Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

initially some shrinks,a woman who can't sleep must be depressed..Then i finally got a good shrink and she said i wasn't depressed and i saw my primary,then a Neurologist,then Primary and stable for about 7 years,then a flare up and 2 more neurologists,then primary and a RLS specialist who was a Neu...

Thats right! We have one chance at life,shouldn't we be the best we can be for ourselves and our families. I haven't had a serious headache in months and i feel good(except for a back flare up). I tell you though even with all of the arthritis i have i would rather have that than no sleep! Be well m...

Good for you,i say whatever it takes. I've had (according now to the experts) RLS,PLMD since i was a kid. I didn't know all of my sleepwalking and running was b/c of this. I also think that sometimes we think the medicine quits working when in reality we've hit this terrible episode in RLS,like a fl...

Hi, i've been on Klonopin for at least 15 years. .I also used to worry about addiction but not anymore.
Nothing equals a good nights sleep in my honest opinion.
I personally won't ever go trough that time of no sleep again if i can help it.
good luck!

I used to stretch to the point where i would have charlie horses.
My main problem now is during the day sometimes it feels like a bug crawing under my pants,it's so real that even though it's cold out as soon as i get home i switch over to shorts. It's always right at my knee and feels so real.

chris,i'm so very sorry about your tumor. I'm just returning also after being gone for awhile b/c i've been under control. What are they going to do for your tumor. When i was at Hopkins i saw a advertisement for some kind of cold laser treatment. It's not supposed to cause any damage to good tissue...

Hi everyone! I recieved a e-mail from someone here,i don't recognize the name so far. Anyway,i missed you guys,life has been very hectic here. Our new foster son we had gotten in Dec 04 was a nightmare,we finally gave him up last December..It was very hard on us even though he was was very hard on u...

I say we need to do whatever it takes to get through the night..Fear of addiction was a biggie for me but no more..Unless someone has walked in my shoes for as long as I have then they can't judge me,well they can try but it doesn't matter. I'm fullfilling a long time dream,doing the foster care..I'...

Hi Becat!,I truly missed you all. There was sooo much going on here.You all know I do foster care for handicapped kids? There was a emergency placement and we only had a couple of months,1st to get to know him then to remodel 2 bedrooms.Steve and I did all of the work ourselves.Drywall and molding a...

Hi everyone! Did you all think I dropped off of the face of the earth after picking your brains? I am doing almost ok,after the sleep study I figured out that I was overdosed on the antidepressant, and since I can't go back to my Primary I'm just winging it,kinda treating myself til I see a RLS spec...

Nadia,I read where you're new to RLS..It does get easier but never without challenges along the way..Hopefully you'll find something that works for you,take each precious moment when that occurs and relish it.
My thoughts are there with you.((hugs))

About the tongue,both my dh and brother have this problem.. My brothers had several surgery's to cut away excess fatty loose tissue around his airway..Exhaling is the only thing they do right but then everything closes.Steve(dh) used to go over 10 seconds between breaths and when he took a breathe i...

OH MY GOD ,jumpy i am so glad you posted that the medicine I requested was the Deseryl I'm trying to stay away from..Thank you thank you! It's Tramadol I wanted and I called them as soon as I read your message and it's expiRed-been over a year so they put in a request to my Dr. We'll see now if he a...

No headache!! I just love this.And i am so sorry if I appear to insensitive but it's been months since I felt like this. Anyway,I called my KP pharmacy and low and behold I have a refill on the Trazadone from last year.(the flu shot/muscle pain thing)..I told her to fill it..I'm gonna figure this th...

WOW,lots to catch up on! It's a wonderful day my friends. No headache and some energy I took a pain pill yesterday,it lightened my headache some. Last night I got to thnking,I obviously did sleep. What if the new antideppressant is making me foggy. SOOOOO,last night I ommited the Deseryl(sp) and too...