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Restless Legs Syndrome

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Covid

Just had COVID and weirdly no RLS for the whole time. Ok I'm taking 0.09mg mirapex every evening. Nothing else works except tramadol which I alternate with...

Just had COVID and weirdly no RLS for the whole time. Ok I'm taking 0.09mg mirap...

•1 year ago

bisphosphates and RLS

Just diagnosed with osteoporosis,, great. Does anyone out there take bisphosphates for osteoporosis and has it affected their aTLS? So far haven’t come across...

Just diagnosed with osteoporosis,, great. Does anyone out there take bisphosphat...

•1 year ago

Pramipexole .125

I have been taking pramipexole for years for my RLS. I was prescribed .125 3X daily. I have weaned myself down to 1 pill at night. Can it still augment?...

I have been taking pramipexole for years for my RLS. I was prescribed .125 3X da...

•1 year ago

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Candasarten and rls

for the past three nights my rls has been quite well behaved until tonight. I take candasarten morning and evening (with evening dinner) but left off the...

for the past three nights my rls has been quite well behaved until tonight. I ta...

•1 year ago

Prevention of Motion Sickness

What medications can someone with RLS take to prevent motion sickness?

What medications can someone with RLS take to prevent motion sickness?

•1 year ago

Anti-nausea medications

What anti-nausea medications do NOT make RLS worse?

What anti-nausea medications do NOT make RLS worse?

•1 year ago

Meds side effects

Hi everyone, does anyone know if fast heartrate, sweating and generally feeling ill can be side effects of buprenorphine patch. Getting the feeling neither...

Hi everyone, does anyone know if fast heartrate, sweating and generally feeling ...

•1 year ago

Are my iron levels ok?

Hi. At last I have managed to get a blood test done for iron levels. Could you, Sue Johnson, please comment on them? I feel the ferritin is quite high, which...

Hi. At last I have managed to get a blood test done for iron levels. Could you, ...

•1 year ago

Specialist in NW England

Good Morning Since dropping down my pramipexole from 6 tablets per day to 2 and starting on Pregababin my RLS has been off the scale… I have stopped going...

Good Morning Since dropping down my pramipexole from 6 tablets per day to 2 a...

•1 year ago

Updating and confused

First, I would like to say a big thank you to Jools and Sue Johnson in particular, and others on this site. I wrote on here some time ago that, because I...

First, I would like to say a big thank you to Jools and Sue Johnson in particula...

•1 year ago

Oxycodeine.

Sorry to hear about your problems. I have not started on the Oxycodeine yet so I am afraid I cannot help.

Sorry to hear about your problems. I have not started on the Oxycodeine yet so I...

•1 year ago

Switching from Gabapentin to pregabalin, useful advice please…

Hey everyone, I got some great advice last fall about switching from ropinerole to Gabapentin. I’ve been having difficulty taking my split dose pills at...

Hey everyone, I got some great advice last fall about switching from ropinerole...

•1 year ago

My experience with Ropinirole

Hi All I wanted to let people know of my experience with RLS, what I thought was augmentation, changing medications and seeing a Consultant. So it all...

Hi All I wanted to let people know of my experience with RLS, what I thought wa...

•1 year ago

Stopping Rotigitine Patches - need advice please

I've been on Ritigotine Patches for RLS for several years now and I'm really not sure they help anymore. I don't like being over-medicated, so I weaned myself...

I've been on Ritigotine Patches for RLS for several years now and I'm really not...

•1 year ago

rotary cuff tear and rls

I dislocated my shoulder and it looks like I will have to have surgery. I have been reading about rotary cuff surgery and it could be a long recovery with a...

I dislocated my shoulder and it looks like I will have to have surgery. I have ...

•1 year ago

Pain control with PLMD

I take 100 mg Lyrica for PLMD, the lowest possible dosage as I never have been able to shake the daytime sedation. Now I have some kind of pinched nerve that...

I take 100 mg Lyrica for PLMD, the lowest possible dosage as I never have been a...

•1 year ago

Does Steak Trigger RLS

Another quick question - again, I know I have seen answers before .. but does anyone else find that eating steak for dinner really triggers RLS. And if so,...

Another quick question - again, I know I have seen answers before .. but does an...

•1 year ago

How much Magnesium to take for RLS?

I know that this has been answered many times ... so many apologies. How much Magnesium should one take for RLS, what sort of Magnesium (glycinate?), and at...

I know that this has been answered many times ... so many apologies. How much M...

•1 year ago

What do you think?

Hi all, Firstly I would like to say that I haven't been diagnosed with RLS - however through my own investigations it has lead me to this website so I hope no...

Hi all, Firstly I would like to say that I haven't been diagnosed with RLS - how...

•1 year ago

Ferritin and Transferrin Saturation (TSAT) numbers

Good afternoon, My GP has prescribed Pregabalin Teva 25 mg Capsules Hard I take two a day two to three hours before going to bed and app. one hour before...

Good afternoon, My GP has prescribed Pregabalin Teva 25 mg Capsules Hard I take...

•1 year ago

Duloxetine

So up date of my journey trying to come off roprinirole. I am now on a good day taking 2 x 0.5 mg with an extra 0.5 mg if going on a journey or appointment....

So up date of my journey trying to come off roprinirole. I am now on a good day...

•1 year ago

Bacoflen

I have had RLS for two years and lately been taking Ropininrole 2 mgs at night plus 200 mgs Gabapentin plus .05 Valium. I have now added Bacoflen 10 mgs at...

I have had RLS for two years and lately been taking Ropininrole 2 mgs at night p...

•1 year ago

RLS Relief

RLS-at the outset I take 75mg of Pramipexole (Mirapex) which is used for Parkinson's. Within an hour, it works.

RLS-at the outset I take 75mg of Pramipexole (Mirapex) which is used for Parkins...

•1 year ago

Vagus Nerve Stimulation

Has anyone tried Vagus Nerve stimulation for their Parkinson's? If so what were the results and what was used to stimulate it, etc.?

Has anyone tried Vagus Nerve stimulation for their Parkinson's? If so what were...

•1 year ago

Magnesium salts and RLS: malate, glycinate or citrate

Just following up on a recent post recommending magnesium malate for RLS, quoting recommendations made by Californian company Pure Biogenics in promoting their...

Just following up on a recent post recommending magnesium malate for RLS, quotin...

•1 year ago

Burning Mouth Syndrome with narcotic use

Has anyone experienced burning mouth/tongue while using narcotics for RLS? I think it may take a long while to occur after starting narcotics. I have reduced...

Has anyone experienced burning mouth/tongue while using narcotics for RLS? I thi...

•1 year ago

RLS update

Well 3am and husband still awake, still pacing. Been a week now on 1200mg Gabapentin (2 x 600) and a 0.5mg Buprenorphine patch. No change, having to take a...

Well 3am and husband still awake, still pacing. Been a week now on 1200mg Gabape...

•1 year ago

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