Hi, All! I have't posted in such a long time. I suffered with RLS so much, just like all of you, and have many bad stories. Eventually I landed on taking a small piece of Suboxone each night and even though I had hoped for a natural solution, I have stayed with that plan. I often worry about the long term effects, although at least the dosage is quite small. (Less than 1/2 of a 2 mg tape.)
Out of the blue, I started getting these wild limb movements and body shaking, which would wake me out of a dead sleep. It was super intense! I tried taking more Suboxone to no avail-it can even make things worse for me. I tried different magnesium, adding iron overnight, etc. I even wrote to Dr. B, since I had had an appt. with him, but he didn't want to write an answer without an appt.
I know fish oil affects the brain and I hadn't taken any in many moons. So, I started back on that and the very first night the crazy body and limb jerking stopped. So far it has been 2 weeks, and those movements are gone. HUGE, huge sigh of relief!
Worth a try for some of you! Especially if you don't eat much fish. I am also a vegetarian, sometime pescatarian (but don't have it enough, clearly!).
I do hope this can help someone, as I didn't see anything like this posted. I wish you all sweet sleep, any way you can get it!!
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Hi, there. I ordered Sports Research brand on Amazon. It says: 1250 fish oil, 1040 total omega 3...epa: 690....dha: 260...other omega 3: 90 mg. This in one capsule.
I started with 2 capsules a day, just to get things going after a long time with no fish or fish oil.
I have no idea on the krill but worth a try-I knew the first night that it worked and things had been really, really intense overnight. Bizarre movements. I am assuming plmd or something.
Lol on the burps but I honestly have not had them this time and I always used to with other brands.
Let me know if anything helps you! I think our brains really need this, for many functions!
Yes, everything I've read about fish oil is that it is good for so many things! One more question, please: When you started with 2 capsules a day, did you take them together at one time or at 2 separate times? Also, are they taken with or without food and should I not take them at the same time as certain meds? Also, for how long did you stay at 2 a day, and when you increased the dose, how much did you increase by and what times of day, etc.? Thank you and sorry for all the questions!
No problem. I took them together at first, which worked, then I started taking one twice a day after about a week at various times. I most often had food in my stomach but I don't think it really matters-just getting it going seems to do the trick, with no rules.
I think after you get it going in your system you can experiment a bit-one or two capsules a day for this particular brand. You will have to look up any drug interactions but maybe just take the fish oil separately to be sure. I take a thyroid medication in the morning and Suboxone at night, plus various supplements. I think fish oil is pretty easy to take overall-not like iron and some others that do interfere.
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