Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Whoah, Viewsaskew, over 230! That's very interesting. Yes, I have read that the brain gets iron last in the queue, and I would take a leap and guess that maybe if there is any inflammation in the brain, or perhaps even low levels of antioxidants in the brain, the blood brain barrier might have mecha...

He developed it about 3 years ago and it is very severe and painful, and with him for much of the time. It is in the legs. He takes no other drugs. He also has tinnitus, poor guy, but he is coping with that. I think there is probably a common factor to all his conditions, iron and maybe other nutrie...

Thanks to you both. I got his ferritin up to 80 ug/l in Jan, it seems to me that iron depletion earlier, when he was below the ferritin range, probably triggered the rls. The U.K. Paediatric guidance is to get over 60, but I saw Johns Hopkins says 100, so I kept supplementing ... There was no improv...

My son, 17, has severe RLS and circadian rhythm disturbance, such that he can't go to school and has extremely low mood, he can see no hope of a future. He also has an Asperger's diagnosis and is severely anxious - we are in the UK, but I think in the US he might have an Attention Deficit (inattenti...