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Posted by swim on April 6, 2016, at 11:56:57
Hello!
I was just recently diagnosed with Periodic Limb Movement Disorder(PLMD)- it is a disorder when you constantly move your legs while sleeping and having no memory of it in the morning as you where sleeping(or were you really?). Before i went to sleep study, i put up an infrared camera beside my bed before going to bed, and what i discovered was shocking- it seemed like i don't sleep at all, i constantly move my legs and change my position while a sleep. If i fast forward in 1 minute intervals, i can see there are virtually no 2 minutes where i stay in the same position or don't move or twitch my legs/feet.
Maybe it's the sleep deprivation causing me this everlasting depression? When on Nardil i tried Mirapex(pramipexole), which is for this indication, but all it did was lower my blood-pressure so that i fell on the floor many times(usally after standing up). Maybe it just doesn't work with Nardil?
When i started Lyrica(without being on Nardil) i felt cured(no depression) for few days in the beginning and i wondered, if it had it's effect in the morning, it must be the sleep, i wake up feeling actually good. Now i see it is prescribed for RLS(similar to PLMD), only i don't know why it repaired me for so short period.
Maybe i need to stop the Nardil again, which isn't working for me anymore anyways, and start a dopamin agonist again or Levodopa/carbidopa?
Sorry for my English, it's not my native language
Posted by Lou Pilder on April 7, 2016, at 8:11:24
In reply to Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 6, 2016, at 11:56:57
> Hello!
>
> I was just recently diagnosed with Periodic Limb Movement Disorder(PLMD)- it is a disorder when you constantly move your legs while sleeping and having no memory of it in the morning as you where sleeping(or were you really?). Before i went to sleep study, i put up an infrared camera beside my bed before going to bed, and what i discovered was shocking- it seemed like i don't sleep at all, i constantly move my legs and change my position while a sleep. If i fast forward in 1 minute intervals, i can see there are virtually no 2 minutes where i stay in the same position or don't move or twitch my legs/feet.
>
> Maybe it's the sleep deprivation causing me this everlasting depression? When on Nardil i tried Mirapex(pramipexole), which is for this indication, but all it did was lower my blood-pressure so that i fell on the floor many times(usally after standing up). Maybe it just doesn't work with Nardil?
>
> When i started Lyrica(without being on Nardil) i felt cured(no depression) for few days in the beginning and i wondered, if it had it's effect in the morning, it must be the sleep, i wake up feeling actually good. Now i see it is prescribed for RLS(similar to PLMD), only i don't know why it repaired me for so short period.
>
> Maybe i need to stop the Nardil again, which isn't working for me anymore anyways, and start a dopamin agonist again or Levodopa/carbidopa?
>
> Sorry for my English, it's not my native languageYou mothers. Trying so hard to decide as to drug your child or not in collaboration with a psychiatrist/doctor. Well, I should say, how could any drug be good for your child when you see this here. I'm talkin' about misery, depression, movement disorders, and trying to stop dyskinesia after your child gets drugged.
Then the first thing you know there will be addiction and depression, trying to cover up insomnia with pills from a bottle. Not a wholesome pill but a pill that addicts and could cause death when combined with the other drugs the psychiatrist could add, all the while deceiving you to think that you have a chemical imbalance. And then as you head for the dance at the pharmacy, look out moms, your goin' to be hit with losers, cheaters, copy-cat deceivers, looking for a new drug that's a knock-off of an old drug, and don't follow leaders and watch the hooked receivers.
Lou
Posted by Lamdage22 on April 7, 2016, at 10:50:27
In reply to Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 6, 2016, at 11:56:57
I wouldnt know.
If your sleep is not restful i sure can imagine that this is causing you to feel bad during the day.
Maybe find a sleep expert doctor?
Posted by Phillipa on April 7, 2016, at 17:45:42
In reply to Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 6, 2016, at 11:56:57
Isn't this called Restless Leg Syndrome Here. Phillipa
Posted by swim on April 8, 2016, at 4:55:35
In reply to Re: Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression? » swim, posted by Phillipa on April 7, 2016, at 17:45:42
Restless Leg Syndrome is when the movements are valontare and happen during the day, but Periodic limb movement disorder is when they occur during sleep at night
Posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2016, at 9:35:05
In reply to Re: Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 8, 2016, at 4:55:35
Thanks thought only at night? Phillipa
Posted by Phillipa on April 8, 2016, at 9:38:49
In reply to Re: Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 8, 2016, at 4:55:35
Simple article says can be both and cause mostly unknown just posted for information for both others and you. Phillipa
http://www.webmd.com/brain/restless-legs-syndrome/restless-legs-syndrome-rls
Posted by swim on April 8, 2016, at 10:06:04
In reply to Periodic Limb Movement Disorder and depression?, posted by swim on April 6, 2016, at 11:56:57
Wikipedia:
PLMD should not be confused with restless leg syndrome (RLS). RLS occurs while awake as well as when asleep, and when awake, there is a voluntary response to an uncomfortable feeling in the legs. PLMD on the other hand is involuntary, and the patient is often unaware of these movements altogether.This looks pretty confusing, it seems like medical science itself can't define the difference between these two. I believe what is ment is that PLMD occurs only at night while asleep.
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