Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hello, Monica: I am a newbie as an acknowledged RLS sufferer. Earlier this Spring however, I was experimenting with various antihypertensive medications. My doctor suggested that I get off beta blockers and start again on diuretics. Since I had problems with potassium deficiency before taking "water...

I am on antidepressants for PMS and I understand that this class of drugs makes the condition worse. I am being treated with a narcotic for RLS/PLMD(Periodic Limb Movement Disorder) and it is working very well. I do take however, quite a large amt. but a dosage still withing the realm of treatment ...

Thank you Ruby and Eric. This is what this site is all about - sharing. So I quickly share something else. As I mentioned, now I am taking Hydrododone (5/500) with my family doc's blessing. A minor problem is that I had taken (7.5/350) before and I know it is more effective. And he only wants me to ...

Hello, Eric: I think you are right in suspecting that your health care giver is not up to steam on RLS. He/she should have warned you that most over-the-counter sleep aids contain or consists of antihistamines, including H-1 antihistamines such as Benadryl. And as such they make you and other RLS pa...

Hello, everyone! My doctor is in his late fifties, Dr. C., an internist, and has an advanced degree in pharmacy or pharmacology. Lately I talked him into my getting off anihypertensive medication which I have been on for over twenty years, probably unncecessarily. I did some research prior to my vis...

Kathy is O.K. considering that my older daughter's name is Kathy and she is finally pregnant! It is finally time for me to become a granddad having had four children. But I digress. Well, Rubbyslippers you are in luck, if you can call it that because the opioids happen to be not only good for pain b...

Sorry, you provided no handle! I am new here, but I immediately have a query/suggestion. Yes I also used Hydrocodone when I did not know what was wrong with me. But now that you know, you should try something else such as: 1. A nonergotamine dopamine agonist (e.g. pramipexole) or 2. an anticonvulsan...

Thanks for revealing your meds, Rubyslippers or is it Dorothy? Looks like your doc covered two out of three primary bases for a primary pharmacological attack: 1. (nonergotamine) Dopamine Agonist: Mirapex 2. Opioids/benzodiazepines/nonbenzodiaz. sleeping draughts: skipped 3. anticonvulsants: Neuront...

I am approaching seventy, so I am no spring chicken. I am not in favor of taking medications but about twenty years ago I was put on antihypertensive medication. I never seriously believed I had even marginally high blood pressure. Actually had to cut down and vary the medication as I ended up hypot...