Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Possibly due to a wrong target of the interventions. We are drifting off topic, but that was exactly one of the points that the article made. For too long, everyone studied ambloid plaques because that is what Dr Alzheimer first observed. They even observed that post mortem studies found that many ...

Earlier today, I was reading a summary of research into Alzheimers that was intended for the general population. They discussed an inflammation theory for Alzheimers and mentioned how hard it is to get anti-inflammatory agents across the blood-brain barrier. They said that three groups were currentl...

Sorry for the delayed response. Microsoft had my desktop computer tied up for half of the day yesterday doing updates so it took some time to be able to dig my way out so that I could get access to my university library account. I was able to get a full copy of the paper by Weinstock, et al. and fou...

That is wonderful news. You definitely found a keeper with that neuro and hopefully your PM will be willing to switch you to oxy ER since regular oxy is working well for you. As for the description of the feeling, I tell people that language describes a shared experience and that only other RLS pati...

Because I had never seen Dr Auerbach's name mentioned before, I did some digging. His only publication on RLS is the one that is cited at the end of the editorial that your link points to. That publication was co-written with Dr Walters at Vanderbilt, who is a well known RLS doctor/researcher. Dr. A...

I hope that you have better luck with the pain doctor than I had. When my GP was retiring, she gave me a referral to a pain management doctor. I made an appointment and a few days before the appointment, I received an email from the staff telling me that my appointment had been canceled because the ...

Buchfuhrers book (that I believe to be one of the best resources on drugs out there) even recommends 1mg/d as maximum. Dr Buchfuhrer has always recommended lower doses for all of the dopamine agonists than the other experts, but apparently some of the other doctors push for guidelines that are clos...

One more red flag is that the posting author, and probably the other authors, is a fellow trainee at a third world school. That alone doesn't make the study bad, but it does raise questions since many of the poorest quality studies come from schools in third world countries that no one has ever hear...

Tuesday, March 12

Welcome to

tryall, whose RLS causes extreme sleep disturbances and extreme tiredness throughout day.

Are you currently treating your RLS and has your doctor tested your ferritin level? If you have any questions, feel free to post a message so that we can try to help you.

I was diagnosed with some of the symptoms of dysautonomia but not enough of the to get that diagnosis.

Although your personal doctor may not be familiar with the causes of RLS, that does not mean that the causes are not known. A deficiency of iron in the subtantia nigra portion of the brain has long been known to be a cause of RLS. What is not known and probably varies between individuals is why this...

does this low dose require a med for constipation? I cannot help you with detailed info on buprenorphine, but I can tell you that constipation is a side effect common to all of the opioids. The med works on receptors in the colon that are similar to the ones that cause issues in our brains. Many fi...

Monday, March 11 Welcome to shakytown, who has had RLS for 3 years and beginning to again augment on Ropinerole and is looking for alternatives to dopamine agonist type medication. In general it has been somewhat well controlled but has been impacting shaky's sleep more substantially and shaky is ho...

First my experience with Red Light laser treatment. About seven years ago, I experienced a mild hamstring pull about six weeks before a marathon that would run every year. The injury wasn't severe, but it would have prevented me from finishing the 26 mile course. I knew a doctor who was also a runne...

Also, you have no idea of the severity of my RLS. I can tell you that it was extreme. I often had to stand up to watch TV. I couldn't hold my wife's hand. Suicide and chopping my legs off were nightly thoughts. This forum is open to everyone. Many of us who take medications tried to survive RLS wit...