How To Cope With Restless Leg Syndrome

If you have a tingling sensation or a constant urge to move your legs, especially at night, you may have Restless Leg Syndrome. RLS can severely disrupt your sleep.

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[theDMskategroup]

"oh no my legs hurt... time to knit!!!"

[funsummergurl]

oh my god, this is scaring me.

[kaziibabylovesuxx1]

i think i have this and insomnia, brilliant i am never gonna sleep

[0rbis2010]

The only thing that helped before I was put on Tegretol and Requip was laying with a back messager under my legs. The vibration of the back messager kept my leg muscles "'moving" yet I was able to rest and sleep. This helps.

[yourparents]

Watching t.v and knitting! I don't think so! If you have not suffered from RLS, you have no idea what it feels like. Even the drugs don't work all the time.

[RunfromtheHeathen]

Ive always hated this conservative treatment approach. Like DUDE! i dont have time to take hot baths and do fucking word games! I have to be up early and I need to sleep! ICE PACK?! yeah right.

[legubreous]

@keliata I too have symptoms during waking hours, sometimes I think my arms are afflicted as well....

[keliata]

Try medications, they're more effective. Get tested and treat any underlying conditions. The best non-medication relief I've used was to place a back messager either under my legs or on top of them. The constant motion of the messager makes it so that you don't have to constantly move around.

I went for about ten years without any relief, and I don't think I would have survived without that back messager.

[keliata]

@legubreous same here:( While I have found some relief with Requip and anticonvulsants (tegretol, keppra) going so many years without any treatment at all severely messed up my sleep/wake patterns. My RLS is severe and I even have symptoms during the day.

[legubreous]

I have been dealing with this for thirty years......I'm so tired....

[grayztone]

@juicearibe Compression isn't the answer, I know, I HAD horrible RLS. Look for the RLS Tamer, its new and it works. I've been using them for over 3 years and they work every night.