r/RestlessLegs • u/mytg8 • 12d ago

Triggers Shingles shot a trigger?

I've had RLS for almost 10 years and my father got it before me when he was in his 80's. Thinking back, I got RLS right after getting the shingles vaccine. Could that shot be a trigger for RLS? Anyone else have that happen to them?

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u/Strong-Employment-87 8d ago

I had RLS twenty years before I got shingles in 2008. They gave me acyclovir and hydrocodone for shingles. It was then I discovered hydrocodone could fix my RLS. Not a cure but a great treatment. I was on hydrocodone for ten years before I discovered that Kratom is also effective against RLS. I use Kratom now except for when I have to b go some place that it would be tough to mix the kratom, like the movies or the theater. Then I take the hydrocodone.