Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

paul9298, it is great that the increased dose has helped with our limb movements. But as Qyx mentioned above d) you will make your RLS worse / experience side effects dopamine agonist meds such as ropinerole often will eventually result in a side effect called augmentation. The time before this happ...

Dantespan, in addition to what Holland has said, there is a question about why you are taking the mirtazepine in the first place. If you are taking it to treat depression, then replacing it with a different antidepresseant, such as Cymbalta or Wellbutrin, may significantly improve your RLS symptoms ...

I have used meditation for years to help with my more severe migraine episodes. Unfortunately, when I try to do the same with my RLS, it only makes the urges more emphatic. As always, we are all different.

Thursday, December 19 Welcome to gmiller43, who has had RLS since being a child (1950's) and back then when you went to the movies, you saw to feature films, cartoons and news reel. gmiller was never able to sit thru the second feature. It was in the 90's that RLS really began to become a problem. g...

Interesting that you should ask because last night my wife asked me if I should try it. During the elections last month, the city of Denver had a ballot question of whether "Magic mushrooms" should be made legal. It didn't pass. This is important since the city was one of the first to legalize marij...

I will let our resident expert on iron (Holland) provide a more complete response, but your doctor seems to have gotten some very bad info from somewhere. The critical thing is iron levels in a specific portion of the brain, but it is only possible to measure these levels postmortem. So, ferritin le...

What you described certainly sounds a lot like RLS. As for the kratom, you can probably dismiss that idea. Many of our members actually use kratom to help relieve their RLS symptoms. If you use our search function, you will finds page after page of discussion about kratom. For the cannabis, you didn...

Wednesday, December 18 Welcome to cravenmonket, whose symptoms began several months/one year ago and have progressed to the point that he is dreading night time. He has to get up every night and move around to get the symptoms to stop. Looking for any help or advice he can get. Have you spoken with ...

Wednesday, December 18

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Danthespan, who is suffering with RLS and is at his wits end.

Please post a note telling us what you are currently doing to treat your RLS so that we can offer some suggestions to help you out.

Monday, December 16 Welcome to jumpylegs1, who has had PLMS for many years and it has gotten to the point where it occurs nightly along with insomnia. It leaves jumpy fatigued during the day. jumpy has been a Foundation member for many years and is wondering if anyone has tried weighted blankets or ...

It is not unusual for a doctor to prescribe Requip for the treatment of RLS. However, did your doctor order blood work before prescribing it? Did (s)he explain the potential of augmentation, which is a side effect of meds such as Requip and is the topic of an entire forum here on the discussion boar...

Monday, December 16

Welcome to

Will C, whose lack of sleep has caused anxiety and depression.

Those are complaints that most of us share. Please post a note telling us what you are doing to manage your RLS so that we can offer some suggestions for improving your sleep.

Sunday, December 15 Welcome to Shelby, who has severe RLS and has tried more remedies than she can count! RX meds, increasing dosage again and again does nothing but cause horrific side effects! She has researched RLS and tried numerous heath supplements, homeopathy, vitamins, cannabis etc, with no ...

Sunday, December 15

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Mwykes, who has had RLS for many years and is always looking to share and receive information.

This is a great place to both share and receive info on RLS. Please post a note telling us a bit about your RLS and what you are doing to manage the symptoms.

In addition to what Qyx has advised you about getting off of Ambien, you should have been advised that gabapentin/Horizant are only effective for about 65% if us. Further, Horizant is a pro-drug of gabapentin that was designed to provide better adsorption into the blood stream. Once adsorbed, Horiza...