Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Beth, I agree. Any website that is not up front immediately with what they are selling raises a red flag with me. Power Plate might help with RLS but it reminds me of years ago when Cliff and I had our business we were in a four office building with limited parking down the side. There was a magic w...

That's a really horrible (but not all that atypical) story. I'm glad you finally got it sorted out. Here is a website for comparing prescription prices: www.goodrx.com
It's no good in New Zealand but has helped my sister in the US.
Here's a long distance virtual hug for you!

Hi Dixielee, When my legs get really bad I put an ice pack on the offending leg—they take turns. I also read my iPad on the night setting in the dark and do downward dogs to stretch my calves which are the main place that has symptoms. Codeine is great in the movies or other confined situations. Abo...

Best wishes, it seems like your life is just beginning!

I am a natural skeptic but I wouldn't go near functional medicine. Look it up on line in scienc -based websites. FM stresses individuality but humans are more alike than different. I much prefer science-based medicine based on clinical trials, not lots and lots of lab tests which come up with incred...

That could be a very important cup of coffee.

devn67, sinemet is no longer prescribed for long term use, rather for quick relief in individual situations. Since Tramadol is working for you, try to find a doc who will keep you on it. I use 100mg slow release Tramadol and .25mg ropinerole. It isn't perfect but along with accepting up time in the ...

I agree, I take a low dose of ropinerole, 100mg of SR tramadol and codeine for movies, concerts and long rides. I combine the drugs with stretching and reading several times in the night but for me that's preferable to augmentation, which I've had but cut back on the medication in time.

Doesn't having RLS seem like Groundhog Day every night? Every bed time I hope for a better night and sure enough, almost like clockwork, I wake up and have to go through the same series of activities just to be able to get back to sleep. And I know I'm lucky that I can.

Sometimes I like to shock my sanctimonious friends who haughtily proclaim "I don't take drugs" . I say something like, oh, I take heaps of drugs! Really, for fairly bad, chronic RLS I don't take much, only one ropinerole cut in half and a 100mg tramadol, the occasional codeine and a parace...

Hi Polar Bear, I do sleep better when I go to bed later but usually just can't stay up. I don't hold out much hope for the biofreeze gel but will try anything outside of an out and out hoax and my hoax meter is very strong. Last night was a miracle. I only got up around one for a half hour and 4.30 ...

This describes a typical night for me. I can usually get to sleep within a few minutes of going to bed around 10:00pm. Round One—a few hours after falling asleep the first time I find rubbing ordinary hand lotion on the backs of my calves in the middle of the night helps. I rub vigorously, the combi...

Try drinking room temperature water through a straw. Cliff found that helpful when he was on a lot of painkillers.
I poured two liter bottles in the morning, one for him and one for me. That way we couldn't forget to drink it.

Traveling alone this time, I didn't want to risk taking a sleeping pill but on previous flights my husband and I each took a half an Ambien. I would sleep for a few, maybe up to four, hours and he would sleep for about six. We only took a half because we had never taken a sleeping pill before. Codei...

First, I would never do such a long time span journey again. The 13 hour layover from arriving in Auckland and arriving home was the worst. I was asleep in the little 51 seat plane in Christchurch before it even took off. I'd have slept a night either in Miami or LA. I take thyroid medicine once a d...