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Restless Legs Syndrome

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Getting off the patch

I’ve tried to switch to another medication any I wing up going back today I’m going to get off for good I’m always groggy I’m going to try ropinorole EX 4 mg...

I’ve tried to switch to another medication any I wing up going back today I’m go...

Bat3353

•5 years ago

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support details from site

Hello Ocre Ive put a message on your profile site about the rls sites & about some info from it hope it helps

Hello Ocre Ive put a message on your profile site about the rls sites & about ...

Sara_2611

•5 years ago

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graham3196

Hi graham thank you so much for your message. It has given me a lot of homework but hey if i can find something to help it will be worth it. I have been...

Hi graham thank you so much for your message. It has given me a lot of homework...

ocre

•5 years ago

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Burnt legs

Hi one and all haven’t been on for a long time ,a question if someone could answer please ,have had RLS for about 20 odd years now usually control with...

Hi one and all haven’t been on for a long time ,a question if someone could answ...

Mopsy1950

•5 years ago

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Thanks to everyone

Thank you all for your replies. I have learned more from RLS UK than any doctor in Northern Ireland could tell me. This site is great and makes me feel that...

Thank you all for your replies. I have learned more from RLS UK than any doctor...

ocre

•5 years ago

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HELP

Can anybody tell me if there is a support group for RLS in Northern Ireland. I have had RLS for 2 years now and I am finding it very difficult to get the...

Can anybody tell me if there is a support group for RLS in Northern Ireland. I ...

ocre

•5 years ago

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Pramipexole

I want to thank you all for taking the time to write to me. I am just in my second week of trying to cut back on the pramipexole I have made a list of the...

I want to thank you all for taking the time to write to me. I am just in my seco...

Hoochybaby

•5 years ago

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Oxycontin law suit.

Link to article about the Oxycontin law suit in USA. Question is-- how can some of us get our hands on some of the loot?😎...

Link to article about the Oxycontin law suit in USA. Question is-- how can so...

Madlegs1

•5 years ago

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Medication updates/Dr. B

Hello all: I have not written on here for quite some time. During the past two months, we have learned a lot more about RLS suffering. Long story as short...

Hello all: I have not written on here for quite some time. During the past two...

Climberguy

•5 years ago

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Social security Administration disability

Has anyone been successful claiming disability through Social security? I’d be so thankful to speak to anyone who even tried to get disability. I can’t take...

Has anyone been successful claiming disability through Social security? I’d be s...

Jrskyhook32

•5 years ago

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PROOF THAT MADOPAR ACTUALLY WORKS .... (for me).

Over the past several months, I have begun to notice that my legs are starting to ache after I have been walking for a considerable amount of time. This...

Over the past several months, I have begun to notice that my legs are starting ...

TEAH35

•5 years ago

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Help with a med name please

Hi can someone tell me the name of the medication that makes you a bit compulsive. I.e shopping, gambling etc? Thanks in advance

Hi can someone tell me the name of the medication that makes you a bit compulsiv...

Leelee49

•5 years ago

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My Thumb

Has anyone ever had their RLS pin point a specific location?? Last night my thumb, the meaty part at the base, went nuts. It was the strangest feeling and it...

Has anyone ever had their RLS pin point a specific location?? Last night my thu...

Woody4

•5 years ago

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Is a tonic the tonic?

Has anybody tried Tonic water? A friend of mine suggested it to me, and I've been having a couple of glasses each night. It's been wonderful, much less pain...

Has anybody tried Tonic water? A friend of mine suggested it to me, and I've bee...

Tonp

•5 years ago

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Is this RLS?

I have just joined this forum as I had no sleep last night at all. I get a horrible "tickling" feeling in my thigh and arm. Is this RLS? There is no pain, just...

I have just joined this forum as I had no sleep last night at all. I get a horri...

sarah38chall

•5 years ago

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Second go round

Has anyone come off of Ropinirole or the patches due to augmentation, then gone back to taking it after a break of a year or two Just wondered as both of these...

Has anyone come off of Ropinirole or the patches due to augmentation, then gone ...

99selkies

•5 years ago

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My medication for rls

I am 72 and looking back I guess I have experienced rls for at least 30 years but early on not serious enough to warrant medication. It was always in the...

I am 72 and looking back I guess I have experienced rls for at least 30 years bu...

m1946

•5 years ago

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Things to use

Hi, has anyone used an excercise bike, vibration plate, or other equipment to stimulate the leg muscles to aid rls, or just calf stretches and other exercises?...

Hi, has anyone used an excercise bike, vibration plate, or other equipment to st...

Coraliej

•5 years ago

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Augmentation

Hi after discussion with my gp I have started to reduce my Pramipexole dosage. In my first week after being on max dose of .52mg twice a day giving a weekly...

Hi after discussion with my gp I have started to reduce my Pramipexole dosage. I...

Hoochybaby

•5 years ago

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How many people here have wobbly legs during the day because of RLS? Please reply,I am doing research to help us all...

I was thinking if everyone here would ask a question that could give us some answers about RLS like...do you have wobbly legs during the day? My legs are very...

I was thinking if everyone here would ask a question that could give us some ans...

Sandee007

•5 years ago

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mustard for rls??

I just heard about someone who is having success with putting mustard on their legs at night time topically to help their RLS. They literally keep packets of...

I just heard about someone who is having success with putting mustard on their l...

LanaCSR

•5 years ago

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Trialling Lyrica

I have recently been commenced on Lyrica (20mg) twice daily and am slowly withdrawing from Sifrol .25mg daily. Toay is day 6 with Lyrica and I am finding...

I have recently been commenced on Lyrica (20mg) twice daily and am slowly withdr...

kelirock

•5 years ago

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Men Only! Expeiment

Do this: squeeze your urethral sphincter hard (like you want to stop a uring flow), hold it, assess if you get a peculiarly annoying feeling that makes you...

Do this: squeeze your urethral sphincter hard (like you want to stop a uring flo...

triggerfingerguy

•5 years ago

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Life long RLS

Suffered on and off since i was 11 yrs im now 67 Certain medications and i never know till i take them set it off. Drinking ice tea set it off. Especially...

Suffered on and off since i was 11 yrs im now 67 Certain medications and i never...

LiflongRLS

•5 years ago

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Sugar

Has anyone ever stopped eating any thing which contains sugar and I mean everything including jam, wine etc. Im becoming more and more convinced that its sugar...

Has anyone ever stopped eating any thing which contains sugar and I mean everyth...

Memmy

•5 years ago

57 Replies

Hereditary?

Hi I've had RLS since I was a teenager some 30 years ago, I'm finding this group very reassuring to know that I'm not alone. I do now take magnesium when it's...

Hi I've had RLS since I was a teenager some 30 years ago, I'm finding this group...

Windyowl

•5 years ago

21 Replies

PINNED POSTS

Is it possible to explain about augmentation on a pinned post Admin please ?

Pippins2

•5 years ago

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Poppy 7

I have just had worse four days of r l s I have never been tested for r l s. But had it for years but doctors put me on roprinorole But I am wounding if I...

I have just had worse four days of r l s I have never been tested for r l s. Bu...

Verbri7

•5 years ago

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Pramipexole dosages

Is there any guidance as to what is a low/med/high dose of this drug?

Lyndon27

•5 years ago

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PVT or PAD, Over the past 5 yrs. I've notice pain and heaviness in my legs and the last few weeks I can barely walk.

I went to my Dr. and she told me I was out of shape. I said he'll no. I know I am out of shape, but you know when something is not right. So, I told her I was...

I went to my Dr. and she told me I was out of shape. I said he'll no. I know I a...

Seehowyour

•5 years ago

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Posts - Restless Legs Syndrome | HealthUnlocked

Restless Legs Syndrome

All posts for March 2019

Getting off the patch

support details from site

graham3196

Burnt legs

Thanks to everyone

HELP

Pramipexole

Oxycontin law suit.

Medication updates/Dr. B

Social security Administration disability

PROOF THAT MADOPAR ACTUALLY WORKS .... (for me).

Help with a med name please

My Thumb

Is a tonic the tonic?

Is this RLS?

Second go round

My medication for rls

Things to use

Augmentation

How many people here have wobbly legs during the day because of RLS? Please reply,I am doing research to help us all...

mustard for rls??

Trialling Lyrica

Men Only! Expeiment

Life long RLS

Sugar

Hereditary?

PINNED POSTS

Poppy 7

Pramipexole dosages

PVT or PAD, Over the past 5 yrs. I've notice pain and heaviness in my legs and the last few weeks I can barely walk.

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