Re: Digest Number 240/medication

[Guest guest]

This is for those of you who suffer from RLS and a chemical imbalance.

I have severe RLS now under control with MIRAPEX, Codeine, Trazodone, and

Acetocoline. I do not have a chemical imbalance.

My daughter who has Major Depression has finally been dx with a severe case

of RLS.

She is on Trilafon and Effexor. I saw my neurologist yesterday, (Tuesday).

He told me that Trilafon can exacerbate RLS. Clozaril is the best but as

some of you may know, one needs a weekly blood test and if one's white blood

count drops, Clozaril must stop immediately. I asked him about Risperdol and

Zyprexa, he prefers Zyprexa as Risperdol can exacerbate RLS but not as much

as Trilafon.

On Monday I attended a seminar about dementia in the elderly. The

psychiatrist who gave the lecture, is extremely well regarded by others in

this field. He prefers to give Risperdol for elderly clients who need this

kind of medication, as it decreases the possibility of the elderly losing

even more cognition when dementia is a problem. I have consulted with him

about cases in the past and called him last night. He is very familiar with

RLS and assured me that Zyprexa is perfectly appropriate when one is not

elderly.

The only drawback with Zprexa is that it can cause a weight gain.

One other piece of information I learned from my neurologist (Bruce

Erhenberg), yesterday, is that Neurotin is now believed to help less with RLS

symptoms and more with the sleep aspect of the disorder.

All of the above is " for your information only, " and not to be looked at as

advice.

a

[Guest guest]

>One other piece of information I learned from my neurologist (Bruce

>Erhenberg), yesterday, is that Neurotin is now believed to help less with

RLS

>symptoms and more with the sleep aspect of the disorder.

>

>All of the above is " for your information only, " and not to be looked at as

>advice.

>

>a

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this has also been my experience with neurontin -- with those of you with

photographic memories i 'bragged' a while ago that i stopped taking

neurontin completely after starting to take 2400mg daily and feeling

braindead most of the time and everything was wonderful for about one week

and then the rls came back full blast - in fact worse than ever!!!! so

i'm back up to 1200mg a day and sleeping ok but when not sleeping i'm

twitching and spasing especially early evening......and not having fun.

my neurologist thinks that since i'm sleeping my rls is under control and

i'm kind of afraid to take any of the dopamine drugs for the spasms so i'm

in rls catch 22 land i suppose.

JACK

really dark in western nys

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