Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hi, Jitter...I have noticed more jumpy legs when I'm tired and sleepy. If you aren't sleeping at night and wake up still sleepy and tired, it seems you would have the pain and/or jumpy legs in the morning too. I'm 60 and have had this most of my life. I just never knew it had a name except "gro...

Ok, guy and gals...I have an appointment with a pain management doctor. I'm a little nervous about this. I know some of you go to one. Is there anything I need to know ahead of time? What to say or not to say. I know some doctors judge your problems by how you word things. And I don't want to automa...

And at least it has a name now. Although a funny and sometimes misleading one...Pat

I have been on gabapetin and Lyrica and neither work for my RLS or leg pain. I am currently try to wean myself off the Lyrica. There are things about it that you are not always told...Pat

At one time, several years ago, I was on 2 mg klonopan. And also at one time Zanax. I can't remember if it was the same time. I was able to stop both cold turkey with no side effects that I can remember. The body is a strange machine, isn't it? I currently take .5 klonopan at night with 1 mg Requip ...

Ok, Rudver...that's English, Dutch, and French? Off the subject..but how many languages do you speek? I'm really impressed..I do ok with "Southern USA English" and a little Spanish..

Glad you found us..sorry you had to...Pat

Ok, kids..I know I'm old..but I don't forget to take my pills. Because there are so many, I keep them in a daily box with four sections. There are seven days and I sort them once a week. My morning and evening are easy . I take them when I eat and I don't forget to eat. The supplements I take at lun...

Hello Scarlet, Susan's right about the sleep study..But I think RLS is listed as a sleep disorder on the questionnaire you fill out. Sounds like you have both RLS and PLM. Ask your hubby if you kick at night. Mind didn't want to tell me because he didn't want to complain...go figure...You can find m...

Yeah, it really got to me. I knew I had PLM and RLS. And I told them before I was hooked up to all that stuff. They were looking for sleep apnea (sp?) and I really think if the problem was anything else they did not know what to do. I talked to the psyh and he said I was a classic insomniac. But he ...

Poor Penguin...no one thinks you don't care. All that flaying around could not be good for you. My only experience with a neurologist was strange. It was for a nerve conduction study. It showed positive for nerve damage. I don't think he said much except to give me instructions for the test. But he ...

Great post, I needed a laugh...Pat

Great to hear you are better, Moonlight. I have taken the same med before and did not notice anything. This RLS stuff is really wierd. HUH? My oldest son has RLS and recently changed jobs. With the new one he is outside and doing a lot of walking. He says he is sleeping much better. Whatever works. ...

Hi Gil...Nope!!! Pat

I just re-read your post..That sounds like an awfully high dose to start with. Maybe I'm wrong. But I think my dr started me out with 150 2xday and then upped it to 600 2xday and that was too big a jump. So we went back to 300 2xday for several weeks. You might want to ask he/she if you can start at...

Take this for what it's worth...because as is said often here "everybody's different". There are a lot of post about Neurotin on this site. Please look, because this always helps. I have been on Neurotin and am presently on Lyrica. Neither one works for the nasty urge to move. They might w...