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Ropinirole - despair!

Following a diagnosis last year I've been on Ropinirole ever since. Unfortunately, my GP is one who thinks this is the best drug for RLS. I'm on the lowest...

Following a diagnosis last year I've been on Ropinirole ever since. Unfortunatel...

RVC_Hants

•2 years ago

32 Replies

Prostatitis and RLS

Hi! I joined the RLS club 9 years ago. I was on a 3-months trip in Australia and realized my legs don't want to sleep at the same anymore as I would like. Back...

Hi! I joined the RLS club 9 years ago. I was on a 3-months trip in Australia and...

Hedgehob_Bob

•2 years ago

1 Reply

Another possible Neurologist who's listening at Royal Stoke

Having had to spend a couple of thousand £ in trying to get help with severe augmentation on Pramipexole I have found a young Neurologist who practices at...

Having had to spend a couple of thousand £ in trying to get help with severe aug...

HilsK

•2 years ago

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Blood test (Iron) results - likely the cause of my RLS?!

I posted a week ago as a newbie about experiencing RLS after taking Sertraline, thinking that was the cause. A few days ago I saw my doctor and laid out all...

I posted a week ago as a newbie about experiencing RLS after taking Sertraline, ...

1brightongirl

•2 years ago

29 Replies

RLS meds

Hi everyone, Since your recommendation re meds aggravating and/or causing RLS I have taken myself off statins and Amitriptoline. My Dr refused to change them...

Hi everyone, Since your recommendation re meds aggravating and/or causing RLS I...

Nightwalker999

•2 years ago

6 Replies

Rotigotine patches

Hi my neurologist has given me the option it trying Rotigotine patches starting at 1mg and increasing to 3mg I know it’s a dopamine agonists but apparently...

Hi my neurologist has given me the option it trying Rotigotine patches starting ...

Hoochybaby

•2 years ago

27 Replies

Does tramadol keep you awake?

I use tramadol for RLS symptoms- but it's like an amphetimine to me. It relieves my symptoms for up to 2 hours, but then I'm wide awake. So I sleep 5am to...

I use tramadol for RLS symptoms- but it's like an amphetimine to me. It relieve...

Hidden

•2 years ago

13 Replies

Pregabalin

Does anybody have any tips on taking pregabalin. Have been on Clonazepam without success and thinking of trying pregabalin.

Does anybody have any tips on taking pregabalin. Have been on Clonazepam withou...

soupersuzy

•2 years ago

18 Replies

Interested in opinions on where I should seek help. NYC, Philly, Baltimore? All within driving distance.

Site for best treatment

bbullions

•2 years ago

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Iron Bisglycinate versus Liquid Ferrous Sulfate

Hello oh wise ones. I’m constantly here lurking in the back and rereading posts to take info back to my doc. My doc has very little knowledge of RLS but she is...

Hello oh wise ones. I’m constantly here lurking in the back and rereading posts ...

Redeyed

•2 years ago

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Pramipexole is the key

I’ve been taking 100 mg of tramadol and 1 mg of pramipexole for a while now and it works really well. For years I just took tramadol and it worked 80% of the...

I’ve been taking 100 mg of tramadol and 1 mg of pramipexole for a while now and ...

wildlegs

•2 years ago

38 Replies

ANTIBIOTICS AND RLS

tested POSITIVE FOR COVID. IS THERE ANY ANTIBIOTIC THAT RLS SUFFERER CAN TAKE

FLAME43

•2 years ago

8 Replies

RLS/Thyroid

Hi All, Normal caveat ( we are all different) but pleased to say that 5 days in, taking as advised by GP 100mcg Levothyroxine, no adverse effect. I perhaps...

Hi All, Normal caveat ( we are all different) but pleased to say that 5 days ...

Bumble34

•2 years ago

2 Replies

Low dose naltrexone research??

Has anyone come across any reputable research papers on the use of low dose naltrexone to treat RLS/periodic limb movement disorder? I've looked online...

Has anyone come across any reputable research papers on the use of low dose nalt...

Hidden

•2 years ago

2 Replies

CBD oils

Hi everyone.i have been trying to wean off Pramipexole now for a month or so,I'm sometimes really tempted to go back to full dose I'm still suffering every...

Hi everyone.i have been trying to wean off Pramipexole now for a month or so,I'm...

Whymelord

•2 years ago

16 Replies

Botox

Has anyone heard of research published in the Lancet that suggests that Botox injections (administered under the care of a Neurologist) help to relieve RLS?

Has anyone heard of research published in the Lancet that suggests that Botox in...

suzsull48

•2 years ago

13 Replies

What i do

Hello. If I take one 0.25mg of Pramipexole in the afternoon and then one at night it seems to work. When it starts to not work then i return to taking one...

Hello. If I take one 0.25mg of Pramipexole in the afternoon and then one at nigh...

Bjolly8

•2 years ago

3 Replies

MEDS THAT IRRITATE RLS

As the heading suggests, I have been asked by a fellow sufferer what medications should we avoid. I have come up with the following: Some nausea, eg Stemetil,...

As the heading suggests, I have been asked by a fellow sufferer what medications...

TEAH35

•2 years ago

24 Replies

Pre-surgical help needed please

I’m a long-time member here and need some medication guidance. I had a severe case of RLS that needed to be kept under control by staying on my combination of...

I’m a long-time member here and need some medication guidance. I had a severe ca...

Bganim1947

•2 years ago

8 Replies

RLS and sweets

Anyone notice a corelation between sugar and RLS. I woke up in the middle of the night the other day and had a few gulps of rootbeer. Less than an hour later...

Anyone notice a corelation between sugar and RLS. I woke up in the middle of the...

scifire

•2 years ago

12 Replies

Use of Co-codomol

Firstly thank you for all the information and support available on this forum. Thanks to you I realised I was augmenting and took my last Ropinerole on 13th...

Firstly thank you for all the information and support available on this forum. ...

Bluepainter

•2 years ago

13 Replies

Buprenorphine nausea and vomiting

Hi, I was prescribed 2mg buprenorphine sublingual. It works! However, I’m thinking about going back to Kratom, which only somewhat works. Even taking a...

Hi, I was prescribed 2mg buprenorphine sublingual. It works! However, I’m thinki...

MyMimiMoves

•2 years ago

9 Replies

Fermented foods

I have had severe RLS in the last 2 years but recently discovered that if I avoid all fermented foods and also all the other well known substances and...

I have had severe RLS in the last 2 years but recently discovered that if I avoi...

Seaux

•2 years ago

17 Replies

New here! I'm wondering if my RLS is due to Sertraline (Zoloft) I'm taking for depression/anxiety? Or perhaps 10 days of Mirtazapine?

I started 25 mg Sertraline about 2 months ago and I don't recall having RLS at first. My psychiatrist increased the dose to 50mg and, shortly after that, I had...

I started 25 mg Sertraline about 2 months ago and I don't recall having RLS at f...

1brightongirl

•2 years ago

20 Replies

From RLS foundation; call to action for opioid prescribing guidelines (CDC)

Call to Action that is due on Thursday, March 31. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is revising its 2016 Opioid Prescribing Guidelines, and...

Call to Action that is due on Thursday, March 31. The Centers for Disease Contro...

Tanker1

•2 years ago

1 Reply

A DESCRIPTION OF MY RESTLESS LEGS

This description is going back to when I was a child. It was only in the right leg to begin with. I don't remember how long it took before it was in both...

This description is going back to when I was a child. It was only in the right l...

TEAH35

•2 years ago

2 Replies

Natural relief for opioid constipation

Hi, like many of us I suffer with really bad constipation as the result of taking opioids. I take morphine and it successfully controls my RLS but the GI side...

Hi, like many of us I suffer with really bad constipation as the result of takin...

Jumpey

•2 years ago

29 Replies

Dipyridamole, Adenosine and RLS (Oh My)

Warning, this stuff below is boring. Read only if you have insomnia. I am trying to understand the effects of Dipyridamole and Adenosine in RLS. In...

Warning, this stuff below is boring. Read only if you have insomnia. I am tr...

WideBody

•2 years ago

29 Replies

Urgent help from someone who is located in the USA and being prescribed opioid

Hi, It would be nice for anyone who has been prescribed opioids by the USA doctors to provide their providers' name and location to help each other who is in...

Hi, It would be nice for anyone who has been prescribed opioids by the USA docto...

halperinchen

•2 years ago

12 Replies

GP advised that as Pregabalin 'doesn't seem to be working' I should try and slowly come off 225mg/150mg a night

Had RL for about 5 years. I'm 59 male. I keep a sleep diary and over 365 days I average 5 hours sleep a night. Sometimes as little as 1-2 hours a night. Best...

Had RL for about 5 years. I'm 59 male. I keep a sleep diary and over 365 days I ...

Davidbaldbloke

•2 years ago

16 Replies

Posts - Restless Legs Syndrome | HealthUnlocked

Restless Legs Syndrome

All posts for March 2022

Ropinirole - despair!

Prostatitis and RLS

Another possible Neurologist who's listening at Royal Stoke

Blood test (Iron) results - likely the cause of my RLS?!

RLS meds

Rotigotine patches

Does tramadol keep you awake?

Pregabalin

Interested in opinions on where I should seek help. NYC, Philly, Baltimore? All within driving distance.

Iron Bisglycinate versus Liquid Ferrous Sulfate

Pramipexole is the key

ANTIBIOTICS AND RLS

RLS/Thyroid

Low dose naltrexone research??

CBD oils

Botox

What i do

MEDS THAT IRRITATE RLS

Pre-surgical help needed please

RLS and sweets

Use of Co-codomol

Buprenorphine nausea and vomiting

Fermented foods

New here! I'm wondering if my RLS is due to Sertraline (Zoloft) I'm taking for depression/anxiety? Or perhaps 10 days of Mirtazapine?

From RLS foundation; call to action for opioid prescribing guidelines (CDC)

A DESCRIPTION OF MY RESTLESS LEGS

Natural relief for opioid constipation

Dipyridamole, Adenosine and RLS (Oh My)

Urgent help from someone who is located in the USA and being prescribed opioid

GP advised that as Pregabalin 'doesn't seem to be working' I should try and slowly come off 225mg/150mg a night

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