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Restless Leg Syndrome

Sleep Health | Last Active: Apr 1, 2023 | Replies (268)

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@suecreader I was prescribed gabapentin as part of my pain relief regime but also noted that it is also used to treat restless leg syndrome. Maybe you could ask about this?

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Thanks so much for the suggestion. However, I was given Gabapentin for relief of RLS four years ago, and the doctors kept increasing the dosages up to 1,800 mg hoping larger dosages would override symptoms or restless leg. However, it gave me no relief of those symptoms at night. On the other hand, it really helped my fibromyalgia symptoms. Also, the side effects of that much was extreme forgetfulness - I was afraid I was developing Alzheimers since I would forget what people were telling me in the middle of conversations and didn't remember how to get to places which were in my normally well-traveled routes. So, we cut back to 900 mg daily, and I still had some symptoms that were still making me feel way too forgetful to function in a normal world, and now I'm taking 300 mg Gabapentin at 4:00 to prevent onset of symptoms of RLS, and then after I reapply the Neupro patches, which I'm to do every 24 hours. If I wake with some RLS symptoms in the middle of the night, then I can take 1-3 Gabapentin at 100 mg each. Some nights I need to use it, and other times I don't since the Neupro seems to take care of the legs and allows me to sleep too (whew!). I'm rather grateful to not being taking too much Gabepentin now since the Neupro has that side effect (for me anyway) of forgetfulness too. However, sleep is worth it. I hope that Gabapentin continues to help you with pain relief. Again, thank you for taking time to respond to me.