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I took a sleep test well over ten years ago, thinking I suffered from sleep apnea. The doctor at the time said that I had restless leg syndrom and sent me to a nerologist. This doctor prescribed clonazepam, which I have always been told was klonipin.
My dosage is .5mg and I take one pill every night before bed. Without it I keep moving my legs and have a hard time getting to sleep. I do seem to sleep better at night, but I am tired during the day and take regular naps. I am now sixty six years old and have had a stroke and a heart attack since the diagnosis was made.
When I first started seeing the ads on tv about rls I thought what the hell are these people talking about. Doctors knew about this condition a long time ago and never made a big fuss about it. I also have acid reflux and when I told doctors about my hiatus hernia they said there was really nothing they could do about it other than to verify that is what I had. I have lived with the fact that I cannot eat anything after eight o'clock in the evening or it will cause me to wake up in the night feeling like I need to throw up. My throat often has a burning sensation, probably caused by years of having stomach acid trying to get out during these sessions.
