[Fwd: in response to rachelle belcastro]

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Pepper wrote:

> Dear le,

>

> Perhaps you are a bit confused. DLPA, Phenylaline,

> and L tyrosine are all over the counter products, i.e.

> all amino acids. As far as the regime went, the

> treatment plan was given to me by a psychiatrist who

> was willing to include if not propose a potentially

> altnerative treatment plan to the RX's currently used

> in managing depression. Which we also have discovered

> as I've read not only literature on RLS as well as the

> incoming mail from this and other RLS groups that most

> SSRI's (third generation antidepressants) tend to

> aggravate RLS symptoms. Of all people after the trial

> and tribulations of an onslaught of undesirable and

> quality of life reducing side effects caused by many

> of the RX's I've been exposed to, I found it rather

> refreshing to find a medical doctor (particularly a

> specialized one) who was willing to look at both

> conventional and alternative methods in achieving the

> same results. I think many of us (at least from what

> I've read through this support group) have begun

> making a connection between the effects of a variety

> of brain disorders (neuroligical and mental) in terms

> of how our neurotransmitters operate. In comparing

> and conrasting depression and RLS I think we can

> safely say that there is a deinate correlation between

> the two disorders in regards to the sleep/wake cycle.

> Therein lies the question of what came first the

> chicken of the egg? My intent in sharing info with

> this group was meant in exactly that spirit.

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