RLS/WITHDRAWS?

[plymouthgirl]

Hopefully you all are having a good morning!!! I'm not,I'm relly tired because the last 2 nights I have had RLS in my legs relly bad that I could not sleep.When I first started my c/t withdraws I had them so bad I just cried everynight,nothing seemed to help.I am 78 days clean today[thanks to you all] but 2 nights ago they hit again.Is it normal after so many clean days to creep up and hit again?

[FlyFisher100]

Try some CalMag 500 (calcium and magnesium) Power mix (w/water) half hour before bed.  It works.

[addict3]

I dont know if this will help @ this time, but I think if you go back to hot baths w/epsom salts then wrap your legs with ace bandages that will give some relief.

maybe until you get to the Dr.

Good luck, and good for you on 78 days!!!

[confused456]

Congrats on your clean time and I hope the RLS goes away but I would also try Requip!

[road2recovery]

My worst during w/d's was RLS...however i don't think after this long it is related to the pills...I would try the requip and see how it goes....
Good luck
r2r
congrats on your clean days!!

[worried878]

Cravings and such are common for a while...i am going on 5 months and still crave from time to time....I have never had RLS but i would not think at this point is is from WD....my mother has it and never touched a narcotic...we had a study in my hospital on rls...i have it posted in my journal ..the results...one thing most had in common was an iron deficiency...78 days is great!

[Rose703]

It's possible that you have a real medical issue with RLS and if that's the case Requip works great and it's not addictive!

On the other hand if it does have something to do with w/d's then I would suggest eating bananas as they really do help.

If the bananas don't work after a few days then I would go to your doctor and tell him what's going on with your legs and he will probably give you the Requip. I'm currently taking it and with no side effects at all. The real bonus is that if I run out of them I don't have any type of w/d's at all.

I really feel for what you're going through because this has been a huge problem for me not only during w/d's but after which is why I decided to talk to my doctor about it. Also the doctor has a 2 week trial to give you so that if it dosen't work you don't have to pay the co-payment. That was a huge bonus to me!!

Good Luck!!!