I have rls it's so bad I get it in my arms as well the pain in my lower back off rls is so bad I take morphine it has stopped it for now

[Paulb1975]

I have been on morphine for about 10 years now but to me it's the only thing that has stopped my rls it's so bad when you get it

[Madlegs1]

How did you get prescribed morphine, and how much?

[franop]

Me too I am also on various other drugs sometimes they work sometimes not I don't want

morphine as I was on it for something else and along with the other drugs I really hated it

but never say never I have a bottle in the fridge and if things get to bad I know its there.

I have had this for twenty years do you mind if I ask if this affects your memory I have always put this down to the concoction of meds.

[cat-a-tonic2]

If you have a lot of pain, could you have a condition like fibromyalgia? I have that, and my RLS seems to be a symptom of it. I'm on Gabapentin for chronic back pain, but a daily high dose of magnesium seems to keep the RLS under control, thank goodness. I'm lucky that I found doctors who seem to be more switched-on about conditions like fibromyalgia and am aware that a lot of people are unlikely to get a diagnosis if they have it too.

[Joolsg in reply to cat-a-tonic2]

Gabapentin is also used for RLS.

[davidofqwerty]

I started taking subutex which is used for heroine withdrawal and within 35 mins I completely stopped, and I had the extreme version in my legs arms and neck, I was being kept awake so long from it I would actually collapse from exhaustion, it's an amazing drug that I've now been taking for 3 years and not 1 side effect from them so far.