Still have to completely avoid triggers while on opioids?

[mmjxc]

So, with the possibility of a hospital admittance being in my future, I’m sure they’ll want to get me on medications for my stomach that will not agree with my legs. They’ll also probably have me eating a BRAT diet. I’m scared. Last night I woke up a bunch of times and I was restless and had nothing to really cope so I took more gabapentin. I still don’t know what even triggers it.

If I’m put on an opioid like methadone or buprenorphine sublingual, would I still have to completely avoid all triggers? I’m also asking for the very selfish reason of craving lemonade, orange juice, fruit punches, Gatorade, etc. They’re also the only thing that take this nasty taste out of my mouth from bile (?) H. Pylori (?) and it’d be great to drink something besides water.

[Sampsie]

mmjxc, please click on this link and then click on the link in blue to download the medical alert card. You can print it off, or show it on your phone (if you don't have a printer) to the doctors at the hospital. It lists medications that will irritate your RLS with suggested alternatives.

rlshelp.org/

[mmjxc in reply to Sampsie]

Thank you! I have this and now the book that all of the experts worked on.

[Sampsie]

In terms of the opioids, it will just depend on you and how you react. For me, since I've been on Oxycodone I can eat and drink some things that normally bring on RLS on previous meds so you may be okay. But it really is a case of try and see.

Are you okay with cucumber? That makes a lovely drink if you add a chunk in your water. Or something like melon - can you tolerate that? You can put fruit into your water to make it tasty.

Try not to panic. It will make your RLS worse.

[mmjxc in reply to Sampsie]

I asked my doctor and he flat out refused methadone. I’ll try again later. I have leftover hydrocodone and oxy from surgeries, if I really need to I’ll take it. He gave me some Lyrica instead. Hopefully it works better than the gabapentin. Right now the issue is I can’t keep things down.

Maybe the melon or cucumber would be good. I need the nutrients anyway. I really want the surgery drinks because it takes away the nasty taste that’s in my mouth, but maybe those will work.

[mmjxc in reply to Sampsie]

Oh, and the not panicking or being anxious thing is so hard for me. I have bad anxiety that isn’t under control. I have no meds besides the gabapentin for it. This condition (RLS) is so irritating. It’s one thing to deal with anxiety and depression and all of these other health complications by themselves, but to have to deal with RLS on top of it?

[Sampsie in reply to mmjxc]

Lyrica can be helpful for anxiety. And it is good for RLS for a lot of people so perhaps that will help with both those things. I found it better than Gabapentin and it gets into your system in about 30 minutes so hopefully it'll be absorbed before you throw up again.

I'm not sure it is safe to mix it with the opiates so do be careful. Especially as your body is already weakened. Good luck with seeing the doctor later. It will get better, stick with it

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