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#1
Dec 28, 2012, 12:07 AM
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what are you on?
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Dec 28, 2012, 12:17 AM
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My mother is on requip. She says it works pretty well
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Diagnosis: Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Rapid Cycling Bipolar 2 with mixed episodes. 10mgs Prozac |
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Dec 28, 2012, 05:18 AM
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what do you mean by restless leg?
i'm not sure i quiet get you is it where your leg totally goes numb (not the whole leg) but some of it, and it's all tingly i get that |
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Dec 28, 2012, 05:33 AM
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Restless Leg Syndrome is difficult to explain. It can happen to children and adults. I experienced it as a child and for a while as an adult. It is a "feeling" in your legs that makes you feel that you HAVE to get up and move around - it feels like that's the only way to get rid of it and it usually works, except that you have to keep doing it because the feeling will come back if you stop moving. It's not painful (it wasn't for me or my father who still gets it) but it's really frustrating. |
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Dec 28, 2012, 01:18 PM
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i'm constantly fidgeting my toes, shaking my ankles, legs, flexing my feet, crossing my toes and then squeezing, i mean it can't stop it's a 24/7 thing
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#6
Dec 28, 2012, 01:20 PM
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Dec 28, 2012, 01:25 PM
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I've had the restless legs (Akathisia). It was horrible. I was taking Thorazine, and also had that with Geodone. Couldn't sit still, couldn't sleep. It was the worst side effect ever. Worst month ever.
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Dec 28, 2012, 01:38 PM
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I take cogentin for it, mine is caused by the ap I take.
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“When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....” ― Henry Ford lamictal 200mg, synthroid 75 mcg, Testosterone injections thanks to lithium causing thyroid problems |
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Dec 28, 2012, 03:44 PM
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That must be so difficult to deal with, SamuelAdams. Have you spoken to a doctor about it? I'm sorry I don't have any advice that I can give you, but from what others have said, there is now medication you can take to help with it. I hope you find some relief, soon. Bluey |
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Dec 28, 2012, 03:53 PM
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My doctor said that restless leg syndrome can cause depression because its so unbearable. Just a thought you need to defiantly look into that.
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“When everything seem to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it ....” ― Henry Ford lamictal 200mg, synthroid 75 mcg, Testosterone injections thanks to lithium causing thyroid problems |
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Dec 28, 2012, 05:47 PM
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i have restless legs since i was a kid. it definetly has gotten worse after i got off suboxone. alot of meds especially major trancs. and the zyprexa,seroquel types make it worse. one doc gave me requip which helps but my pdoc told me that it has dopamine which intrafers with the other meds (lithium,depacote,tegretol etc.) . the restless legs is so bad sometimes i can't sleep. i take a shower (sometimes helps but still feels good). some times i think i'll go back on opiates maybe some marijuana edibles. i really don't know. one time my whole body was jerking we had to go to emergency room...we waited while they took patients with colds and said to each other "this is a joke" and went home. maybe someone will have some juicy advise.
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Dec 28, 2012, 08:08 PM
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Is this a side effect of your medication?
I had that with Saphris, my pdoc said normally he'd prescribe beta blockers but I have a history of asthma and so he couldn't. I was really trying but over the holidays it got so bad - if I was anxious it got worse, if I was excited it got worse, and on the 23rd I had a small anxiety attack over the whole thing so I called the doctor and I stopped taking it. I could handle it during the day but at night, when I was trying to sleep and desperately tired but the legs keeping me awake was just too much. |
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#13
Dec 29, 2012, 05:52 AM
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RLS is similar to though not identical to akathisia, so if drugs cause that, you can additional drugs such as Propranalol, Cogentin and another one I do not remember to counteract RLS. If your RLS is endogenous rather than medication-induced, then I have no idea what to do and sympathize with you very much.
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Dec 29, 2012, 07:34 AM
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This is an old thread. You probably should not post your reply to it, as the original poster is unlikely to see it.|
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