I am a 20 year old very healthy young woman who has been diagnosed with restless Leg Syndrome, by three different neurologists, including one at UPenn neuro center. I had been taking an antidepressant (celexa) for one year, and believe it was the cause. I am now taking a muscle relaxer, because I am so desperate. I have also been getting acupuncture done for a month, which has helped slightly.

I do not like the idea of taking medications, especially for long periods of time. My neurologist is trying to give me a low dose of a med given to Parkinson's patients. All of my doctors cannot comprehend that I do not want to be on medication for the rest of my life.

Anyway I am writing to see how homepathy could help rls. Any ideas, please let me know.

Thank you,
Alison amd@gwu.edu

There is a chance that your problem may be due to the lack of blood flow into the area which triggers your restless leg syndrome. Arnica will increase the flow and hopefully your chronic condition may be resolved.

I advise you to use Arnica 30c in the Wet Dose made up as follows:

Get a 500ml bottle of Spring Water from your nearest supermarket.
Pour out 100ml
Drop in 3 pellets or 1 drop of liquid Arnica 30c into the 400ml water
Cap the bottle tightly and succuss it 4-6 times by banging on your palm and look out for the air bubbles to fizzle up from the bottom.
Pour out 1 teaspoonful of the potentized remedy and sip it twice daily with the last dose taken last thing at night.

Please report response in a week.

It is understood that you will stop all other drugs that you are using now if you do decide to use the Arnica therapy

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Joe De Livera
Colombo
Sri Lanka

With all due respect - the above advice is not homeopathic. The whole case needs to be taken in order to find the most suitable homeopathic remedy. It is not advisable to just try remedies without a proper case taking and follow up.

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Carroll Dunham

Dear Lisa,

You would no doubt have read the many posts from the members of this forum comprising the classical school of Homeopaths who in the recent past went to great lengths to vilify me in the most disparaging terms merely because I did not subscribe to the classical methods they used of taking an entire case prior to suggesting a remedy.

I have always maintained that my using remedies which has been labeled by some as a "This for That" attitude in the past, can also be used in the treatment of ailments without the formal case taking usually adopted by the classical school, which in any case cannot be done successfully on a forum, unless the patient meets the prescriber in person. It has been suggested that this analysis be done on Radar which I have recently purchased but here too it is not possible unless with a personal encounter with the patient. It is interesting to record that the remedy often suggested by this software is not always what I would use for the ailment and it has been stated by some with whom I discussed this matter that it was a case of "garbage in, garbage out". I do accept that it is an interesting tool to be used in the treatment of an ailment but I doubt that it will replace the human mind.

I have Googled "Restless Legs Syndrome" and copy the result below:

Restless Legs Syndrome is an overwhelming urge to move the legs usually caused by uncomfortable or unpleasant sensations in the legs. The sensations have the following features:

Occur during periods of inactivity
Become more sensitive in the evening and at night
Are relieved by movement of the limb
Often cause difficulty staying or falling asleep, which leads to feelings of daytime tiredness or fatigue
May cause involuntary jerking of the limbs during sleep and sometimes during wakefulness

In my post I recommended that the patient uses Arnica 30c which I felt should help to increase the blood flow to the area in the brain and muscles which trigger the movements of her legs, in the hope that this increase could help with alleviation of the problem.

I also note from the information above that this problem also causes insomnia. I have observed that Arnica 30c is very effective in treating insomnia as it seems to relax the muscles in the body and this is evident when it is used to help those who have Prostate problems causing incontinence due to inability to void urine completely. I had suffered from this same ailment prior to my Retropubic Prostatectomy some years ago and used Arnica 30c for 5 years to help the flow, pre surgery. I have also used it to help those who have had the TURP (Trans Urethral Resection of the Prostate) when about 50% of the patients who have had this surgery find that although their original problem of restriction of their urine flow is eased, they have to visit the toilet sometimes about every hour or even more often as they feel an immediate urge to pass a few drops of urine. I have used Arnica 30 in the case of many patients who are now dependent on it to help them with this urge and also to sleep without interruption at night when prior to this therapy, they would wake up about 2-3 times to visit the toilet.

You may have observed that I have often prescribed Arnica in various potencies to patients who have the most diverse ailments ranging from Eczema to the classic case of an 82 year old who was virtually condemned to be either in bed or in a chair where he was placed by his children as he had lost his motor functions both in his hands and his legs. I used Arnica 1M in the Wet Dose (1 teaspoonful from the bottle) and he was on his feet in just about 2 weeks on this therapy. He had previously seen many doctors and ayurvedic physicians and I was happy to have cured him with just one 500ml bottle of spring water into which I had put 1 drop of Arnica 1M.

As I have often stated, Arnica is my favourite remedy and have 'proved' it by taking it every night for the last 10 years. I am 76 years of age and my BP is 120/80 pulse 65 at rest. I believe that I owe my good health at my advanced age to Arnica. I have recommended that others too use it regularly every night as they will notice on the morning after that they will have experienced deep sleep which I believe is the reason for uplifting their quality of life.

It may interest you to know that some time ago I deliberately stopped my nightly dose of a teaspoonful of Arnica 6c to see how I would react and discovered that my BP rose by 10mm on both Systolic and Diastolic readings within a week and I was not feeling as alert as I was with the Arnica. I also felt achy and in about 2 weeks I felt that I should be back on this remedy which I started on again in 3 weeks after I stopped it as by then I was suffering unnecessarily. My BP came back to the old level in about 5 days and I felt well again in about a week. I would not like to repeat this experiment again as it was certainly not pleasant in the third week without Arnica.

This record is not a figment of my imagination and I can recommend the Arnica 6c therapy to anyone who wishes to use it. I can assure anyone who reads this post that no formal case taking is necessary to use Arnica in the manner that I have suggested regularly every night and they will observe the benefits on the morning after their first dose taken the previous night when they would have noticed that they slept unusually deeply which I believe is the secret of the way Arnica works by promoting the replacement of the cells during this deep sleep.

I am in full agreement with you that my advice on the use of remedies for any ailment is not what classical homeopaths will use as I believe that they have been brain washed into a particular method of treatment which I discovered to my surprise is not followed by the majority of homeopaths in their daily practice perhaps due to constraints of time necessary for the case taking routine.

I have used these same methods for over 20 years successfully and I do not think that I would like to change them in preference to the classical method which I can also use with my Radar 9.1 software which these same classical homeopaths also use. I have many thousands of patients who are grateful to me for having helped them in some way in curing their ailments using my own methods and remedies, which I have always done free of charge.

It will be observed that the patient has the choice of not using the remedy that I prescribe on a forum like yours while other homeopaths also have the right to question the remedy that I have suggested as you have done. In the majority of cases that I have treated, the rate of success has been high and it is only very rarely that a patient is not helped and never has it been the cause of any aggravation. This discounts the one case of a heart aliment that was reported on this forum as having been triggered by 1 dose of Arnica which I believe was false or at best was a coincidence.

You have stated in your post that my advice was not homeopathic and that the whole case should be taken to find the most suitable homeopathic remedy. May I inquire what remedy you would have prescribed for this case ?

I hope that I have answered your concerns but if you still wish to discuss this matter of my methods of diagnosis and treatment further, I shall be happy to discuss it again.

Joe

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Joe De Livera
Colombo
Sri Lanka

Dear Joe:

I too am amazed by the results I've seen with this wonderful Cell Salt (Nat phos 6x).

It works marvelously for constipation. for adults and toddlers. A 6 month old who was only having a stool once every 5 days is now daily. Also for those of you who remember the ASD twins (sophie and grace) they were having horrible green slimy offensive stools each day (not constipated) and nat phos 6x daily has cleared this up (they are still doing well on their original remedy and have not changed from a 6c yet - this is since april!). It can also be indicated for vaginal discharge/leukorreaha brought on shortly after eating offending foods (e.g. sugars, sweets, grains, etc). I've also used it for my kitty when she was a kitten and got a nasty green pusy eye infection and it worked great.

I have not tried it as a weight reduction method but can see how if the body get what it needs efficiently that it could help and your empirical evidence certainly suggests it...but I'd venture to guess that it wouldn't work for everyone as there are so many different reasons why someone puts on weight.

Thanks for sharing Joe

Best wishes, Judy

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Joe De Livera
Colombo
Sri Lanka

The severity of RLS varies from patient to patient. Although pharmacologic treatment is helpful for many patients with RLS, those with mild symptoms may not need medications. Because no single medication or combination of medications will work predictably for all patients, treatment must be individualized. Physicians and patients may need to work together over time to find the medication or combination of medications and the dosages that will work best. Table 5 lists appropriate pharmacologic agents and their advantages and disadvantages. Therapy for RLS constitutes an "off-label" use of these pharmacologic agents.
The selection of pharmacologic agents is influenced by a number of factors, including:

• Age of the patient. For example, benzodiazepines may cause cognitive impairment in the elderly.
• Severity of symptoms. Some patients with mild symptoms may elect not to use medications; others may benefit from levodopa or a dopamine agonist. Patients with severe symptoms may require a strong opioid.
• Frequency or regularity of symptoms. Patients with infrequent symptoms may benefit from a single effective dose of a medication such as an opioid or levodopa, taken as needed.
• Presence of pregnancy or comorbid illnesses. No controlled clinical trials have assessed the safety and efficacy of medications for RLS or PLMS during pregnancy.28
• Renal failure. In patients with renal failure, pharmacologic agents are generally safe, but less frequent doses may be needed if drugs are renally excreted. In addition, for dialysis patients, some medications, such as gabapentin, are dialyzable and others, such as propoxyphene, are not.28

Dopaminergic agents are the first-line drugs for most RLS patients. It is important for primary care physicians to educate patients about the nature and actions of the drugs that are prescribed, including side effects and the uncertainty of long-term effects. For example, when dopaminergic agents are prescribed, patients should be informed that although these medications are usually used to treat Parkinson's disease, they also help to relieve RLS symptoms.

RLS medications have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for other uses. In many cases, the therapeutic dosages to treat RLS are much lower than those required for the original uses. The starting dose is usually very low and is gradually increased until effective. In addition to the medications listed in Table 5, agents such as vitamin E, folate and magnesium may be useful. Although many nonpharmacologic treatments have been reported by patients to be helpful, there is no scientific evidence that they are useful in the treatment of RLS.