Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I've tried taking melatonin and it does nothing for me...I've tried different doses 1-MG up 5-MG and it seems to make my RLS worse.. My sleep doc says it can happen that melatonin production is impaired, but it's fairly rare. I'm among these people apparently as melatonin helps me. But this also im...

I'm guessing we have no Veterans on this site that had ANTHRAX VACCINATIONS during their military service? If anyone has had these vaccinations I'd appreciate a response..I'm just trying to figure out where this RLS/PLMD/OSA came from, something caused it. In many cases RLS will come from a combina...

BTW I found no studies but at least a blog entry that seemed to reasonably explain why Abilify works differently at low doses: https://thoughtbroadcast.com/2011/09/13/how-abilify-works-and-why-it-matters/ Low dose abilify (around 1mg/d) might actually be worth a try for RLS, because it seems to stab...

There are a few hits regarding abilify in this forum -- which of you have taken Abilify and in which doses? Specifically, has anyone been on low dose Abilify? Background is that low-dose Abilify is pretty much the only drug that seems to work for ME/CFS, where people take Abilify around 1mg/d as opp...

Hey all, thanks for taking the time to review my post. I am a 38m and have had RLS since my early 20s. I have been through the gamut of medications and the opiate class has been the most helpful, with methadone providing 90% symptom relief. While I’m thankful for this, two problems have emerged: ex...

The maximum dose for Requip is 4mg/day, but the experts prefer it to be limited to no more than 2mg/day. Buchfuhrers book (that I believe to be one of the best resources on drugs out there) even recommends 1mg/d as maximum. @buglegs As with other dopamine agonists, Requip will work in fairly small ...

So I read it. And don't like it at all. Red flags: First, it was not randomized and placebo controlled, but the study says "randomized" but never elaborates what exactly was randomized. (There was no control group, so how did they randomize patients?) Second, no word on any drugs the patients were t...

830 NM LIGHT-EMITTING DIODE (LED) PHOTOTHERAPY SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED RETURN-TO-PLAY IN INJURED UNIVERSITY ATHLETES: A PILOT STUDY John Foley,corresponding author David B Vasily, Jeanna Bradle, Catharine Rudio, and R Glen Calderhead I will not rule out the possibility of any therapy, including near ...

Because heals at a cellular level by enlivening chromosomes, there is literally no medical or physical condition that it can't help. And I'm sure you can back up this claim using scientific, peer reviewed studies? I do not doubt that it will help certain conditions, but to me this claim sounds like...

Because heals at a cellular level by enlivening chromosomes, there is literally no medical or physical condition that it can't help. And I'm sure you can back up this claim using scientific, peer reviewed studies? I do not doubt that it will help certain conditions, but to me this claim sounds like...

I just find it curious that people on medication keep popping onto this board to pick the scientific studies apart. [...] The people on this board are telling me that their RLS is extreme and the only solution is medication. That's another way of saying that my RLS wasn't extreme because natural re...

I'm curious if those of you who have reported success with smaller doses are still having good results with no worsening of RLS. Where are you finding lower dose tabs? I just checked Costco and see nothing but 5mg dose. Maybe someone else knows more, I only know that there must be different brands ...

True, too high doses are dangerous. Unfortunately we don't really know where the cutoff is. There are only case reports, to my knowledge there isn't a single study linking high vitamin D intake with negative effects. And a lot of these cases are, um, a bit of a stretch. I remember researching cases ...

Our study identified an association between vitamin D deficiency and RLS. Consequently, vitamin D deficiency should be considered in the management of RLS. [...] The serum VitD level is generally lower in patients with RLS than in healthy people, and lower serum VitD level is associated with more s...

That's great. But this is the Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet board, for people that want to avoid taking medications. Not sure I like that wording. Many people who have to take drugs look for nonpharma interventions. As they should, because drugs typically come with a hefty pricetag ...