Anyway, for years, I've had my blood checked for iron deficiencies that could effect RLS. The dr has always said my iron levels were fine. Being someone who has never taken vitamins before, I never took it upon myself to start my own iron regimen. For the past year, I have been on Requip (1.5 now) and absolutely cannot sleep without it. But I can only take it at night because of how drowsy it makes me. Which leaves me with nothing during the day. I do a tremendous amount of driving, so daytime is horrible with my RLS. It was becoming so bad that I was feeling unsafe driving.
Well, one day I just got a wild hair to get on a vitamin and mineral program to see if it makes any difference at all. I went and bought Iron, Magnesium, Folate, Vitamin D and some others. THAT DAY I noticed a huge difference. So I doubled my dose and took half in the morning and half around 4pm. The difference is amazing. I still have daytime RLS but not anywhere near as bad. I can drive without much issue at all. Of course, I still must take Requip at night to sleep.
So my thought is: Could my body just require more iron than other people? I'm not anemic nor do I have any problems along those lines. I don't understand why this works for me and I certainly hope it continues to work. And hopefully it will work for others like me.
I'm sure this has been kicked around these boards alot. But I just wanted to put in my two cents. Thanks for reading.
Sarah
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