Sorry @barbarn - I realized that I hadn't responded to one of your last posts. I may not be "much younger" than you since I am 67 . . . . I can't remember if I mentioned that my RLS have always kind of been there but mild at first, but they have been increasing severe for the past 20 years or so. I do believe, and my Sleep Center doctor confirmed it, that 'any pain below the waist aggravates RLS." So you are right about that . . . now that my surgery is done, and I'm feeling better physically, and the pain is minimized in the lumbar area (although now the doctors think I may have some bone-on-bone in my hip area . . . so this is 'another level of pain' that might need to be addressed). It could also be sciatica. I don't know if fibro contributes to RLS - I do think that lack of sleep can make people more exhausted, and with fibro it does complicate the whole healing process. Thanks for your good wishes . . . . I hope so with the Neupro too. Like you mentioned earlier . . . I am hoping if not, I can switch between Neupro and Requip since the latter worked for nine years but then stopped, pretty abruptly.