Comments on: Restless http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/ The saner side of insanity Tue, 27 Jul 2010 01:02:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: Richard http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Richard Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:31:56 +0000 http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/#comment-237 Darren: It's genuine all right! :( Raising the legs only makes it worse. The ideal would be to sleep in a vertical position, or on an exercise bicycle! Darren: It’s genuine all right! :(

Raising the legs only makes it worse. The ideal would be to sleep in a vertical position, or on an exercise bicycle!

]]> By: Darren http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/comment-page-1/#comment-236 Darren Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:24:56 +0000 http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/#comment-236 I'll hold my hand up and admit I didn't think RLS was a genuine thing. I've known others complain of it and just dismissed them as fidgety. I feel a little stupid now. If your feet are hitched up in bed does that help at all? Is that a little naive? I’ll hold my hand up and admit I didn’t think RLS was a genuine thing. I’ve known others complain of it and just dismissed them as fidgety. I feel a little stupid now.

If your feet are hitched up in bed does that help at all? Is that a little naive?

]]> By: Richard http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/comment-page-1/#comment-235 Richard Sun, 15 Feb 2009 20:06:19 +0000 http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/#comment-235 Kirk M: I had a quit scout around the Internet, and certainly Ropinirole Hydrochloride is available here under some brand name or other. I'm taking a note of that as I have to visit the Vet soon. Many thanks. As for the comment disappearing - strange, as it didn't get stuck in moderation or anything. It just vanished into Cyberspace somewhere. Savannah: Aw thanks! It is hardly life threatening, but it is one of the most intensely irritating things I have ever experienced. I just went through a phase of twitches and squirms, but they have now stopped, and my legs feel like they are on fire. Very very strange. :| Kirk M: I had a quit scout around the Internet, and certainly Ropinirole Hydrochloride is available here under some brand name or other. I’m taking a note of that as I have to visit the Vet soon. Many thanks.

As for the comment disappearing – strange, as it didn’t get stuck in moderation or anything. It just vanished into Cyberspace somewhere.

Savannah: Aw thanks! It is hardly life threatening, but it is one of the most intensely irritating things I have ever experienced. I just went through a phase of twitches and squirms, but they have now stopped, and my legs feel like they are on fire. Very very strange. :|

]]> By: savannah http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/comment-page-1/#comment-234 savannah Sun, 15 Feb 2009 19:22:27 +0000 http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/#comment-234 i can't imagine how disruptive this condition must be, sugar! so the best i can offer is hope that you find some relief via the meds others have suggested. peace. xoxo i can’t imagine how disruptive this condition must be, sugar! so the best i can offer is hope that you find some relief via the meds others have suggested. peace. xoxo

]]> By: Kirk M http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/comment-page-1/#comment-239 Kirk M Sun, 15 Feb 2009 18:34:04 +0000 http://theotherfellow.com/2009/02/15/restless/#comment-239 It seems that you and I have more in common than I first thought. I also have RLS (family inherited) that, as I get older, manages to extend itself at times from my legs to whole body movements, some rather explosive in nature. I used to take Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) to control this problem but that eventually became ineffective. Now I've found great relief in using a medication for Parkinson's Disease called <a href="http://www.rxlist.com/requip-drug.htm" rel="nofollow">Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride)</a>. When used for Parkinson's (which I don't have), the dosage can vary between .25 mg 3x daily to 1 mg 3x daily. Since RLS is rather severe in my family and gets worse with age, I'm now at the point where I'm taking 1 mg 2x daily for my "RLS Plus" as I call it which pretty much eliminates uncontrolled movements altogether. Considering I'm rather slim and oversensitive to medication in general the side effects are amazingly few although I can't take more than 1 mg at a time within 6 hour period. I take my first 1 mg after lunch and the second at 8:00 PM. As a longtime sufferer from RLS I'd suggest bringing it up next time you see your doctor about trying this stuff out starting at a minimum dose (say .5 mg 1x daily like I did). Just thinking of ya' in an empathic kind of way. It seems that you and I have more in common than I first thought. I also have RLS (family inherited) that, as I get older, manages to extend itself at times from my legs to whole body movements, some rather explosive in nature. I used to take Sinemet (carbidopa-levodopa) to control this problem but that eventually became ineffective. Now I’ve found great relief in using a medication for Parkinson’s Disease called Requip (ropinirole hydrochloride).

When used for Parkinson’s (which I don’t have), the dosage can vary between .25 mg 3x daily to 1 mg 3x daily. Since RLS is rather severe in my family and gets worse with age, I’m now at the point where I’m taking 1 mg 2x daily for my “RLS Plus” as I call it which pretty much eliminates uncontrolled movements altogether. Considering I’m rather slim and oversensitive to medication in general the side effects are amazingly few although I can’t take more than 1 mg at a time within 6 hour period. I take my first 1 mg after lunch and the second at 8:00 PM.

As a longtime sufferer from RLS I’d suggest bringing it up next time you see your doctor about trying this stuff out starting at a minimum dose (say .5 mg 1x daily like I did).

Just thinking of ya’ in an empathic kind of way.

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