Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thank you each for your input. It has been helpful.

Ken

Hi Views, Lately the onset is entirely random...Sometimes at work during the morning, sometimes late afternoon and also in the middle of the night. Usually within 12 hours or so after the Lortab dose. It is getting so predictable that I can usually tell by the clock when symptoms will present. Sympt...

TY Polar Bear for the input. I am taking generic Requip, ropinerole, 1mg/night at bedtime. That has been constant and I haven't increased nor decreased the dose. On a night when I do not work next day I have toyed with skipping a dose but never have followed through.

I neglected to mention that after I noticed augmentation I began to take 65 mg iron tablet ( equiv to 325 mg Ferrous sulfate/ dose) twice daily. I have not noticed any effect on the over-all problem, indicating iron def. may not be an issue.

Hi, I have been member of this board for several years. Over the past few years I have successfully dealt with WED by a nightly Requip before bed and an afternoon dose of Lortab (Two tabs of 7.5) The requip alone didn't help, but combined with the Lortab all was well. Now for the past several weeks ...

He wants me to try the Mirapex with hydrocodone. But what I plan to do is when I am on the second run of the starter kit to try a night without hydrocodone when I don't have to work the next morning. I can always take hydrocodone in the middle of the night if there is a problem. It only takes a half...

My doctor gave me a sample starter kit for mirapex today. I would like some opinons/experience from others about this drug. Here is my history: I had had bouts of RLS for twenty years but nothing that would cause me to seek treatment until two years ago.When it became unbearable I took ropinerol (ge...

When I started augmenting on ropinerole (generic Requip) I got it under control with Hydrococone, which I was taking in small doses for back pain. I shucked the Ropinerole and for awhile two tablets of Hydorcodone (7.5) at dinner did the trick but when symptoms began to return I added a half tablet ...

I appreciate your responses. I like to check out all leads. Right now i am controlling my RLS with a low dosage of Lortab and occasional tabs of ropinerole. I don't have any problems unless I forget to take the lortab. Then I pop a couple and wait a half an hour and I can return to sleep. I am satis...

Someone I am acquainted with has suggested the homeopathic remedy of sulphur to cure RLS. Before I even investigate further I would like to know if anyone has experience trying it or know of any results. I suppose if it were a cure-all for the dis-ease there would not be many persons left to contrib...

Beth,
Thank- you for writing this out. I will bookmark it and keep aware of the symptoms.

KgW

But if you never had it during daytime naps before, eternityroad, then - you're taking Requip/ropinirole, right? - then the daytime nap symptoms could be the beginnings of augmentation. That had been mentioned several months ago by another member and truth to tell I am not that familiar with what i...

I would love to see that, eternityroad.

I t would be a work of love, most likely self-published and made available to members of this site for free. At least that is my vision. Of course, I need to be inspired and write lots of poems on the subject.

Thanx for commenting.


Ken

I take 1 to 2-1/2 tabs of 7.5/500 Hydrocodone around dinnertime. At bedtime I take 1 1mg of Ropinerole and it does the trick, except for late afternoon naps when I nearly always become afflicted. Since I don't take naps every day I don't worry about it. But if I am really tired and know I will be ta...

Thank you for sharing that, Ken. Extremely evocative, personal, visceral...just what good poetry should be.

If I get enough poems about RLS together I may publish a chapbook on the subject. Will keep you posted.