Welcome New Members - November 2015

[ViewsAskew]

Monday, Nov 23 - we welcome myriam61.

myriam61 has had symptoms for 20 years - it's been much better since on ropinerole for the last couple years. Other people just don't understand how bad it can be.

Glad to hear ropinerole is helping you. If you are not familiar, please learn about augmentation. It hopefully will not happen a long time, but it is likely it will happen eventually. The more you know, the better prepared you can be!

[Rustsmith]

Tuesday, November 24

Welcome today to

mjenni27, who has had RLS for years. Some nights the RLS prevents sleep because of pain and the need to walk around until she is too tired to stay awake. She finally turned to a doctor for help and doctor refuses to treat with any meds, only homeopathic.

You need to find a new doctor. Take a look around, especially search for the discussion threads that talk about ways to find doctors "who get it". Finding a doctor who is familiar with the correct treatment of RLS can be a major challenge. If you don't find what you are looking for or need anything else, please feel free to post a note with any questions.

[ViewsAskew]

Wednesday - welcome to:

Ronofold, who wants to share his or her experiences and who has had symptoms for a long time.

Please start a new topic and tell us about what's been happening to you, Ronofold.

[Rustsmith]

Friday, November 27

Welcome today to

Jen, for whom sleep is only a couple hours per nigh. Her symptoms start early in the evening and she ca only watch television standing up now.

Take a look around to see if you can find anything helpful, starting with the thread "A good place to start" at the top of this forum. And please feel free to post a new note with any questions that you have.

and to

Jyoung125, who experiences RLS, scoliosis and iron anemia along with her sister. has been pretending that RLS doesn't significantly affect life (despite that it totally does), but wants to seek a solution new alternative forms of healing.

Take a look at our forum on Physical Treatments as well as the one on Non-Prescription meds. If you don't find what you are looking for, please feel free to post a question to the appropriate forum.

[Polar Bear]

28 November 2015

Welcome today to StressedwithRLS - whose life has been turned upside-down, feels crazy but feels better knowing what the condition is.

Please feel free to post and tell us a little of your RLS history - we are here to try and help.

[ViewsAskew]

Sunday - 29th - welcome to:

tgk1966 - who has tried many things and is currently taking 4 mg ropinerole extended release and 600 mh gabapentin and gets about 6 hours of sleep per night.

Hope you find what you need here, tgk1966. I suggest you read about augmentation if you are not familiar with it. That's a high dose of ropinerole by today's standards. Many doctors are 5-10 years behind the docs that are at the top of the field in terms of research - these top docs suggest a max dose of 1 mg ropinerole, if my tired brain remembers correctly.

[Rustsmith]

Monday, November 30

Welcome today to

sleepwalker, whose RLS symptoms have become unmanageable.

Take a look through our various discussion forums to see if there is something that might be helpful. If you do not find what you are looking for, please feel free to post a note with any questions that you have.