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Restless Leg, Please Help!

Today is my 2nd day off the subutex.  I was on the Subutex therapy for a total of 7 weeks (I split some of my 1 mg and did of week of .5 mg per day.  Which I thinK make things better in the end,   So today is day two.  Yesterday I felt fine.  Working around the house and some friends of ours call and say they are in Hilton Head, SC (about an hour & 45 min from us) so we decided to drive up today and let the kids play.  I am actually glad I did it.   I was forced  to be busy all day and never really experienced any side effects.  Some tiredness.  But right now I'm laying in bed my legs are so restless it feels like and earthquake in this bed.  They don't know that to do and I don't know how to get to sleep or how to get them to settle down.   I have taken 10 mg Ambien, thinking that would knock me out.  Not yet.  Took 4 mg of Zanaflex (muscle relaxer)...nothing and took 3 homeopathic pills  for Restless Legs.  I really don't know what else to do.  Everyone in the whole house is sleeping but me.  My legs are just twitching all over the bed like they have a life of their own.  Any advice?????

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RLS is terrible to go through.  I would eat banana's for the potassium (usually three a day) and try melatonin (natural supplement) to sleep.  Have you seen the Thomas Recipe.  It deals with many of the withdrawal issue's.  Google it or look for it on this forum - I will try to find it too.  It helps!

All my best,

Shelby
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I almost forgot - try a warm bath too!

Shelby
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