Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I’m in my 70s. I’ve seen plenty of neurologist sleep specialists. I recently saw Dr. Buchfuhrer & now for the first time IN MY LIFE I’m sleeping how imagine normal people do, pretty much every night - I go to bed, I sleep, and I wake up! I sleep too much, but it’s way better. The problem I’m posting about is that I pretty much missed my life. I’m not complaining! I’m getting happier & happier! But still it’s something to deal with.

I understand what you mean. It is a hard one to deal with. No matter how positive a spin you put on things, there's still that fact that you lost all those years - perhaps you might even want to say, the best years. The only way to deal with it is to accept the bitter pill with a smile; it's irrelevant to the present, where life is. It's an engrossing game to stay aware of that. (I don't do so well with that some days.)
I wish you the best of luck, and I'm very happy that you found Dr B.
PS I hope you've him know how he changed your life

So happy for you, Billfish! (and I completely get where you are coming from)

Billfish, can you expand on what this change in treatment was. One doctor cannot solve this international nightmare. What happens when he is gone. I would drop everything and fly across the US to see hime based on the praises on this site. Is he still talking patients?

Stainless wrote: Tue Apr 22, 2025 2:49 pm Billfish, can you expand on what this change in treatment was. One doctor cannot solve this international nightmare. What happens when he is gone. I would drop everything and fly across the US to see hime based on the praises on this site. Is he still talking patients?

I truly live in terror of when Dr B retires.