Re: Restless leg syndrome
I suffer from this sporadically. It sucks. Sometimes (not always) it goes away if I sit up and drink a BIG glass of water. I know, kind of random, but for some reason being hydrated seems to help a lot.
Re: Restless leg syndrome
I get it once in awhile. My mother did too. If I get up and pace for 10 or 15 minutes I"m usually ok.
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They put me on Vistriol for this.
I fall asleep so quick that it doesn't have a chance to act up. Before, I would just take a whole lot of Nyquil and hope I nodded off before they started.
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is that a sleeping pill?
Re: Restless leg syndrome
I'm not sure if I have restless leg syndrome, but I have something that seems really similar. However, instead of just getting the restless feeling in my legs, I get it all over my body, just about, tho concentrated in my legs and arms. I never knew it had a name, before, and I thought I was just going crazy. Anyways, what usually works for me is going to sound really weird. What I do is relax, and let the feeling get so overwhelming that it almost burns my whole body...and then oddly enough, it goes away and I get tired and fall asleep. This probably makes no sense, but I figured I'd share in case it did...
Re: Restless leg syndrome
The water thing makes sense -- I've heard it has something to do with electrolyte depletion. Iron supplements are also recommended by the Wikipedia article...
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iron supplements is interesting coz I barely eat any meat so there is a definite chance that im low on iron.
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^ I'm anemic and I know that is probably a factor for my RLS. I don't eat meat either, so it's hard to get it. I recommend googling for a list or iron rich foods.
I got the worst feeling in the middle of the night last night. It was like RLS, but also kind of achy and felt like it was in my joints and bones :( , all in my knees and wrists and arms, and then also the RLS. I'm not feeling so healthy lately.
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do u ever get a feeling where u just move your leg suddenly like a twitch? I get this. I try to get protein from things like spinach. Maybe I should take iron supplements. Do u take them?