RLS symptoms

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I have had rls for about 10 years. During that time have tried various meds,

among them clonodine, permax, sinemet, klonopin. None of these helped

appreciably. The last was clonodine which my neuro touted as sure to help but

it did nothing at all to curb my symptoms. For the past 6 months in my

opinion I have been on the bet med

of all NOTHING! I sleep using one 10 MG Ambien; one half hour after taking

the pill I am asleep and usually awaken only once for the bathroom. During

the day I notice when I sit, especially with my feet raised by symptoms

worsen, especially an intense burning sensation in both feet. The symptoms

lessen while sitting, walking and lying down. Over the years none of the meds

have lessened symptoms enough to continue with them. I have concluded that

since no med is designed specifically for rls they do not really do much. A

bit of actual symptom diminishment and some placebo effect is the way I would

describe what happens. Only the doctors and drug companies actually benefit.

We really get victimized twice;once by the disease and secondly by a yearning

for relief that never arrives. My recommendation is that until a cause and

remedy for that cause is found to avoid meds meant and designed for another

disease. Very truly yours, Art