Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Beth,

one more thing, and it's important. I just looked online again and saw the research that calcium supplements can even be detrimental to your health! Yikes, I'm so glad I posted on this subject and very glad that you responded!

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Beth, I just looked up the calcium intake of sardines and was amazed! It's way more than my yogart! I also want to thank you for letting me know that calcium supplements are not very effective. I was wondering why I kept taking calcium and wasn't seeing very good results. I also looked online and sa...

Hi Beth, Thank you for letting me know that. I will try getting the sardines and nuts then. I ended up going back on the calcium and also do the daily yogart and I can tell that I'm doing better by my long fingernails. the last time I checked my bone density was borderline osteoporosis so I hope thi...

Mine is in back of the knee, but I also have knee arthritis so I don't know if there is a correlation between arthritis and RLS at least for me. It does seem to be worse in the one knee with the arthritis that is considerably worse than the other knee.

I know that I have to rotate my meds in order for them to be effective. I have been on gabapentin for the past 12 years and need another medication to make it be effective. Much to my dismay these last few years, my doctor will only give me 15 clonazepam pills for a 5 MONTH PERIOD! forget about any ...

Hello, It's been a while since I've been on the boards and used to go by my dog's name Peanut1. So glad to be back! I was looking at what has worked and was surprised at the number of people who responded that calcium has helped their RLS. I had nearly cut calcium out until I found out that I was bo...