Symptoms Settled

[rls-ottawa]

Phrase "symptoms from each reduction has settled" is often mentioned here.

How do I know symptoms settled, are there specific criteria?

[ChrisColumbus]

This is commonly used when a patient is doing a slow tapered withdrawal from a drug or treatment, as - while the intention is that the slowness of the withdrawal minimises problems - it is still possible that symptoms will get temporarily worse at each stage.

If this is the case, the patient should then wait until the symptoms settle - i.e. return to or near to the previous state - before moving to the next stage of the withdrawal.

[Madlegs1]

Where's Raff's when I need him?

[ChrisColumbus in reply to Madlegs1]

I presume 'Raff's' was a previous denizen of this place?

[Madlegs1 in reply to ChrisColumbus]

Ah yes. A real character. Didn't stand for foolishness. We used to have right royal ding dongs.

It's a real pity HU anonymises past members-- impossible to retrace the old threads.

We had a great one going on the use of soap under the bed as a treatment for RLS. 😆