Posted by g_g_g_unit on December 30, 2009, at 17:42:15
has there been any consensus on the pathways implicated in RLS? outside of ferritin/magnesium levels etc. are there any other potential biological markers to weed out?
i always experience this as a side-effect of AD's - a strange, numb pressure in my legs during the day which tends to graduate in intensity at night. usually weaning off the offending drug abolishes the symptoms, but lately they've been hanging around indefinitely. my doc wanted to try klonopin but that didn't seem like a stable solution. i exercise and stretch regularly, which helps a bit.
i know it's compromising my sleep quality, which in turn affects my daytime performance. i want to try stimulants for general malaise, concentration difficulties, etc. but feel like anything which worsens RLS would just feed the problem.
would dexedrine - as a dopamine release(?) - potentially aggravate the problem? do its actions crossover with the pathways implicated in RLS at all?
sigh
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