Valium follow up

[ookla]

So, I did end up having that procedure at the end of October and I did take the 20 mg of valium; however, I have no recollection whatsoever how it made my legs feel. Sorry. That "amnesia" leads me to believe it isn't a viable daily option for me, even if it did work.

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20mg is a very very big amount 5mg is more than enough

[ookla in reply to Hidden]

Does 5 mg get rid of RLS? Can it be taken during the day and still drive, work, etc?

[Hidden in reply to ookla]

I take 2mg but at night, and for me yes it works

You can take it during the day but to begin with

You will feel very tired even on the 2mg, as for

Driving I don't know can't see why not once you

Get over being tired.

I believe that the more we get RLS the more damage is done to the nerves, this happens

To diabetics and people who have had chemo..

I don't take it every night as it is very addictive

Not that it matters if it helps, but then the dose

Will be going up all the time you are lucky if

Your doctor will prescribe it to you they are

Very reluctant to do so, for me I had to promise

Not to take every night and I dont.

I also take cymbalta which is prescribed to diabetics for there pain, does it work, well

I don't get it as often, I also get it in my arms

And shoulders.

Good luck if that is what you do

Viv

[ookla in reply to Hidden]

I believe cymbalta is one of the meds that is known to make RLS worse. That could be the reason why you're getting it in your arms and shoulders.

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Well believe what you want I suggest that you look it up

Maybe GP prescribe it to make diabetic patients and cancer

Suffers worse.

I take it because I get it in my shoulders and legs, I have been

Nursing long enough to have some idea I think.

Good luck ookla in what ever you do.

[ookla in reply to Hidden]

You are strangely combative. I'll try to help one last time.

rlshelp.org/

Antidepressant Medication

This class of medications should be used with caution in RLS patients. Antidepressants can worsen RLS symptoms more often than help them. As depression is a common problem, especially in patients with severe and persistent RLS problems, antidepressants are often prescribed for RLS patients. RLS patients who are put on antidepressants and notice worsening of their symptoms should inform their physician of this problem immediately.

Tricyclics & Combinations

Ascendin (Amoxepine)

Elavil (Amitriptyline)

Etrafon (Perphenazine and Amitriptyline)

Limbitrol (Chlordiazepoxide and Amitriptyline)

Norpramin (Desipramine)

Pamelor (Nortriptyline)

Sinequan (Doxepin)

Surmontil (Trimipramine)

Tofranil (Imipramine)

Triavil (Perphenazine and Amitriptyline)

Vivactil (Protriptyline)

MAO (Monoamine Oxidase) Inhibitors

Nardil (Pheneizine)

Parnate (Tranylcypromine)

Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's)

Paxil (Paroxetine)

Prozac (Fluoxetine)

Zoloft (Sertraline)

Celexa (Citalopram)

Lexapro (Escitalopram)

Serotonin and Norepinephrine Reuptake Inhibitors (SNRI's)

Effexor (Venlafaxine)

Cymbalta (Duloxetine)

Tetracyclics

Ludiomil (Maprotiline)

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it does not mean that every one who goes on it will have

The same out come, the word is Can, in which case it is

Stopped not every one is the same

You don't have to try one last time. Differient drugs differient

People

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Health and me web page

45,625 people on the drug cymbolta 321 people with RLS

So I think we will beg to differ I'm not a chemist Or a doctor

I only write what I have found GPS prescribe and reasons

That they do.

Combative ready to fight I don't think so to old we all have

Are views right or wrong. You think your right and I think i

Am so as I said beg to differ

As for being strange yes I expect I am, but it takes all sorts

Viv

[ookla in reply to Hidden]

321 out of 45,625... what's that, 0.7 percent? Sorry if less than 1% isn't very compelling. You're the one that said you have symptoms in your shoulders and arms. If you love cymbalta and it's working great for you, then great... but you made it sound like it wasn't. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I'm happy all your RLS symptoms are under control. Please enjoy being in that super rare less than 1% part of the cymbalta population, you're very lucky. If you look at the RLS population, I bet the % on cymbalta long term drops even lower. You're truly a unique individual. I'm fortunate to have met you. Thank you.

[Hidden in reply to ookla]

Wait, wait. Let's do our research. Cymbalta and Effexor may very well be the best of the worst, especially since Wellbutrin isn't available to you guys except for smoking cessation. Cymbalta, like Effexor doesn't just raise levels of serotonin in brain (which is bad for RLS) but also norepinephrine and weakly dopamine. So that may be it's saving grace and why it doesn't bother RLS as much. So complicated and so strange. If I understand it correctly, Effexor (and probably Cymbalta) first affects serotonin and will keep increasing serotonin in the brain up to 75 mg. After that it raises it negligibly if at all. But if you want it to affect norepinephrine you have to take 150mg a day. Then it max's out at 300mg in terms of norepinephrine.

Is that not bizarre? So it would seem that the smaller doses might actually be worse for RLS? We really cannot rely on one unscientific website.

[Hidden in reply to ookla]

People who are on Serotonin drugs have their perception of pain

changed greatly. It stops nerves from mis-firing. In other words,

the nerves are tamed down like they need to be. Without it, the

nerves are free to go nuts sending pain signals to the brain even

when we don't have pain..because the signals are so messed up,

we do feel a lot of pain...the serotonin drugs will halt it !! End result

is better sleepers, better moods, less pain, more energy... sometimes

it gives us RLS...for no known reason.

I wish that I knew if people in those studies were taking other

medicines besides the serotonin.. I have never been asked

once and I took serotonin for a number of years. Cymbalta

is one drug that my doctor and I are debating

[Hidden in reply to ookla]

Or maybe not.

[Hidden in reply to ookla]

Ookla

I think it's just as well that we have not met

I think.

Truly unique, why because I don't agree with you

Fortunate to have met me for goodness sake

It was a conversation nothing else.

The only thing that works for me is diazapan

I have no desire to continue this conversation

As we will never agree.

As I said I beg to differ my opinion nothing

Else, oh and experience in my job but then

I'm a very very bad nurse, as well as a very

Strange person

Thank you interesting even the insults

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I think that every one is differient my knowledge did not just come from just one site. I also have fibro, I'm lucky I don't have

RLS that often when I do diazapan works for me.

I only know that since taking cymbolta RLS has not been such

A trouble.

Regards viv

[Hidden in reply to Hidden]

Hi Viv. I was referring to RLS.Help as one strange, unscientific site not yours.