Drugs verses Iron Supplements
I ran across this letter on one of the forums I visit and decided to share it with my readers. I love real life stories and successes, that information is the most valuable, because it is real people and situations. One persons success can help hundreds of others. It is important that we continue to share what we have learned with each other.
“After having r.l.s. for over 26 years and only for the last 5 years having known what was wrong with me , I’ve been on sinemet. along with ultram, 1 pill each at night , usually works o.k. but many nights I just twitch my self to sleep, recently my wife found some info on r.l.s. that showed that even with a normal iron level, r.l.s. patients could still be low on iron and that may cause a worstening condition. Well about a week ago I started taking a once a day iron supplement, within the 2nd day I am sleeping great , no daytime r.l.s. symptoms, at night I fall asleep witout any twitching at all and sleep thru the night without any problems . Also for the last 3 nights I’ve only been taking a half dose of the sinamet and still am going all night , and day with no problems. All I can hope is that this info will help others as much as it has helped me,It’s almost like I don’t have r.l.s. anymore, Im energized from sleeping well, and I feel that a big piece of my life has been returned to me . How simple of a fix this turned out to be, ( my doctor treats many patients with r.l.s. and always said I was the worst case of it he ever saw, 2 stanford sleep studies, they agreed that I was a 8 to 9 on a 10 scale. There is hope if we all just communicate to each other, we are the testers, thru knowledge is power over this terrible condition. Im getting my life back I hope this will help others get theirs back also. Best of luck to all that read this in their quest for a life returned.”
More things to think about.
Kris
