Restless Legs

[S.A.M.]

The past two nights when I go to bed my legs start driving me nuts. They feel like they want to go for a run or something. Anyone else ever get this. Any suggestions. I've had this before, and eventually I end up falling asleep, but tonight I had to get up and move around.

[halorealm7]

see your Dr.
Requip has been fabulous for me

[russ]

http://www.thegearpage.net/board/showthread.php?t=802207&highlight=restless

[GAD]

Wait for the posters who will tell you that you're a lazy slob who doesn't get enough exercise...

I find that certain medications trigger this for me. If I take Benedryl, and don't fall asleep right away, my legs keep me awake.

[Lotis]

Kramer on Seinfeld calld it "jimmylegs".

[66Park]

see your Dr.
Requip has been fabulous for me
This. There are medications that can be prescribed for this.

[jumpnblues]

Here's some more info.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome


Tom

[Cobb]

Talk to your doctor about getting some blood work, there is a correlation between RLS and low iron levels.

[Telecaster62]

I've had it for years. It has a hereditary component. Dad and Granddad had it. Talk to your doctor. Requip and Ultram have completely relieved my symptoms and I now sleep like a baby. It generally will not get better on it's own but may come and go over time. Exercise has NOTHING to do with it. It's a disorder of the brain involving dopamine.

[66Park]

I've had it for years. It has a hereditary component. Dad and Granddad had it. Talk to your doctor. Requip and Ultram have completely relieved my symptoms and I now sleep like a baby. It generally will not get better on it's own but may come and go over time. Exercise has NOTHING to do with it. It's a disorder of the brain involving dopamine.
My wife's doctor prescribed Ultram for her, and it worked wonders.

[teletran1175]

If I take Benedryl, and don't fall asleep right away, my legs keep me awake.

Benadryl is absolutely evil for my RLS.

[halorealm7]

Wait for the posters who will tell you that you're a lazy slob who doesn't get enough exercise...

I find that certain medications trigger this for me. If I take Benedryl, and don't fall asleep right away, my legs keep me awake.

And I'll say this and not meaning to be an a-hole at all: Unless you've had a serious bout with RLS, you don't know with what others are dealing. RLS is crippling in that it throws the entire body out of sync. A bad case will literally drive you nuts.

[anathema]

Here's some more info.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome


Tom

Chalk another ailment up to inflammation. Cut out gluten, take some iron, do some yoga stretches nightly, and you wont need the pharma solution.

[coralreefer]

Wait for the posters who will tell you that you're a lazy slob who doesn't get enough exercise...

You're a lazy slob who doesn't get enough exercise...

[Telecaster62]

halorealm is absolutely correct. It can make you crazy. Go to the Doctor asap.

[sinner]

Take some good high-potency Vitamin C, maybe start with 500mg Ester C, one tablet 3 times a day with your meal. The Ester C is easier on the stomach than regular C. The C helps with circulation and may help your restless legs, plus the C is good for many other things.

[travisvwright]

I know nothing about nothing but I have heard two different standup comics do bits on the potential side effects list of different RLS drugs. Capping with the obligatory, "If I have to choose between 'explosive diarhea with fanting', or wiggling my legs I think I'll just shake a little."

[GAD]

You're a lazy slob who doesn't get enough exercise...

See? SEE? I told you they would come...

[thrashmetl]

I'm 30 and I get it every once in a while. If it doesn't go away after a while I usually go into another room and just jump around like a madman to try to tire them out and tire myself out too, it usually works.