Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Thanks Ann, I hope you are well and have fun plans for the day. I think some of last night was my own fault. I drank a coke for the 1st time in a month. It tasted funny, which now, in retrospect, is a very good thing. My doctor is out of pocket until Wednesday. She may be a little upset that I went ...

WED refuses to be silenced. It won't even cut me some slack and quiet down for afew moments.

Yes. I seem to be. For now, since I am home 1 take 3 per day if I need them. I would like to make a disclaimer about the mania being better. It is better IF I am home in a controlled enviornment. I just went out to the store. I couldn't get my drivers license out of my wallet. I was shaking like a l...

Day 3. Dare I dream there is light at the end of the tunnel? I'm not going to allow myself that hope, I can say sleep comes in 2-3 hour spurts. The nightly indulgence of a hot shower followed by 1 cold beer allows the blissful sleep to come. So far, the manic behavior is at bay. Daytime cat naps com...

Veldon7, The search for a new doctor isn't easy and it isn't fun. Consider each failed attempt as a way to hone argument. If you aren't able to change your current doctor's mind about how to treat, save your strength and move on. Don't give up. Knowledgable docs are out there and when you find one, ...

Legs and feet will not stop. Arms are restless also. Night 2 is way worse than night 1.

It was technically still working for me, albeit at a much higher dose. That's scary about the Alzheimer's, but I had the suspicion since I was going through many of the signs that I remember recognizing in my grandfather. I am so sorry you are going through all of that. I think it's high time someon...

Day 2 dawns. The only assessment I can make thus far is that the physical side effects, bad as they are, are not nearly as hard to handle as the psychological ones.

I am glad I am single as I would not want to be the person who had to live with me right now.

Fortunately, my job isn't physically demanding. Unfortunately, it's mentally demanding. My heart rate is 53 and dropping. Hopefully that means I will sleep soon.

I'm sorry you can't sleep.

My mom calls me every morning to make sure I woke up from the night before since my blood pressure and heart rates have been low and my neighbors are a phone call away. Things were going well up until an hour ago. Went from zero to horrible, WED plus skin crawling itchies. Thank you for the concern.

Lol. Thank you.

I've got a 3 day weekend and a dog who likes to take walks. No time like the present to get started.

Actually, since I have the 3 day weekend, I was thinking about doing that. During the day is the worst for me since I started to taper. My blood pressure is dropping while I am at work and it's making it very hard to function. I think I am going to stop the pram today. I will call the doc today and ...

Right now I'm not used to the oxy and it knocks me on my rear end. I may drop my dose of pramipexole over the long weekend since I can take the oxy as needed. I am having trouble functioning at work as it is. Something is making my blood pressure drop and I can barely keep my eyes open.

My oxycodone dose is 5mg twice a day. The thing is, I can't take it and work, and I can't take time off work. She also wrote me .5 mg of Ativan for anxiety, because I knew I was going to need it. I haven't wanted to take it at work, but I think I am going to have to. Yesterday was a majorly stressfu...