Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

ViewsAskew and Rustsmith, thank you both for your speedy and helpful answers. I had no idea that alpha delta ligands (whatever they are!) might help. I don't think I've ever taken one. ViewsAskew, you're right, I augmented on Mirapex -- how'd you remember, with all the people who post here?! -- but ...

Hi folks -- I was very much helped by this forum a few months ago when I was coming off Mirapex. Now I'm back with a question about Neupro. After the Mirapex and a short time on oxycodone, I got pretty well grooved into methadone. I've been taking it for I guess two months now at least. But it was c...

THANK YOU, QyX! It's so helpful to know someone else has had the same experience. Symptoms 24/7… hard to imagine. You have my sympathies. I hope you've found a med that's reliable for you.

4:15 a.m. -- Alas, I have not had another symptomless night, and once again I'm getting the distinct impression that the oxy is mimicking the Mirapex, in that sx start *after* I take the oxy. It feels as though the Mirapex is out of my system now -- I started feeling fully human again a couple of da...

So I've been getting off Mirapex because of augmentation after a very good run of 10 years. My doc recently switched me to oxycodone. (The full story is in Just Joined? under the header Another New One.) It hasn't been a great 2.5 weeks, although not a screaming nightmare either. One odd thing I not...

Thanks, ViewsAskew. I had an interesting night last night. I'm going to post in the Prescription Medications section rather than continuing in Just Joining.

SO helpful to have this forum available!! ViewsAskew, I'm not ready to fly to California yet, but it is very good to know there's that option. I am fortunate in that I could afford to do it if necessary. Having read quite a bit now, and seen that some people have had success combining Mirapex with o...

Thanks so much for your response, ViewsAskew. Dr. Buchfuhrer sounds like a living saint -- I'll write him for sure. Although maybe I should wait and see if my symptoms subside once I've been off the DA another couple of weeks. You give me hope that that may happen. Just a couple of questions: You sa...

A few more bits of information: As I've been reading the forum and seeing that 0.25 is the standard Mirapex dose, I'm remembering that even before the recent changes, my dosage had been creeping up over the past few years. A doc had told me the higher doses wouldn't be a problem, and really, they we...

Hi, everybody, and thanks so much for being here in cyberspace with me. I'm 70 and have had RLS a long time. Started needing meds for it in something like the late '90s. Took sinemet, augmented horribly; added oxycodone, problem solved. Switched to Mirapex when it was new and getting good press. Wor...