Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

TS, your post brought real tears to my eyes...........you see I have been led to believe that methadone is not the cause of all of my problems, yet my soul of souls knows otherwise. The ups and downs that this drug causes are horrific and to think that my life was heaven before I found this drug is ...

I would really LOVE to meet and talk to these people on here who say they quit Methadone and didn't have any withdrawals at all, can you give me their names? And how long were they on the Methadone, a few weeks or months might not be enough, I have been on it for 1 1/2 years.
Mia

Yes, the fatigue on Methadone is unbearable for me to handle at times. I can sleep anytime anywhere, and that is not good since I have 2 small children here to raise. I am SO excited to have my life back again after the withdrawals are over. I will find another way to treat my RLS, or just deal with...

I am on the lowest dose possible at this point, only 5mg and I cut that in half to 2.5 already. Besides, I did research online and the withdrawals are the exact same whether you quit cold turkey off of 60mg or off of 1mg, they are the same according to studies on Pubmed. I talked to the pharmacist t...

Thanks Aiken, I quit the Methadone on Wednesday, but didn't sleep at night Friday night or Saturday night, it was driving me CRAZY. NOt the RLS, but the pain, I had pain in my legs and pain in my upper arms and RLS was severe in my arms (not in my legs)........So I had to break down at 4:30am this m...

Wayne, thanks for replying, but I have talked with all my family and friends and none of them get these twitches, I get them up to 10 or 20 times per day, sometimes less sometimes more, but every day no less. My doctor said they are not normal, but he didn't know what was causing them either. I thin...

Adrenal Fatigue can also be caused by undiagnosed or undertreated thyroid problems like hypothyroidism. Turns out that I Have thyroid resistance, meaning that my thyroid tests always come back normal (as if I don't have a thyroid problem) but when I took thyroid meds I felt dramatically better, that...

Adrenal Fatigue is very real, my doctor didn't believe in it either, so he sent me to a specialist, an Endocrinologist who finally diagnosed me with it, but they call it "Adrenal Insufficiency". I have an article written about it from Johns Hopkins University! But basically your body doesn...

Zach, thanks for posting that message, it was very informative and I loved it!! You are absolutely right, I am not addicted to the methadone, in fact I forget to take it all the time - I am dependent on it physically though, for sure! Thanks for clearing that up for me, because you are absolutely ri...

rlsgirl, i cannot see getting off of one addictive drug and getting right back on another one, there are clinics out there to get people off the drug that you are taking. I am trying to get off the methadone because it messes up the HPA axis in the body, which is what all opiate type drugs do eventu...

Thanks for the info Rlsgirl, but that drug just scares me.......have you ever been on methadone? What is the difference between that stuff you are on and methadone?
thanks
Mia

Zach, being a methadone patient yourself, let me ask you, do you suffer from any fatigue whatsoever? Or can you pretty much stay up and busy all day long until it's bed time?
Also, do you have any allergies, asthma, or are you sick more then once or twice a year?
Mia

Zach, I have not been to Mayo or anything like that, but I have been to literally dozens of doctors over the past year and I have had every test done under the sun, I even went as far as to have the mercury (silver) fillings removed from my mouth thinking that the mercury was causing these issues th...

Why would my doctor need to know? What benefit would that give me? .................................................... Unless he could be here at my house 24 hours a day helping me, feeding me, and watching me, I don't see how his help could help me out at all? The ONLY possible help that he could ...

Hi, thanks for replying......... I only take 5mg per day (2 hours before bed). That is why I was SO shocked when I had severe withdrawal symptoms, in fact I didn't even believe that it was withdrawal symptoms at first, but when I finally gave in and took the Methadone I felt brand new after 2 or 3 h...