Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

To contribute! I was also notified like Jan and was glad to see the old timers' name again. I have not been active because I have been condemned to group therapy and also they put me on three potent drugs. The first (Geodon) freaked me out so they could only give me the first pill. The second I vehe...

Thanks Becat!

I just learned that the Tom's website was closed down due to a misunderstanding. At present the survey is not available.

It will be put up again fairly soon for reasons I will discuss at that time.

I will all let you know!

Belated welcome! The main problem with clonazepam is that it has a long halflife. (hence, loopy). There is no special reason to use this benzodiazapem only historical. Could you try something with shorter half life such as lorazepam, or temazepam? I found both helpful adjunct to Mirapex. I take Mir...

ON-LINE SURVEY IS SOON CLOSING Due to the nearing of the third annual meeting when I hope to present the results informally, I will soon close the second (first on-line) survey. It is almost time to start the third one. We are way over 140 by now and if you all (who so far has not) complete the on-...

You wrote: 1. Have a trip to Cairns (about 1000kms north of here) planned in the next few weeks to see g/f and get her organised for her upcoming wedding ... i'm her one and only bridesmaid & she's startin to stress a little. Nothing like a stressed bride as a company for relaxation. But to each...

I cannot help the intruding thought that your mind is playing games with your body outsmarting all doctors. So I was glad to read that Am avoiding confrontations with mom at all costs for both our sakes and have managed to keep stress levels between us at a minimum But remember, parent effect is de...

I am happy to report that opioids also help secondary RLS (the other 15%). Morphine sulfate is less effective but soothing as Ian commented. I find hydrocodone helpful but it has to contain at least 10 mg HC. I like 10mg/325mg (the less acetaminophen, the better) but my neurologist RX-ed me 650 mg o...

There is a vital word missing form your title: decrease! Painkillers are known to alleviate symptoms of RLS. As a matter of fact that is one of the accepted treatment modalities. It is clear from your case that it is not the pain medication but coming off of it is the guilty party. This implies that...

You wrote: compulsive behavior while using the dopamine antagonist drugs" It appears that you are talking about drugs such as Mirapex which is a DOPAMINE AGONIST rather than an antagonist. The difference between the two is day and night as you would find out if you had taken dopamine antagonist drug...

I am going to meet the psychiatrist, whom I met in the hospital tomorrow. I am getting ready for a royal battle. I hope I will answer some of the questions here while describing this drug problem that started when three "cooks" were trying to prepare the cocktail: one neurologist, and two psychiatri...

I am escaping back to logics otherwise I will be sinking instead of helping. A logical step series in medicine should or could be: diagnosis leading to medication or procedure leading to health However, it is not always that clean and easy. Take diagnosis: what if it is only a name? or even worse, a...

I think I am the right track, more definitely with Gloria, but I did not expect support from Nadia dear so soon. Mainly that you two, albeit close in age, are completely different in emotional make-up. She is completely nonconfrontational, usually blames herself for everything that went wrong with h...

I am working on or, more correctly expressed , am inundated with all kind of hypotheses involving the mind. I am involving severaL MIND DOCTORS, NEUROLOGISTS, THERAPISTS but keeping my own counsel. I HAVE also been seeing that while they demand complete honesty from you, they do play games and feel...

Well, here goes the story! AFTER TAKING MY DAUGHTER TO THE EMERGENCY FOR THE THIRD TIME and having her abused there also for the third time, I had another one of my brain storms (at this time she actually passed out, then stopped breathing so I had to apply mouth to mouth rescucitation until the EMC...

For a whole week. I am leaving for Tyler again in a few minutes but have a lot of stuf to tell you all. Bruised but not broken. Has anyone taken Geodon???? An antipsychotic? Do not, if you are also on a dopamine agonist such as Mirapex. Bad trip all around!!! How easy is it to get accused with homic...