There are many of us out there who experience the agony of restless legs syndrome (RLS). There are also many of us who suffer from other mental and/or physical conditions. Finding solutions – both pharmacological and supplementary – that ease RLS concurrently with other conditions can be problematic. And I speak from personal experience.

I am just a layperson, but RLS seems to be a “dopamine-dependent disorder”. Which in layperson’s terms means dopamine is in short supply – ie. I need more of it. Medications that increase dopamine are called dopamine agonists.

This is all fine and dandy – until you require a medication that blocks dopamine. From personal experience, I have learned there is a long list of drugs that make my restless legs even more restless than normal.

Medications that aggravate my RLS

I have taken a long list of medications for genuine reasons. For the most part, I did not know the offending medication would exacerbate my restless legs. The correlation between RLS and medications is not always well known.

To continue reading please visit:

https://restlesslegssyndrome.sleep-disorders.net/living/medication-interactions/

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