Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

One of our members discovered this herself and her RLS resolved. I wanted to post it again as that was awhile ago and people may have not seen it. "Preliminary studies of large groups of people with reactive hypoglycemia have reported that 8% have restless legs. These symptoms have been reported to ...

Penguin - how's the LOA going? I hope you're getting some stress-relief, however worrying about tremors won't help relieve stress! It could be any of those things. . .and none of them. It could be the stress combined with the meds. I'm sure you've already done this, but please see your doctor. And, ...

Em, studies show that for some people , the benzodiazepines like Klonopin don't so much prevent the sensations as promote sleep*. More doctors are starting to believe that it doesn't help that high of a percentage of people, however, and are not recommending it like they used to. Randy is one of the...

How long ago did you stop the Mirapex? If you were on it for awhile, you may experience 3 to 8 days of worsened RLS after stopping the Mirapex. During this time, the Requip is likely not to help much, if at all. This doesn't happen to everyone, but it does to some (did to me). DId I uderstand you to...

This was announced in May, 2006 based on results from a long-term safety study or Requip (ropinerole): Baseline IRLS score averaged 22.1 with a range of 0 to 40 Mean dose was 1.9 mg per day; about 12% of patients got the max of 4.0 mg per day Most adverse events were reported during the up-titration...

New results from a long term study about Requip was released recently. There was some interesting information. Here's the link:

http://www.docguide.com/news/content.ns ... 650050EAE0

I'll post some of the specifics in the new pharma sticky.

Many drugs are known to worsen RLS. Here is a general overview. For more specific info including names of specific drugs, please go to the links provided in this post. You can read several pages of posts regarding what other have found about worsening their RLS. Antidepressants can worsen RLS, but i...

This is the pharma sticky. This will contain information and links regarding drugs, side effects, etc.

Em, ditto what Jan said. You mentioned that the Klonopin helps your legs, I think. You know, it really doesn't make sense that it would help your legs and not your face if it's the same thing. I guess it could be that much worse - but the timing doesn't really make sense, either. . . Seriously - wri...

I'm no doc and don't know the ranges from your lab - but seems you gotta an awful lot of LOWs written on there! I can't imagine this didn't flag anything from your doctor!!! The ferritin alone could be causing the RLS. As Jenny said - she got low and had to get transfusions - but now her RLS is gone...

I can't answer that; I didn't have RLS much at all when I started on it - I had severe PLMD (kicking all night). So, I never knew if it worked in the beginning. Unfortunately, a low dose of the drug caused augmentation of my very mild RLS and I ended up with daily RLS within two weeks. The doctor to...

Guest, If at any time you feel that the RLS is getting worse and it is related to the medicine you are taking, please, please, please find a new doctor and get off of it. I won't bore you with the details and my intent is not to scare you, but just to give you some more information that may come in ...

bbrock, you've gotten some good advice; I'll add my two cents. I'd have never made it through college taking 8 Am classes! My friends thought I was crazy, but just adjusting my schedule to the RLS helped A LOT. What do you do now? Do you know much about things you can do? If you don't check out this...

If it feels like it's worse, I wouldn't take more than a few doses. Again, I'm not a doctor, but I can't recall anyone saying their RLS got worse with a DA - maybe the side effects made it impossible to take it, or it didn't help at a low dose, but not worse. Em, hang in there. I feel so badly for y...

Someone PMed me to ask about ferritin levels. I wanted to post online so in case anyone else had the same question, they would also get an answer. I hope that my private poster isn't offended . I won't use names or log in names so as to keep it private. Researchers have found that ferritin needs to ...