Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I get 5 or 6 hours a night generally. Sometimes 7. I start my gabapentin at 4:30 unless I forget. I space out 3000 mg until about 1:00. Occasionally I'll wake up at 5 with symptoms getting out of bed. Then I just get on the computer for an hour and go back to sleep. My problem is when I'm late on my...

OptumRX refills a 90 day prescription of gabapentin 2 weeks before it's finished. Then depending on the mail it could take a few days to get to your home - and of course it's possible to get lost.

Thanks for the history.

I have an idea. Maybe it's stupid, maybe not. I don't like the name given to our disease - RLS. It's lame. So I propose a contest to come up with an appropriate name commensurate to the suffering it gives. Willis Ekbom disease doesn't do it justice either. I'm thinking if we all started using the ne...

I'm sorry, I got carried away here, just thinking about the fears of going without our med for one night, or a week. Imagine what suffering there could be should the prescribing of Pregabalin become the issue as is rumoured - here in the UK. Sorry to kind of sidetrack. That's not a side tract. That...

I have stopped most of my meds for a week on two different occasions. I found out that my untreated RLS is far worse than the withdrawal that I experienced from stopping the meds. In each case, the first day off was when I experienced most of the withdrawal symptoms, but my RLS was too bad, yet and...

I have never stopped my meds for a short period of time. I'd be afraid of the repercussions of a cold turkey stop. Like you Brynmr I am on occasion late with my meds and know that once the symptoms start up it can be almost impossible to regain control without taking extra meds on top of the regula...

I got the same tight leash info on refills from the Walgreens I went to afterwards. However the girl attending me was real sweet. So we're being punished yet again for lowlife druggies abusing drugs. Give them all the drugs they want and cull the herd.

I've been thinking lately what would happen if I went off my meds for a day (I take 3000 mg of gabapentin daily). I imagine it would be Hell. Sometimes I'm late on my meds and symptoms start up. It can be pretty uncomfortable. I usually grab my meds and a glass of wine. I hate it. I can't imagine a ...

Today a Walmart pharmacist refused to fill my doctor's prescription for gabapentin because the 90 days (it's a 90 day supply) wasn't up. I'm short by 11 days which btw is exactly what I have left. She was real snooty about it too. This has never happened before. Usually I get a refill a week or 2 be...

Research confirmed my suspicions.

Found in Woman's World (and handed to me by my wife) I'm reading this Restiffic wrap is 140% better than standard drug treatment. Hmm.. I can't help but thinking the author doesn't know much about RLS. But I could be wrong. Anyone try this treatment? Also 'new science' suggests that a compound found...

I have been on gabapentin over 10 years. I take 1200 mg at night. Recently it has started to not help my rls symptoms. Has anyone been on gabapentin this long and it all of a sudden started to not help? What medication did your doctor put you on? Not very long on gabapentin (2 years approx) but my ...

Good to know OJ with iron. I've been on oxycodone for the past week due to an operation so that's really improved things. Too bad this can't last. LOL

I'm pretty stable on 65mg of iron and 3000 mg Gabapentin for the moment but that won't last. Next stop a neurologist.