take a pill, let it work and get the legs settle down. So I'm am pleased that it has worked getting off Mirapex. The last 3 nights I even used less methadon, only two full tablets altogeth...

I've heard about the patch, but don't really know what it's supposed to do. You're right about taking several meds, to lessen side affects. I've had to increase the methadone and I'm now itching more. Nausea is not too bad. I will be going to the doctor soon and maybe I can add something else. The p...

I have taken gabapentin. At the time I was taking it for nerve pain in my back and knees. When that all ended, I stopped the drug. Hadn't thought about it for WED. I have taken many drugs, lyrica (had terrible side affects, plus gained 50 pounds), valium(was horrible, hospital started me on that wit...

My RLS/WED started about the same time that my arthritis began. I read that they believe that it is influenced by inflamation. I always thought it came from my back, where a lot of my arthritis is located. When my knees became very bad with arthritis my RLS/WED got bad too. Plus I avoid caffeine, al...

Yes, I should have said what I had before I went to sleep. I used to take a half a tablet of the methadone (5mg) about 7pm then again around 10 pm. Then during the rough period I increased the methadone to two full tablets. Last night I decided to take a full tablet (5mg) at 7 pm then another at 10p...

I have just been through a difficult period. Frankly I didn't think I was going to make it. About 3 weeks ago I decided to wean off Mirapex because of augmentation. The last couple of months before that had been difficult. I had read about using a TENS unit and decided to try that while I was going ...

First diagnosed in 1995 Arthritis became noticible Started with Klonapin, worked for a year or so Changed to Mirapex .125 mg twice at night, worked for many years, once in awhile would take an extra one or two Sometime after 2005 MD started increasing Mirapex as symptoms got worse, got up to .5 mg t...

I am so glad I found this site. I have been going crazy. I didn't realize that there were so many people just like me. In Jan 2011 I got fired. I am an RN I was very good at my job, but that all went away. I was loosing my memory. That is mostly what caused me to loose my job. I didn't know what was...