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Restless Legs Syndrome

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Update on weighted blanket and Trazodone

Hi all!! I still like my weighted blanket but actually it's not as good as I thought at the beginning. A few days after I began using it, my legs started to...

Hi all!! I still like my weighted blanket but actually it's not as good as I th...

Micafe

•3 years ago

18 Replies

The cold turkey thing worked

Dear All, thanks for all the kind words, and advice when i wrote two months ago i had gone cold turkey off Pramipexol and after 10 days I still had restless...

Dear All, thanks for all the kind words, and advice when i wrote two months ago ...

Ballybofey26

•3 years ago

11 Replies

I have had RLS for 40years

I have tried most medications. I am currently taking 6mg of Pramipexole at bedtime and I am rarely completely spasum free I have spasums in my arms as well as...

I have tried most medications. I am currently taking 6mg of Pramipexole at bedt...

welschrisby

•3 years ago

8 Replies

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Leaving Ropinirole for Buprenorphine - Do I needed to ease off R first?

Hello, Quick question. If I am able to have my doctor prescribe Buprenorphine will I need to slowly come off Ropinirole while taking Buprenorphine or can I...

Hello, Quick question. If I am able to have my doctor prescribe Buprenorphine w...

B534967

•3 years ago

9 Replies

how do i get off pramipexole?

I am taking 6mg of pramipexole per day. It is not working as well as it used to. My doctor is suggesting a slow release pad of some sort but he says I must get...

I am taking 6mg of pramipexole per day. It is not working as well as it used to....

welschrisby

•3 years ago

7 Replies

Electro acupuncture

I would be interested to know anyone who has had this treatment or anyone who has thoughts on this subject I was recently contacted by a rls clinic ( I won’t...

I would be interested to know anyone who has had this treatment or anyone who ha...

Hoochybaby

•3 years ago

1 Reply

Doxycycline

Has anyone started to suffer with RLS but only after taking doxycycline. It only seems to have started in one leg since taking these. I’ve seen that tremors...

Has anyone started to suffer with RLS but only after taking doxycycline. It only...

Asherleymoco

•3 years ago

4 Replies

How does everyone differentiate between RLS symptoms, vs. augmentation from one of your meds vs. withdrawal symptoms

I have been dealing with RLS for 20 years and the past year has been by far the worst with significant escalation of the disease. I have experienced...

I have been dealing with RLS for 20 years and the past year has been by far the ...

Tobias10

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Does anyone have RLS while sitting? I have the solution!

All you have to do is to raise your knee as rapidly as you can 40 times every 15 minutes. If you do that before the RLS starts, it will prevent it from ever...

All you have to do is to raise your knee as rapidly as you can 40 times every 15...

davidadill

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Has anyone tried magnesium citrate

Has anyone tried magnesium citrate .? I've not slept for a week well except for perhaps the odd hr . My doctor put me on amitriptyline 10mg fir my RLS .at...

Has anyone tried magnesium citrate .? I've not slept for a week well except for ...

Nocturnal1955

•3 years ago

8 Replies

what do you guys personally take for RLS?

if you’d be willing, could you tell me how bad it was before you took any meds, and how it is currently after finding the regimen that works for you? i just...

if you’d be willing, could you tell me how bad it was before you took any meds, ...

mmjxc

•3 years ago

8 Replies

Any one awake out there?

I have slept 2 hrs with a sleeping tablet and here I am again walking around my lounge desperately wanting to sleep. Usually a sleeping tablet will keep me...

I have slept 2 hrs with a sleeping tablet and here I am again walking around my ...

Bruxelles

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Driving........

My husband was diagnosed with sleep apnoea last year. (Bear with me, this relevant to rls) It is taken very seriously by doctors and the general medical...

My husband was diagnosed with sleep apnoea last year. (Bear with me, this releva...

Gmc54

•3 years ago

14 Replies

Withdrawal symptoms?

Over the last 6-7 weeks I have been reducing my Ropinerole after augmenting on it. So far I have gradually gone from 1mg twice a day to 0.75mg twice a day, at...

Over the last 6-7 weeks I have been reducing my Ropinerole after augmenting on i...

NonnieJ

•3 years ago

20 Replies

No Dx, but sure I have RLS-Is Eloquis the culprit?

I'm new here and hoping to gain some insight and learn from others' experiences. I had an ACL replacement surgery at the end of October (2020) and a blood...

I'm new here and hoping to gain some insight and learn from others' experiences....

Becks81

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Acupuncture?

I'm new to this group, so this might have been discussed already, but has anyone tried acupuncture for RLS? With this miserable malady, I have tried just about...

I'm new to this group, so this might have been discussed already, but has anyone...

Notlikinthis

•3 years ago

14 Replies

Ropinerole and propranolol might help, ask your doctor ( preferably one who also has RSL, they understand!!!!!!

Hi my whole family also suffer from RLS and I am so worried that my daughter will one day suffer as I have. Don't Know if this will help but I have recently...

Hi my whole family also suffer from RLS and I am so worried that my daughter wi...

Buzzyboy

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Why is RLS so damn inconsistent?

Could someone please explain to me how one night can be so calm and nice and wonderful and practically RLS free and the next night, I am up and down from the...

Could someone please explain to me how one night can be so calm and nice and won...

WideBody

•3 years ago

12 Replies

Feel the heat on my feet

Continuously uncomfortable feet, feeling the heat on my soles of feet. I weak up nearly every night for hours. Sometimes I get up for work with 3 hrs sleep😌....

Continuously uncomfortable feet, feeling the heat on my soles of feet. I weak up...

Borealis15

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Appointment today update

I have to write a post as I am so so angry after my appointment today. It took me nearly an hour to get there and I've waited ages for this appointment. Well...

I have to write a post as I am so so angry after my appointment today. It took ...

Netball-50

•3 years ago

27 Replies

Thank you!

Hi everyone, I’m 53 and have had RLS as long as I can remember. I had begun to think it was something I just have to ‘put up with’, but having read some posts...

Hi everyone, I’m 53 and have had RLS as long as I can remember. I had begun to t...

Camperfan

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Restless leg makes shines in front of lower legs hurt and feet and toes hurt.

Anyone get restless leg in front of their leg right below the knee where your shines are? My left is worse than my right, and it vibrates down my leg to my...

Anyone get restless leg in front of their leg right below the knee where your sh...

aokayre

•3 years ago

2 Replies

Tomorrow

Well wish me luck as I'm seeing a neurologist or under study tomorrow again. Last time they told me to go on ropinerole but I refused as I'd weaned off prami....

Well wish me luck as I'm seeing a neurologist or under study tomorrow again. Las...

Netball-50

•3 years ago

5 Replies

take melatonin for sleep?

Sahhara

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Writing this in Tears!!!

I have been suffering from this and the ridicule that comes with it all of my life. I'm 46 now and just finding out what this even is because when I told...

I have been suffering from this and the ridicule that comes with it all of my li...

BPHood

•3 years ago

4 Replies

Has anyone had pain in their leg(s)?

As my restless legs got worse, I started having pain in the front of my legs. I sleep on my stomach and the pain although mild keeps me from going back to...

As my restless legs got worse, I started having pain in the front of my legs. I...

SueJohnson

•3 years ago

13 Replies

Interested in opinions. RLS for me is a nightly nightmare. Been on Pregabalin up to 300mg. GP said I have depression...

Been on pregabalin starting 75mg and now up to 300mg which seems to work well and helps me sleep a lot. However GP reckons I'm depressed and this could be the...

Been on pregabalin starting 75mg and now up to 300mg which seems to work well an...

Davidbaldbloke

•3 years ago

23 Replies

RLS / Nuropathy

Has anyone with RLS on this forum been found to have either short fiber or autonomic nuropathy?

Has anyone with RLS on this forum been found to have either short fiber or auton...

Stdorn

•3 years ago

9 Replies

Article from John-Hopkins regaurding the effects of opiates on RLS

No question, I just wanted to post some of an article regaurding the effects of opiates on RLS (the full text can be found on John Hopkins university website....

No question, I just wanted to post some of an article regaurding the effects of ...

Stdorn

•3 years ago

6 Replies

Jumpinglegs

Does anybody find eating too much sugary things make the rls worse. I find I cannot eat anything with too much sugar otherwise I know all about it with rls, is...

Does anybody find eating too much sugary things make the rls worse. I find I can...

Sillyvester19

•3 years ago

3 Replies

Posts - Restless Legs Syndrome | HealthUnlocked

Restless Legs Syndrome

All posts for December 2020

Update on weighted blanket and Trazodone

The cold turkey thing worked

I have had RLS for 40years

Leaving Ropinirole for Buprenorphine - Do I needed to ease off R first?

how do i get off pramipexole?

Electro acupuncture

Doxycycline

How does everyone differentiate between RLS symptoms, vs. augmentation from one of your meds vs. withdrawal symptoms

Does anyone have RLS while sitting? I have the solution!

Has anyone tried magnesium citrate

what do you guys personally take for RLS?

Any one awake out there?

Driving........

Withdrawal symptoms?

No Dx, but sure I have RLS-Is Eloquis the culprit?

Acupuncture?

Ropinerole and propranolol might help, ask your doctor ( preferably one who also has RSL, they understand!!!!!!

Why is RLS so damn inconsistent?

Feel the heat on my feet

Appointment today update

Thank you!

Restless leg makes shines in front of lower legs hurt and feet and toes hurt.

Tomorrow

take melatonin for sleep?

Writing this in Tears!!!

Has anyone had pain in their leg(s)?

Interested in opinions. RLS for me is a nightly nightmare. Been on Pregabalin up to 300mg. GP said I have depression...

RLS / Nuropathy

Article from John-Hopkins regaurding the effects of opiates on RLS

Jumpinglegs

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