Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Ha Polar Bear..now you made me laugh. Thanks!! I must admit I am a HUGE fan of the old movies and musicals. I would rather watch those then half the stuff on tv these days..but for some reason everybody seems to enjoy Sponge Bob Square Pants..go figure!! I will say that I have no idea who Peppa Pig ...

Awww thanks...I hope to one day get back to walking without pain and the fear of falling. I thought when I had the knee replacement that would help but so far that knee is still not very steady and the other knee needs to be done when that one heals. I feel like an old car that starts falling apart ...

You are welcome..you are not nuts or weak...just somebody that has to take crappy drugs to live.

Thanks rthom...I am trying to pull myself together here. I used to take off to the woods with my dogs when I was having bad days...I feel at peace out there. But since the knee replacement I don't get around all that well so I havent been out there in quite some time. If I could just get out there a...

Thanks Polar Bear...I figure people on here do not ever intrude in my life or speak out of turn. I am on here because I need help and support and this is where I get most of it. I also hope in some small way I am helping others through this nightmare of a life. As for anti-depressants I have been on...

If I remember correctly I was on Gabapentin and was able to titrate up to 300 mg 3 times a day and that was it. As the dose increased so did the side effects. Besides the leg cramps from hell I was also having night mares when I could finally go to sleep. I was so depressed that I didn't even know w...

I am so sorry for your loss. I say go ahead and cry..you lost an important part of your life and it only makes sense that you are crying. I just try to go minute by minute after losing somebody I love..pretty soon those minutes turn to hours then days and weeks. Just remember to take care of yoursel...

Thank you ViewsAskew...I hadn't thought about talking to a nurse. I will do that. I am just so tired of feeling like I am being difficult to work with. I just don't want to waste anymore time then neccessary trying to find a doctor that understands and who wants a challenge. I am also thinking about...

Just a heads up on this patch...when it says do not use hot water with it on....they are right. I took a hot shower and hadn't taken it off from the previous day and it started burning right away and in the short amount of time it was on it left a burn mark where the patch was at...all red and swoll...

Thanks..I called the sleep Dr and spoke to the receptionist and explained to her about the appointment with the wrong doctor. She said the reason was because all other doctors were booked out even further. I told her what I had read in the reviews about him and asked her to be honest and tell me how...

I have to make a decision...soon. I started to see a new primary. I have seen him one time and he referred me to a sleep doctor who happens to be a pulmonologist also. Not sure why the polumunologist but whatever. My problem is that this primary referred me to one doctor. I asked him at the time if ...

I was reading about everybody's sleep habits while on these drugs and the sleep like the dead caught my attention. When I go to bed I go to sleep within minutes after hitting the pillow. I sleep like the dead for about 3 hours then I wake up and am out of bed and up for the day. A sleep study I had ...

I would get the worse leg cramps when I was on neurotin...the ones that knock you to the floor and you can't move for what seemed like hours...and I gained a lot of weight on it too.

This is interesting. I have been on the Dopamine drugs for 7-8 years now and have noticed in the last few years that my memory is not good. I had one Dr say she thought I had early Alzheimer's and suggested I go for physiological testing. I told her many times I thought it was from the high doses of...

I didn't do well with neurontin....no jaw pain but had other crappy side effects with it. I started referring to it as rottin neurontin. I will not try it again...tried that and gabapentin and both caused more trouble then help.