No more aspertame.

[Mistyone13]

Hi everyone it has been a while since I have been on. I am in the process of cutting down on my ropinirole and it seems to be working. I had been a big soda drinker all of my life. On top of that, I drink diet. Everything that is diet has a good shot of containing the drug Aspartame It affects the nerves all over your body, I stopped all aspartame and my RLS is at least 75% improved.

[Joolsg]

Good to hear Misty tone.

If you’re still on high doses of Ropinirole and anti depressants however, the problem of Augmentation will still be there.

[Lucyjane29]

Hi misty

This is interesting because I too drink Diet Coke and have noticed it makes my legs worse.

I will be stopping immediately!!

[Stablest in reply to Lucyjane29]

I don’t consume anything artificial of that type at all and I am in almost daily agony from late afternoon until late at night. Seeing a neurologist next week. Crossing my fingers.

[Lucyjane29 in reply to Stablest]

I hope you get some help x

[Stablest in reply to Lucyjane29]

Thank you x

[Eryl]

Good to hear that you'v found a cause for your rls. I thik you'll find that aspartame is not alone as a cause, and any artificial sweetener will also worten rls. So will sugar to a lesser degree, so avoiding sodas, ices, cakes etc would be advisable.

[Mona23]

There are so many factors that contribute to the extent of RLS symptoms anyone has - I’m glad you’ve honed in on a big one for you!