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- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:17 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: March 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2374
Welcome to Stephen
8 March 2024 Welcome today to Stephen who has been long suffering with RLS. Taking Gapabpentin with no relief. What’s next? Is Gabapentin the only medication you are taking to treat your rls symptoms? Sometimes it needs to be supplemented with another medication. Have you had your Ferritin Serum che...
- Fri Mar 08, 2024 12:48 am
- Forum: Non-prescription Medicines, Supplements, Diet
- Topic: Melatonin added to the mix
- Replies: 42
- Views: 36687
Re: Melatonin added to the mix
Melatonin did nothing for me.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 5:47 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Where do I go from here?
- Replies: 40
- Views: 1941
Re: Where do I go from here?
Well... You got rid of your rls symptoms with .5mg ropinerole and found some peace. When desperate we feel we'd do anything. Ropinerole actually works better if taken before (perhaps an hour) the time symptoms would be expected rather than when they are active. If done this way is it possible that t...
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:43 am
- Forum: Augmentation
- Topic: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6611
Re: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
I hope you have a seamless switch from the Gabapentin to the Pregabaline. Good luck on your journey.
- Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: March 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2374
Welcome to Paula Westerlund
7 March 2024 Welcome today to PaulaWesterlund who is 88 and very sleep deprived, hence dragging in the daytime. Thinking now she is experiencing augmentation, since the restlessness begins 5 minutes after laying down at night after taking 50mgs. of ropinerole. So has to get up and become a Nightwalk...
- Wed Mar 06, 2024 5:09 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1055
Re: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
I only ever sleep on my right side. A neck condition prevents otherwise. I was diagnosed with sleep apnea about 4 years ago.
As regards moisture, I have no idea. I don't use water with my cpap and my apneas are very low. At diagnosis they were 20 and using the cpap are around 1.
As regards moisture, I have no idea. I don't use water with my cpap and my apneas are very low. At diagnosis they were 20 and using the cpap are around 1.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 6:57 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: March 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2374
Welcome to KALB0333
Tuesday 5 March 2023
Welcome today to
KALB0333 who wants to keep up to date with current research and funding and individual experiences. To share information. To share opinions.
We hope you find this site useful and interesting. If you have any questions please make a post and ask.
Welcome today to
KALB0333 who wants to keep up to date with current research and funding and individual experiences. To share information. To share opinions.
We hope you find this site useful and interesting. If you have any questions please make a post and ask.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 10:33 am
- Forum: Augmentation
- Topic: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
- Replies: 54
- Views: 6611
Re: Reversing Restless Leg Syndrome
If I understand you correctly - On day 15 you plan on dropping from 2mg to 1mg requip. That's a 50% drop.
I did it very differently and took 10 months to wean off 5mg requip by very small drops, using a pill cutter, and with the support of pregabalin and cocodamol.
I did it very differently and took 10 months to wean off 5mg requip by very small drops, using a pill cutter, and with the support of pregabalin and cocodamol.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 8:18 pm
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Head roll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1756
Re: Head roll
Slightly different..... In June last year I had a dreadful headache at the base of my skull. It got worse over a couple of days. One evening I rang the out of hours duty doctor and he told me to going to ER. My husband took me. By this time my hair was soaking wet and I had towels with me to keep mo...
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:37 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: Head roll
- Replies: 33
- Views: 1756
Re: Head roll
It's awful that you went undiagnosed for all that time.
So many doctors are not good at treating RLS. We must always do our best to educate ourselves and be able to discuss our condition, discuss the merits of different medications. Some doctors are wonderful and a treasure, others not so much.
So many doctors are not good at treating RLS. We must always do our best to educate ourselves and be able to discuss our condition, discuss the merits of different medications. Some doctors are wonderful and a treasure, others not so much.
- Mon Mar 04, 2024 11:26 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: March 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2374
Welcome to LeeT
Monday 4 March 2024 Welcome today to LeeT whose RLS started at around 50 years of age.. Did not know what it was until later. Big impact is on LeeT's sleep. To sleep through the night 2 nights a month it is remarkable. Lack of sleep is the biggest impact on LeeT's life now. Sleep is indeed what driv...
- Sun Mar 03, 2024 10:51 am
- Forum: Just Joined?
- Topic: March 2024
- Replies: 28
- Views: 2374
Welcome to Victoriag
3rd March 2024 Welcome today to Victoriag who says.... What life? Day and night... constantly exhausted. at the lowest point she has ever been. Ropinerole made her violently sick, pramipexol and madopar she suffered augmentation. Pregabalin didn't touch her. Currently taking gabapentin but no sign o...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 1:23 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1055
Re: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
I meant that you should have it checked out as to why your sleep apnea is so bad even though you are using the cpap. If it was me I'd be thinking something needs adjusted/changed so I'd know if I could comfortably continue with the methadone, or not. Only my own thoughts. I have no medical training ...
- Sat Mar 02, 2024 3:11 am
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1055
Re: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
My sleep test showed that I had a level of 20 apneas and now that I use the cpap it averages 0.5.
I can recall the waking up gasping for air and feeling for what seemed a long time that I couldn't get a breath. It was very alarming.
You need to have it checked out.
I can recall the waking up gasping for air and feeling for what seemed a long time that I couldn't get a breath. It was very alarming.
You need to have it checked out.
- Fri Mar 01, 2024 5:27 pm
- Forum: Prescription Medications
- Topic: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 1055
Re: Methadone causing Sleep Apnea?
I am a 74F and an rls sufferer of 40 years. My treatment is not methadone but is max doses of cocodamol and pregabalin. I also reckon I have about 90% relief. I have sleep apnea diagnosed 4 years ago. The cpap machine is wonderful. I don't know if the cocodamol plays any part in the sleep apneas but...