Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Tuesday, August 14 Welcome to Alexandramm, who needs suggestions for non-drug help. Take a look through our forum on Non-Prescription medications to get an idea of your options. And please post a note telling us about your RLS and what you have been doing so that we can offer some specific suggestio...

Tuesday, August 14 Welcome to vkelley, who has suffered with severe RLS for the last two years. She has a constant need to move her legs and it affects her sleep, which in turn affects her ability to focus during the day. Treatment thus far has been ineffective. Please post a note telling us what tr...

Shari, the time that it takes THC to work depends upon the mode of delivery. Smoking (not recommended) or vaping provides an impact that is almost immediate, but it also wears off rather quickly. Tinctures that are placed under the tongue can take a few minutes to work, but last longer. Edibles can ...

Monday, August 13 Welcome to lmason, who unfortunately has this disease and would prefer not to take medication for it. She is currently or Ropinirole and would love to come off of it. She is also slightly anemic. Please post a note telling us about your anemia (ferritin level if you know it) and yo...

Monday, August 13 Welcome to Evansrj, who has had symptoms of RLS since youth but they would go away after 2/3 days. Evansrj is now going on about 1 month with little relief from medication and so hopes to find alternative solutions through board. Please post a note telling us a bit about your curre...

I live in an area of Colorado that is high desert. Our normal daily high temperatures for July and August are over 100F, but the nights are around 65 because it is so dry. But this summer we only had one week of normally hot weather. the rest has been in the low 90s. Our problem has been almost no r...

Sunday, August 12 Welcome to Motorhome, who cannot set and read a book. She has the worst case the doctors say they have ever seen. she can't sit still. Your RLS sounds like what many of us experience, so "you are not alone". Please post a note telling us what your doctors have you doing t...

Em, welcome to the board, glad you found us and also happy to hear that you got a good night's sleep with Requip. Most of us started out with a dopamine agonist (DA), usually either Requip or Mirapex, and they worked great for a while. For those of us with severe RLS, this meant taking it daily. The...

Friday, August 10 Welcome to Emmy5, who has RLS and is interested in learning more about it. It started with her 1st pregnancy and she thought it was just her. She started to read about it and realized she was not alone. She has typical symptoms- worse at night, awful on late night flights or car ri...

Thursday, August 9

Welcome to

MayDay58, who has suffered from RLS for years and is hoping for some new ideas for treatment.

Please post a note giving us an idea of the things that you have tried so that we can offer any new ideas that we have.

Tuesday, August 7 Welcome to Donna123, who has been suffering with RLS for a few years. It is gradually getting worse so she is exhausted with getting no sleep. Please post a note telling us what you are currently doing to manage your RLS. We can probably offer some suggestions to get it under contr...

There are a couple of important points here. 1. If you are taking iron bisglycinate, it isn't necessary to take it with orange juice or vitamin C. The bisglycinate form of the iron provides the same function as the citric acid (orange juice) or the ascorbic acid (vitamin C). 2. The important point w...

Sunday, August 5

Welcome to

hubert, whose RLS is causing serious sleep deprivation every night, which is putting pressure on a relationship and his general health.

Please post a note telling us what you are doing to manage your RLS so that we can offer some suggestions to improve your situation.

If you look in the Non-Prescription forum at the thread on medical marijuana, you will find a very long discussion about all forms of cannabis. But to summarize the experience of most of us, oils, tinctures and vaping/smoking products that are high in THC provide very quick effects that help with in...

Friday, August 3 Welcome to JayBoy75, who makes sure that when he leaves home to travel that Mirapex is the first thing he packs. The worst thing about his RLS is he has to sleep in a separate bed from his wife due to PLM. It sounds like you have your RLS under fairly decent control. Separate beds i...