Restless legs help?

My RLS started some weeks ago and is now under acceptable control using 2.5mg Ropinirol 1 hr before bed. My GP insists that Ropinirol is the recognised treatment for RLS.

I suggest you go back to your GP practice and get a second opinion. Failing that ask for referral to a consultant if there is one available in your area

good luck

Stop your suffering.  First of all get off of all those drugs, they are nothing but masks and do not treat the cause, only the symptoms.  Get a prescription for Ropinarole which is a dopamine agonist.  Your body produces dopamine, it is a natural chemical in the body which effects the brain.  You do not have enough in your system so the neurons cannot properly fire correctly with the synapsis.

Take 2mg in the early afternoon, and then 6 or 8 in the evening.  Your mood will improve drastically and your restless legs will callm down.  It might take a couple of days, but it will work.  I am 80 yrs. old.  Have had the problem all my life, most of the time I am trouble free, I hae done years and years of reseach.  Chances are you were a child with ADHD which is a ridiculous expression because all it does is describe the behaviour, but it does nothing to solve the problem.  Try to meditate, take very hot showers on the back of your head and spine,then abruptly switch the water to very cold. Let the water run about 2 minutes each time.  Do this three times.  It will take your breath away but also shock your electrical system which will stop all the twitching, spasms, and restlessness.

Above all get rid of all those drugs. You are overloading your brain tissue and every organ with poisons.Take the dopamine and you will definitely find relief.  Good luck, and don't give up. 

Filling the body with drugs ,specifically for RLS,only masks RLS.They(supposedly)have found the reason for RLS but no cure.RLS causes sleep apnea..disrupts sleep etc  magnifying the RLS condition .A vicious cycle.RLS can affect the legs,arms etc to a severe degree..enough to cause disruption in daily activies & but more obviously occuring when one retires to bed etc..,tries to be in a relaxed state.Leaving the person over tired.The pattern continues causing much distress without much relief.

Your depression condition is being controlled by medication etc= a seperate issue.If the prescribed anti depressive medication here works for you then continue.

RLS [I believe can be triggered by Diet.)- a previous correspondence i made with another RLS sufferer...where i decided to abstain from MILK & TEA...resulted in less RLS attacks!

a) I have suffered with RLS since early childhood.RLS was a nightly issue!

Wearing bed socks,keeping the lower limbs warm eased RLS.RLS frequency lessened.,but RLS at night,still returned with severity..every few days.I accepted this as the norm!

b) years later..I decided to try a change.maybe what i ate &/or drank..could stimulate RLS.I wanted to find the "Trigger"

Throughout all of this i was NOT prescribed,nor under any medication!nor took any (self medication),avoiding sleeping pills etc=My system was as it is.

I decided to avoid TEA+sugar & Milk.Instead COFFEE MATE +sugar & de caf Coffee.RESULT: after a few days...RLS started to subside.I accordingly slept better.I stuck rigidly with this change 6 mnths.RLS deminished in its severity & frequency.The RLS twinges now lessened enough to now sleep naturally.

I day i was given TEA+MILK= RLS returned within 24hrs./Enough to disturb as per usual=I then ADHERED to my powdered MILK+Coffee+SUGAR asap= RLS SUBSIDED.99% over the next few days.

But..i also found/realised..FOOD too can trigger/FEED RLS.

SPICE(CURRY ingredients) can trigger RLS. So ..

Find the food (ADDITIVE) that triggers RLS..=Easier to find food that doesn't trigger RLS.

Keep it simple is the key:

1) TRY the avoidance of MILK=SUB for powdered milk.If it works then stick rigidly to it.

2) Sooner or later the food journey will result in a RLS attack.Mild or severe...NOTE what you have eaten & then try the ingredients seperately in different meals.isolate it = you will trace the culprit(s)that trigger a RLS attack = NOW avoid etc.

Non of the procedures mentioned affect..medication.

But RLS will not subside over night= You must persevere with the trace & desist attitude.,Only then..will the body adapt accordingly.if you don't..RLS WILL rapidly RETURN within hrs.. with a vengance.

Now i have abstained from cows Milk & TEA(tea is TANNIN!)  etc for a long time= MUCH LESS RLS.IMPROVED SLEEP etc..RLS nearly..eradicated.90% !  

I hope..someone reading & rigidly applying  this..gains some relief from RLS.

the affect of abstination should be felt within 14-21 days. Try NOT to succumb to RLS medication!...cleanse the system,grit your teeth.. then continue etc the abstaining etc.

as said-I was under no medication 100% etc..my system was clean.

ALCOHOL- i don't drink..but in the past when i did..RLS was allways my shadow.Abstaining from Alcohol made no differance.

SALT- I lessened my intake.Sugar- resisted the extra spoonfull. 

fruit-apples,pears,mango etc..seem ok to consume.

tomato,corn,peas,beans,vegitables in general..all seem ok too.

meat- chicken,bacon, is ok...but i avoid any roasted redmeat.(personal dislike to the taste there!

fish is ok.TURKEY- is OK.

All this helped to eleviate my severe RLS..without medicinal intervention.

I admit..if it had not...then i would without hesitation have allowed medication to now be my only option.

I like Curry etc. CHINESE is fine but ASIAN curry- GREEN/RED peppers..can trigger RLS.(Trial & ERROR here)=other spices MAY be the trigger here!TRACE IT.