Posted by:
phyllis
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Date: April 09, 2011 12:16AM
i take two benadryl every night, 2-3 hours before i want to fall asleep and it makes me so sleepy that even if i have rls that night i'm eventually able to fall asleep. from everything i've read and heard from my doctors, it's very safe to take benadryl regularly.
you've probly already figured this out, but for me getting up for a quick walk and/or taking the covers off my legs to cool them off helps relieve the symptoms.
As someone else mentioned, gabapentin may help. I've had other neurological issues besides RLS and gabapentin (the generic form of neurontin) has been very effective at getting rid of the neurological discomfort issues i had. i didn't have any side effects from the gabapentin, but i know some people do have side effects from it.
There's an online support group that i joined to try to get some recommendations, insight, etc. You can join from this site:
http://www.rls.org/Good luck, i know it's a real pain.
Phyllis
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 04/09/2011 12:17AM by phyllis.