Celaxa

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Hi gang:

I went to see my doctor today because I've beginning to have bad mental

problems with my clonazepan, .5 mg, which I've taken for 2 years. The

first day I took it, it stopped my RLS cold! And for a year, I never

even knew I had legs, they were so quiet. But in the past 6 months I've

noticed that my mood is getting bad, my memory is going to the dogs, and

I can feel the RLS knocking at the door. It hasn't come back, but I'm

not entirely free as I was before. I also take Ultram, which stops the

restlessness, and Ambien helps me sleep. Once before I tried stopping

the clonazepan (Klonopin) but did it too fast and my mood went downhill

in a hurry. This time I am cutting it slowly, 3/4 a pill for a week,

then 1/2 pill. I'm not near the end of the first week on that. Will do

it for 2 weeks, then 2 more weeks on 1/4 a pill if the creepy-crawlies

don't come back. Then I'm wean off altogether if possible.

All this leads up to the point of my rambling. I am horribly depressed,

stressed to the max because of a whole bunch of problems, including my

husband in the hospital twice, that have been dumped on me. But my doc

says he can't give me any anti-depressant because it immediately

activates the legs. He said he had a new anti-depressant that seems to

work quite well without bad side effects, and he suggested that I ask if

any of you on the support group had ever tried it, and if so, what

reactions did you have? He says he will give me some to try, but

suggested I first see what others may know about it. He is afraid to try

anything that will start the RLS going again, for fear we might not be

able to stop it this time, and he knows how awful it was for me. I

appreciate his concern in that regard.

So please, has anyone heard of, or taken, Celaxa 20 mg? Tellme anything

you can, please. Thanks

Lynne Gessner

sdale, AZ

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In a message dated 3/19/99 8:24:20 PM Central Standard Time, lgess@...

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I have taken the antidepressant Trazadone for RLS and sleep for about five

years now and have had good results. The Trazadone makes me very sleepy and

even when RLS is at it's worse (and PLM) I usually get to sleep in about an

hour at most.

The only side effects have been the need to increase the dosage over the years

and, in the beginning, I had to be very careful about taking with food (as

prescribed, but not always as taken! LOL!) or would have a bad reaction...

pounding heart, severe weakness, nausea, etc.

I began my dosage at 75 mg and have increased it to 300 mg without any

apparent problems. At least I usually sleep... no dreams tho!

56 - Female - TX