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Restless Legs Syndrome

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Bummer!

About a year ago soon after I delivered my twins, I suddenly had no RLS. Just stopped. I was able to go off requip completely . Suddenly last month its come...

About a year ago soon after I delivered my twins, I suddenly had no RLS. Just st...

moonhunt18

•7 years ago

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It worked!

Three weeks ago I started a diet that excluded dairy, caffeine, wheat, etc. I also added B Super Complex, turmeric, magnesium and calcium. I reduced my dose...

Three weeks ago I started a diet that excluded dairy, caffeine, wheat, etc. I ...

Crazyleggs

•7 years ago

17 Replies

Help

Hi new to this site but just been to doctors after suffering months of pain and £600 later on a new mattress made no difference, I am in so much pain at night...

Hi new to this site but just been to doctors after suffering months of pain and ...

Angiet48

•7 years ago

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SCOURGE OF THE NONE SLEEPING

TO ALL RLS PEOPLE IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONTACT SOME OF THE LARGE COMPANIES ASKING THEM TO GET INTERESTED IN A CURE FOR RLS I AM SURE SOME COMPANY WOULD...

TO ALL RLS PEOPLE IS IT POSSIBLE TO CONTACT SOME OF THE LARGE COMPANIES ...

Zappa

•7 years ago

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Update on my RLS

After the torture over the past month where my RLS has gone from bad to worse. I've finally seen the doctor and my blood tests all came back okay. The cutting...

After the torture over the past month where my RLS has gone from bad to worse. I...

papparay46

•7 years ago

7 Replies

New here!

Hi everyone! I'm new here and currently writing this in the middle of the night while downstairs trying to sleep on the sofa. I believe I have restless body...

Hi everyone! I'm new here and currently writing this in the middle of the night...

HelenBrown44

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Plan B

I received my order of RLS UK Christmas Cards this morning, thank you. They look good and the wording will spread the message I am sure. I posted that my RLS...

I received my order of RLS UK Christmas Cards this morning, thank you. They loo...

Neil46

•7 years ago

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Targinact

Thank you all for your replies re Targinact. I will have to give it some thought as I read somewhere that it has only been on trial for rls for one year?

Thank you all for your replies re Targinact. I will have to give it some thought...

antelope99

•7 years ago

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Where does stress fit into the nightmare that is rls.

Laid awake flicking last night I started to wonder. Is it stress agrivates rls =sleepless nights = anxiety =stress =rls and so on I tend to keep a sleep or...

Laid awake flicking last night I started to wonder. Is it stress agrivates rls =...

Tonkaman

•7 years ago

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My 12 year old son has RLS

My poor son suffers with RLS. He is 12 now but has had it since he was around 5 years old. My husband also has RSL and has been dealing with this since he was...

My poor son suffers with RLS. He is 12 now but has had it since he was around 5 ...

Dizashkyalay

•7 years ago

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It's time to write a letter...

I have decided that, having drawn a blank everywhere, having spent so long as an in-patient on a psych ward and come out little better and with my RLS now...

I have decided that, having drawn a blank everywhere, having spent so long as an...

taniabacon

•7 years ago

7 Replies

25+ years of RLS and it runs in my family

Hi all, I am actually the wife to a RLS sufferer. He doesn't have the time to go on community support sites so I do it for him, cuz I care and know how...

Hi all, I am actually the wife to a RLS sufferer. He doesn't have the time to go...

JIMFREY

•7 years ago

9 Replies

Targinact

Hi All Has anybody been prescribed Targinact 5mg/2.5mg modified release tablets? I was asked to go on this medication but I didn't like the fact that it has a...

Hi All Has anybody been prescribed Targinact 5mg/2.5mg modified release tablets?...

antelope99

•7 years ago

4 Replies

Compression Stockings

Hi, I know that for some people compression stockings have helped RLS. Can anyone give me the names of ones in the UK that have worked? initially, because...

Hi, I know that for some people compression stockings have helped RLS. Can anyon...

EveW

•7 years ago

16 Replies

Antidepressants & RLS

Hello I haven't written for a while; since stopping the ropinirole and increasing my iron intake I seem to be having a reasonable period with my legs. Not free...

Hello I haven't written for a while; since stopping the ropinirole and increasin...

Pam34

•7 years ago

10 Replies

New to the sight

I'm new to this forum and was diagnosed with RLS 3 or 4 years ago. My Manchester specialist put me on Ropinirole which shifted from .5 mg to 1 mg in the first...

I'm new to this forum and was diagnosed with RLS 3 or 4 years ago. My Manchester...

lhammy66

•7 years ago

33 Replies

Disco

I have been thinking, it always comes down to money with the drugs the doctors are willing to give us, so lets have a sponsored disco, lol, with our jiggly...

I have been thinking, it always comes down to money with the drugs the doctors a...

extremenightwalker

•7 years ago

1 Reply

Doctors

Doctors don't you just love them, come on doctors, help us RLS sufferers and take us seriously.

Doctors don't you just love them, come on doctors, help us RLS sufferers and tak...

extremenightwalker

•7 years ago

5 Replies

Dreading the next three weeks

Hello to everyone, I saw the doctor at Johns Hopkins....per his orders I will be going cold turkey on Ropinerol tonight, replacing it with Mirapex in a...

Hello to everyone, I saw the doctor at Johns Hopkins....per his orders I will be...

patmac

•7 years ago

72 Replies

Hello I have been stalking this site for a while only just joined.

Hi ya all I am writing with anticipation I am at a loss really its the sleep deprevation that rls brings it gets into every part of life. I am sure you are all...

Hi ya all I am writing with anticipation I am at a loss really its the sleep dep...

Tonkaman

•7 years ago

12 Replies

opiate induced insomnia

Hell everyone, I'm wondering whether anyone else has shared my experience with opiates. I have been experimenting with rotating codeine and tramadol for my...

Hell everyone, I'm wondering whether anyone else has shared my experience with o...

Jumpey

•7 years ago

23 Replies

I don't know if it's the same...

I am new to your site. I do have RLS to the point where I wish someone would pull my legs off. My biggest problem is the involuntary clenching of my chestuff,...

I am new to your site. I do have RLS to the point where I wish someone would pul...

Jacdawg

•7 years ago

7 Replies

Anxiety & RLS

Good evening fellow sufferers, it's almost 3am here & of course I'm still awake. RLS has made my life miserable for as long as I can remember & I can honestly...

Good evening fellow sufferers, it's almost 3am here & of course I'm still awake....

Vichic

•7 years ago

13 Replies

Hi everyone,I'm a new poster

Looking back over the years,I realise I had RLS intermittently. Then 4 yrs ago after a fall from a stepladder resulting in severe back pain I had a nerve block...

Looking back over the years,I realise I had RLS intermittently. Then 4 yrs ago a...

Hidden

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Controlling augmentation and impulse control issues

Ok I have no personal experience of this but as there are many on here going through the horrors of augmentation I thought I would pass on the experience of a...

Ok I have no personal experience of this but as there are many on here going thr...

involuntarydancer

•7 years ago

9 Replies

RLS and Alcohol

My wife constantly nags me about drinking alcohol as she is convinced it causes my RLS. I do not drink a lot, a glass of wine with dinner, and a large Scotch...

My wife constantly nags me about drinking alcohol as she is convinced it causes ...

Scottie99

•7 years ago

23 Replies

No RLS for a while

Hi all, So firstly I want to apologise for not sharing this info sooner. I'm gonna go straight into it here. Please please look up 'urine therapy' and do...

Hi all, So firstly I want to apologise for not sharing this info sooner. I'm go...

Backtobasics95

•7 years ago

25 Replies

LEES APPOINTMENT

Hope nobody minds but I am cruising and just seeing what's going on. A quick post if you don't mind regarding Lees appointment. She has been diagnosed by the...

Hope nobody minds but I am cruising and just seeing what's going on. A quick pos...

Hidden

•7 years ago

10 Replies

Pregabalin - class C Drug

Just read an article in the Guardian talking about changing pregabalin to a class C drug and only allowing it on repeat prescriptions for one month at a time....

Just read an article in the Guardian talking about changing pregabalin to a clas...

Joolsg

•7 years ago

9 Replies

First Time Post

Hi everyone, I have just taken the test to look at needs and it's telling me that I am the same as a high percentage of you that feel unsupported. I have...

Hi everyone, I have just taken the test to look at needs and it's telling me tha...

Gillyfran

•7 years ago

12 Replies

Posts - Restless Legs Syndrome | HealthUnlocked

Restless Legs Syndrome

All posts for September 2017

Bummer!

It worked!

Help

SCOURGE OF THE NONE SLEEPING

Update on my RLS

New here!

Plan B

Targinact

Where does stress fit into the nightmare that is rls.

My 12 year old son has RLS

It's time to write a letter...

25+ years of RLS and it runs in my family

Targinact

Compression Stockings

Antidepressants & RLS

New to the sight

Disco

Doctors

Dreading the next three weeks

Hello I have been stalking this site for a while only just joined.

opiate induced insomnia

I don't know if it's the same...

Anxiety & RLS

Hi everyone,I'm a new poster

Controlling augmentation and impulse control issues

RLS and Alcohol

No RLS for a while

LEES APPOINTMENT

Pregabalin - class C Drug

First Time Post

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