Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hi Bobby, There is a lot of great info to help you make up your mind about what to take. You might want to start here - it's a 'sticky' thread in the New to RLS? section of the board. m If you go to the second post in this thread, you'll find information about lifestyle that may help you reduce your...

Hi TL, We have a few Europeans on board, and I know they get help. Corrie, from the Netherlands, found this European site about RLS: m This is one of the many links that reside in the two 'sticky' posts in the New to RLS? section. Hope it helps some. Often people find their families don't talk about...

becat, hope you are feeling better by now. Being female, I often feel that many men do not make good gynos. Just like I don't understand what it's like to have a penis and testicles, they don't understand what it's like to be attached to my mammaries and ovaries . Sometime I'll tell you my story abo...

I went through some of the past threads looking for pregnancy info. Here are some web pages that deal specifically with pregnancy and RLS: Info from the Foundation on pregnancy and RLS: m Info from the So Cal Support Group: m General information on pregnancy and risks associated with meds:http://www...

Lovechild, there are posts about this in the Special Populations section. I don't have time now to look, but know they are there, including ones that have links to articles about RLS and pregnancy. I think Becat, Trev and I talked about posting a sticky about it. We'll work on that ASAP.

Ann

Looks like Lyrica is for peripheral neuropathy; it's similar to Neuronin, but without ANY studies as of yet related to its treatment for RLS. Since it's relatively new and not for RLS, I doubt many have tried it. Here's a link to the So Cal Support group where ALL RLS drugs are discusssed: m While y...

Hi Alyse - RLS can be terribly difficult. We have had many people stop by in the last few months that are in their teens and twenties. Many of us who are older also had it then. Here is my best advice. Go to this link: m In here you will find life style management advice, drug advice, and links galo...

Ruby, as someone who shares a bed with a "hose-head" , I love it. He no longer keeps me up all night with his snoring and doesn't scare me to death each time he stops breathing. It doesn't in any way interfere with sex or intimacy. If we want to cuddle before falling asleep, we do. When we are ready...

Quite a few people have had it done, and some with amazing success. Dr Earley is leading a team of people doing studies on it, I think. It is controversial, but I don't know of anyone having complications or problems (then again, they may not be talking). Check out this link: m This is where the mai...

Yeah, what they said!!! We totally understand being overwhelmed and undertreated. Hope you are finding some information here that is helping. I stand by my first suggestion in my post to you (in this section to your post) that Zoloft can be problematic and that life style stuff is essential to get s...

Barb, this is truly one of the hardest parts of having this. It just isn't right!!! Some things I've found to work: Take in small amounts at a time - I once took in 56 pages - the poor doctor turned green and he kept looking at it with horror Take in stuff from very reputable places - Johns Hopkins ...

As you read the older threads, you'll find that you are exeriencing what too many of us also have. Lyndarae's journey, Becat's journey, and my journey (among others) are documented in a sort of journal we kept as we went through our difficulties. Reading these scares some people, validates others. m...

I'll stand with the others - what they heck does holding your arms in the air have to do with RLS? Really, you have to diagnose RLS based on that criteria Trev posted. There is no other test for it. I'd say find another doctor unless you have the money and time to try and educate this one - which ma...

Puckgirl, Wow. A lot of stuff you are dealing with. Most of us here have dealt with at least one of these issues, so if we stack us all together, somebody should have some comments about everything. My first thoughts are as follows. 1. Immediately go to the 'sticky' posts in the New to RLS section. ...

Jumping Bean, so sorry you are having problems. There is a lot of great info here, and great people, too. Check out the Pharmaceutical Therapies section - I think there are least 4 or 5 threads there recently about Requip. That might get you started/headed in the right direction finding out more abo...