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Some patients taking ropinirole have shown urges to behave in a way unusual for them. Examples of this are an unusual urge to gamble or increased sexual urges and/or behaviors.

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a neurological disorder characterized by unpleasant sensations in the legs and an uncontrollable urge to move when at rest in an effort to relieve these feelings. RLS sensations are often described by people as burning, creeping, tugging, or like insects crawling inside the legs. Often called paresthesias (abnormal sensations) or dysesthesias (unpleasant abnormal sensations), the sensations range in severity from uncomfortable to irritating to painful.

The most distinctive or unusual aspect of the condition is that lying down and trying to relax activates the symptoms. As a result, most people with RLS have difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep. Left untreated, the condition causes exhaustion and daytime fatigue. Many people with RLS report that their job, personal relations, and activities of daily living are strongly affected as a result of their exhaustion. They are often unable to concentrate, have impaired memory, or fail to accomplish daily tasks.

Some researchers estimate that RLS affects as many as 12 million Americans. However, others estimate a much higher occurrence because RLS is thought to be underdiagnosed and, in some cases, misdiagnosed. Some people with RLS will not seek medical attention, believing that they will not be taken seriously, that their symptoms are too mild, or that their condition is not treatable. Some physicians wrongly attribute the symptoms to nervousness, insomnia, stress, arthritis, muscle cramps, or aging.

RLS occurs in both genders, although the incidence may be slightly higher in women. Although the syndrome may begin at any age, even as early as infancy, most patients who are severely affected are middle-aged or older. In addition, the severity of the disorder appears to increase with age. Older patients experience symptoms more frequently and for longer periods of time.

More than 80 percent of people with RLS also experience a more common condition known as periodic limb movement disorder (PLMD). PLMD is characterized by involuntary leg twitching or jerking movements during sleep that typically occur every 10 to 60 seconds, sometimes throughout the night. The symptoms cause repeated awakening and severely disrupted sleep. Unlike RLS, the movements caused by PLMD are involuntary-people have no control over them. Although many patients with RLS also develop PLMD, most people with PLMD do not experience RLS. Like RLS, the cause of PLMD is unknown.

Syenye wrote:I'm a little more worried about the increased gambling urges that the meds warn of.

Sylvus wrote:I've heard that symptoms can also be brought on by dehydration.

Ashur wrote:

Sylvus wrote:I've heard that symptoms can also be brought on by dehydration.

Hmm, let's hope that's what it was for me. I am not a fan of regular medication. My wife takes a freaking cocktail of pills for a number of things and it's played trainwreck on her sanity IMO. She's going through withdrawals like a junkie from some pill they gave her for her sleeping disorder that they're weaning her off of.

Aardor wrote:Ambien? Any sleeping pill that is habit forming is a PITA to get off of. I take a ton of pills, but luckily all of them (currently) are for allergies and not taking them only has the side effect of stuffy/runny nose, and being able to drink alcohol without a migrane.

Sirensa wrote:Sylvos is a leg bouncer. Constantly. Has no idea he even does it. Does it in his sleep even. Drives me normal.

Asheran Mojomaster wrote:I think I would have to agree with the hydration thing. I drink anywhere between 80 and 120 oz of water every day, and while I did not notice this before, my legs and sleeping habits seemed to get better once I started doing that.

Winnow wrote:

Asheran Mojomaster wrote:I think I would have to agree with the hydration thing. I drink anywhere between 80 and 120 oz of water every day, and while I did not notice this before, my legs and sleeping habits seemed to get better once I started doing that.

Drinking that much water, do you stick in a catheter in at night and let it drain out into a bucket beside your bed?

iandaina wrote:Cymbalta can help with RLS, I had the burning, tingling omfg i have to move my frigging legs right now feelings, when I went on cymbalta it went away. Course, now I'm on effexor, and the feelings are back, but even the low dose of cymbalta helped with the RLS and neuropathy. Other than that I haven't found anything that works; course I haven't looked real hard either.

laneela wrote:So Kryshade, seriously (no restless toe syndrome nonsense), as of about a year ago, I've been getting this tingling on my outer thigh area (usually on my right leg). It's a gradual tingling that works up to a tingling/burning sensation. It happens when I'm sitting for a while or when I'm lying down. I thought it was circulatory but I'm not sure. Does that sound like it could be RLS? (and no, I have no intentions of going to the doctor because I feel like I have ants in my pants)

Daboohk wrote:I didn't even realize there was a fucking leg-moving disease. I just thought people got the jimmy legs and/or arms a la Seinfeld.

Ashur wrote:But all women are batshit insane, I don't think Sylvos is sleeping with all of them.