LOL Josh, you said it. I have an appointment with a new sleep clinic in a few weeks, and I sure hope that they listen to me, and don't just try to give me a CPAP machine and some Klonopin.
What's weird though is that Ativan does wonders for my PLMs - I tried to not take it last night, and I was drifting off to sleep and the PLMs just started to go nuts. So I took the Ativan and they stopped.
Now, there is no doctor on the planet who is going to prescribe Ativan for sleep! But I'm hoping I can get some other sleep benzo besides Klonopin. That stuff only helped with sleep the next day.
I went to my primary care doctor this morning and he said that no doctor at that clinic who will prescribe benzos at all for any purpose other than acute emotional trauma, because they're all afraid of losing their licenses. Wimps. But I really like this doc otherwise, sigh.
We did discuss some other options, and he's writing me a letter of medical necessity for the Alpha Stim, so that will be good. And we decided to give Baclofen a try since it's the only muscle relaxant that Dr. B thinks is good for RLS. With any luck that will help the PLMs, knock me out at night, and not have a hangover the next day.
Is that too much to ask for?