Delta 8

[RCHD]

Any experience with Delta 8? Anyone?

[BeachGolfer]

I have been using Delta 8 THC for a year and have found it useful to vape in the evening when I start feeling restlessness coming on. For me it has a short term effect that gives some relief if restlessness is not too bad. I’ve also used the gummies but it takes too long to work once restlessness begins and I’m still trying to figure out if it prevents the restlessness from coming on if I take it before feeling restless. This is a work in progress.

[RCHD in reply to BeachGolfer]

Thank you for the info. 🙏🏾🤗🙏🏾

[SueJohnson in reply to BeachGolfer]

Is your RLS under control?

[BeachGolfer in reply to SueJohnson]

My RLS is never completely under control even with Oxycodone in the evening and bedtime. It’s a work in progress. I just recently realized after reading some of the postings on this site that high oxylate foods may be triggering restless episodes in the afternoon and evening.

[SueJohnson in reply to BeachGolfer]

That's certainly possible. Have you had your ferritin checked?

[BeachGolfer in reply to SueJohnson]

Yes. Checked a few months ago.

[SueJohnson in reply to BeachGolfer]

Are you taking any medicines for your RLS?

[Guitarpickin]

Delta 8 is illegal in my state so my experience is limited. I’ve tried it in gummies and it just seems stronger to me, which isn’t really what I’m going for.

[FlintHills in reply to Guitarpickin]

Delta 8 was just declared illegal in my state, but I got Delta 9 before it was illegal. Haven't tried it yet.

[Guitarpickin in reply to FlintHills]

Delta 9?! I can’t keep up.

[SueJohnson in reply to Guitarpickin]

Is your RLS under control?

[Guitarpickin in reply to SueJohnson]

For the most part. It’s all relative. It may be time to pull out the diary and really dial things in once again. But I’m definitely doing well over all, thanks to this site. How are your symptoms?

[SueJohnson in reply to Guitarpickin]

Mine are completely controlled by gabapentin. Have you had your ferritin checked?

[Guitarpickin in reply to SueJohnson]

That’s great to hear. I hope you continue to control it for a very long time. Yes, I’ve had my ferritin checked several times. It’s low for people with RLS but well within normal for normal folks. Iron supplements worked at first (meaning the first 2 times I took them) but now my symptoms are consistently worse on the nights I take iron. I’m sure it’s coincidental, which is why I need to pull out the diary and see what else I’m doing those nights/days to aggravate things.

[SueJohnson in reply to Guitarpickin]

Yes. I am sure that is coincidental. I assume you are taking your iron tablets with 100 mg of Vitamin C or some orange juice as that improves absorption and at least 2 hours after any food or coffee. What medicines and OTC supplements are you taking?

[Guitarpickin in reply to SueJohnson]

Yes, I always take the iron on an empty stomach with Vit C. Every other night. Other than that I don’t take any supplements with regularity. I try to take the few other supplements I have at least once a week or every other week (but maybe it’s more like once a month, lol) in the morning. My only other medicines are gabapentin nightly (100 mg) and 5 mg indica THC in a gummy.

[SueJohnson in reply to Guitarpickin]

100 mg of gabapentin is an extremely low amount. The usual beginning amount is 300 mg. You might want to increase it by 100 mg every couple of days until you find an amount that completely controls your RLS symptoms not just for the most part.

[Guitarpickin in reply to SueJohnson]

Yeah, they started me on 300 mg and I worked my way down. We all manage our symptoms in our own way and for me, the lower the dose of gabapentin the better (not a fan of the side effects). But eventually I’ll probably need to increase it. Thank you for your help and advice.

[Hidden in reply to Guitarpickin]

Do you take any melatonin?

[Guitarpickin in reply to Hidden]

You know, I just started taking melatonin when my insomnia acts up. I had shied away from it because many on this site said it could aggravate RLS, but for me it does not bug my RLS and it definitely helps me sleep. I love it! Do you take melatonin? And if so, do you find it makes your RLS worse?

[Hidden in reply to Guitarpickin]

If you’re taking more than a crumb of melatonin (.25) then nothing you do or take for the RLS will work. I took 1.0 and it turned my RLS into the devil incarnate. The RLS was in my eyeballs. I saw a recent post where u said u take 2.5 mg of the melatonin. Can’t believe you’re even alive to speak of it.

[Guitarpickin in reply to Hidden]

Oh my gosh. That’s terrible melatonin made you feel that way! I actually have 5mg in my medicine cabinet now but haven’t needed more than the 2.5. I hadn’t slept much for 3 days due to a combination of RLS/PLMS and insomnia so I took melatonin last night (along with the gabapentin and 5 mg THC) and slept like a dream. I don’t think melatonin helps my RLS at all but so far I have no indication it hurts it either. It has been a tremendous help when I’m suffering from both insomnia and RLS!! Sorry it can’t do the same for you.

[RCHD in reply to Hidden]

Yeah my husband had a terrible experience with melatonin.

[Hidden in reply to RCHD]

The vast majority of people with RLS will not be able to tolerate Melatonin. It elevates serotonin in the brain I believe which competes with the release of dopamine. Something like that. Similar to anti-depressants.

[Cecirdr]

It really helps me. It’s not perfect, but it greatly reduces the pain I feel that makes my legs jump. I’m still trying to stay out what’s causing the RLS, but at least the delta 8 lets me Sleep at night. Fwiw, I make a tincture so it lasts longer.