Has anyone tried Requip for Restless Legs while trying to detox off of Subutex or Suboxone? This is the worst part for me in trying to get off of Subutex & I am literally scared sh**less of them. I had them so bad that I almost over-dosed on Klonopin & Somas (from a family member) to rid myself of them. I am on less than 1 mg of Subutex a day now & having anxiety & diarrhea. That I can handle, but the RLS I can not. Any advice or experience would be great!
http://www.medicinenet.com/restless_leg_syndrome/page2.htm
Do try to overcome your stress and keep yourself physically active.
It is better to get the sleep study and a drug review by a sleep specialist. Keep updating on your progress. Take care.
Restless Leg Syndrome is associated with kidney problems, pregnancy, and iron deficiency. And you don't have to be anemic to be low enough on iron to experience RLS. If you have restless legs, you should have your serum ferritin checked: This is a measure of body iron stores-not just your hemoglobin and hematocrit, which is what doctors test for when they suspect anemia.
I have tardive dyskinesia which is clinically similar to Parkinson's and I have tardive akathesia which is similar to restless legs syndrome but it would depend on the cause of it. If its clinically similar to Parkinson's, I did not find Bachlophen, Mirapex, Aricept and Requip to be of help but many people do. I was ruled out for Tetrabenzene and Namenda but those have shown to be of help.
It's associated with kidney problems, pregnancy, and iron deficiency. And you don't have to be anemic to be low enough on iron to experience RLS. If you have restless legs, you should have your serum ferritin checked: This is a measure of body iron stores-not just your hemoglobin and hematocrit, which is what doctors test for when they suspect anemia. If it's below 30, supplement with iron for two months.
Thank you for responding! I actually was diagnosed with Parkinson's because I have had the symptoms for about 2 years and they progressively got worse and worse. My speech will go, I have tremors in my hands, I loose coordination, and I have a deep routed pain throughout my body. I try to explain the pain, but it's difficult.
I've got severe RLS 24/7 and have been taking Requip for the past several years, Mirapex before that. It's gotten worse lately so the doctor had me go cold turkey 5 days ago. He gave me Klonopin to take at night, but it doesn't do anything other than make me even more tired. I managed to get 6 hours sleep on day 4, but that's it for the whole week. The doctor says that I can't go back on the dopamines (Requip) since they have started augmentation (making the RLS worse).
Before you go the pain pill route and risk getting addicted check out what my doctor gives me and see if you feel it might work. I take carbidopa /levo ER
when my restless legs kick in and it has not failed me yet. I get it almost daily. It is a parkinson's med, but I only take 3-6 a day when it gets bad and those with parkinson's take 36 a day. So the warnings are for those larger amounts. The non generic name is sinemet cr.
I have tried ALL the home remedys and spent lots of money doing it and it doesnt work so i dont really need suggestions on that in fact i even take requip which is for RLS and it may calm it a bit but it is still there... i am wondering if maybe i have the actaul disorder because i know it is a real thing and people that dont have w/d still have it...
You need to have a workup of your respiratory condition just to be certain you don't have some form of emphysema or asthma contributing to your shortness of breath. I also have Parkinson's - for 12 years now - and also have severe COPD for which I'm on oxygen 24/7. That's not pleasant, but at least I can breathe.
our father who is 78 is starting to hallucinate he was hospitalized about a month ago for pneumonia.he was also taking requip for his restless legs,the doc. took him off of requip because of side affects 4 days ago. we dont know if that could be the cause of his condition or not,he also had a cat scan of the brain, it was normal.he sees people that are not there, he realizes later that it is not real. he is getting depressed and scared,we dont know what to do anymore.
That is, until about a month ago when my current neurologist suggested I might have PLS or ISP. No treatment for any of these disorders except treatment of symptoms. No cure.
Symptoms: progressive muscle weakness in limbs, balance issues, spasticity, clonus, slurred speech, swallowing difficulty.
I did see a specialist at UW in 2016, who said it was Radiation Myelopathy.
I don't really need to know what I have, but I would appreciate advice for how to live with uncertainty.
I know this kind of thing can be frustrating. If you've had a pretty decent medical work-up...you can be confident that your docs are telling you the truth. Parkinson's would be SUPER unlikely for someone your age...and also there are Neurological symptoms/signs that would be very obvious to the Neurologist upon examination.
First thing I would advise is to stop searching the net. You'll scare yourself silly.
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