rls worse than ever

[Ronniebongo]

I have thought the HRT could be the cause 🤔

[ChrisColumbus]

Yes, HRT can make RLS worse as SueJohnson has replied against your duplicate post.

She has given you info about starting on gabapentin/pregabalin: follow her advice on how much to take and when, as UK doctors have not been trained to treat RLS and tend to follow largely outdated protocols. A UK doctor may still try to prescribe a dopamine agonist instead - pramipexole, ropinirole or rotigotine - which should be refused.

Download and read this about iron therapy:

rls-uk.org/_files/ugd/b0a19...

You say that you have tried to take iron but have had problems, but don't say what form of iron and how much you have taken. Try ferrous bisglycinate - branded as Gentle Iron - which you'll have to buy in a chemist or health food store.

[nocturne]

What's HRT?

[ChrisColumbus in reply to nocturne]

Hormone Replacement Therapy to counteract menopause symptoms.

[nocturne in reply to ChrisColumbus]

Oh, haha, of course! Thanks so much for pointing out the obvious. I was so focused on RLS, that I thought it was some RLS remedy that I wasn't familiar with . Thanks!

[Ronniebongo in reply to nocturne]

I wish it was a remedy 😂

[nocturne in reply to Ronniebongo]

Me, too. But they're now adminstering HRT routinely without fear of cancer (as was the case in my day) to prvent all sorts of stuff, including osteoporosis, hair loss, etc. Since my RLS began around the same time as menopause, I'm wondering if it would have made a difference. Well, too late for me to find out now. : (

[Ronniebongo]

Hi again .. awake now with horrendous rls.. whole body it feels like , I may finally have to try a prescription drug .. as I’ve said before reluctantly due to suffering really bad menopause headaches which I’ve got under control with HRT or maybe I’m coming out of Peri menopause.. I had a migraine attack Saturday night ( not severe ) and took a sumatriptan 100 mg tablet , I slept like a baby , no rls didn’t even move until the dogs woke me to get up in he morning.. any one know about sumatriptan and could it’s content maybe help with rls ? Obviously can’t take it permanently but maybe the other options I’ve been advised on here have similar effects on the body ? At my wits end now again it’s been few years with no let up .. I sleep for half an hour then it starts …🙁Thank you sue for all your advice , I’m taking iron again for few months , no improvement yet …. I’ve just taken a diazepam as I’m desperate!! 🥴