Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

It's the same theory. That's what I wanted to know.

I believe I augmented on the Abilify. When I went off, I didn't suffer anywhere near as much as you do when you go off Requip, but the damage was done. It made the RLS much worse and it didn't get better when I stopped the drug.

Dale

The fascination book, How Doctors Think, by Jerome Groopman, indeed says that's what doctors may do when they can't help. She sent the letter with the referrals via FedEx...all very official. Since I live across town, I wondered why the need for FedEx. In my last email, I mentioned that I didn't th...

I would take a guess that you may have augmented....and that's a HORRID place to be when you stop the DA. HORRID. I tried multiple times to stop Mirapex on my own....each time it was so awful I couldn't do it and would cave by day 4 or 5. Congrats on staying it through. I took Abilify about two yea...

Forgive me, but I am confused. Are you saying that when you're off the Requip you feel better? Do you still have RLS symptoms? I found your comment about being able to watch television interesting. I have not been able to watch television for over two years now. I get RLS symptoms within five minute...

Have you decided it would be better to deal with the RLS symptoms than with the side effects of the Requip?

I hope that when you come out at the end of the tunnel, the sun is shining for you.

Dale

She told me one of her RLS patients printed out postings for her to see. I can't figure this doctor out. She comes across as caring and concerned when you meet with her and she did get me the appointment with Dr. Earley in Baltimore, but then she seems to disappear when you really need her. I always...

Are Mirapex and Requip interchangeable? I ask because if they are, wouldn't medical insurance only approve payment for the cheaper of the two drugs?

Dale

I'd ask every person I knew for the most compassionate doctor who listened and who was willing to work with other doctors and with the patient. I'd make them my GP, take in an email from DR B and one of the RLS books, and go from there. I was lucky, compassionate doc already was my GP, he read Dr B...

I was told that I would have to go to a pain clinic to get prescriptions for opiates. Since the last doctor I saw was going to prescribe them, I thought there would be no problem getting them from other doctors. Now I see I was wrong. If only I could get the depression under control, I would have th...

Thanks, Ann. I made the mistake of asking a doctor at our first meeting if they would prescribe opiates. She said she did not. My old psychiatrist told me that I would not find many doctors who would prescribe opiates. He said doctors were afraid of losing their license because of doing that. I had ...

Does anyone have any advice on what I should ask when I call these new doctors. I would hate to wait 4-6 weeks for an appointment only to find out that I wasted that time. The last time I did that, the doctor told me she wasn't an RLS doctor at all and didn't know how her name got on a referal list....

I just looked up the five names submitted. I found what I was looking for so will not have to call the other RLS doctor. The first two I checked are not appropriate at all. One is a sleep center, but they don't list RLS as a field they treat. The doctor she recommended specializes in epilepsy and it...

I didn't call her because I have an appointment with a very-well recommended psychiatrist on Monday. I was hoping he would have some recommendations and I was pretty positive she wouldn't see me. Dr. B told me in an email that I should take care of my depression first and then work on the RLS. This ...

I will have to think of something. My symptoms have become much worse in the past couple of weeks. Does that happen? Rather than a gradual upswing in symptoms, they sort of doubled in a few days. Now I also have pain in my legs at night. It wakes me up and if I go back to sleep, it wakes me up again...

I understand, but I can't just go to see her. I need an appointment. I have to go through her nurse who knows the whole story. She may very well not give me an appointment. After the last go around, I mailed her a letter apologizing up the whazoo. Her office didn't call me for an appointment until a...