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I'm so sorry. I know what you're going through. I've had RLS for 30 years,also have narcolepsy so getting sleep that isn't so fragmented is very important. I've been put on antidepressant/psych drugs too, I really hate it. I never know whats going to happen, some have been 36 hours of pure hell before I could finally sleep. Trazodone after a few years of being prescribed it for sleep I figured out after it stopped helping me sleep and stopped it had been making my RLS much worse. Who knows what other meds will aggravate it. Many of them are also addictive and can be difficult getting off of and can take months in addition to the known side effects and what they don't know I think makes them risky and dangerous, just as much as controlled meds for some patients. Providing relief these days is very low priority while preventing addicts from getting, using or selling meds like hydrocodone has taken top priority over patients with a real need for these meds. Patients are put through what can be horrible side effects trying one drug after another going on months if not years while addicts are provided with a different opiate so they won't use heroin or whatever. Makes zero sense. I find magnesium helps, so does this big massager I have, Kratom can help some. I haven't tried it but medical marijuana might help also. You'll just have to keep researching, asking questions and trying different things. I wouldn't count on getting much help from a Dr prescribing anything that will actually work without even worse side effects. They have those muscle stimulator things that might help too. I hope you can find something helpful.

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Taking 2 Tylenol pills at bedtimes eases my RLS.