Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I would not know whether the cause be citric acid or artificial sweeteners but it prolly is just as well to avoid the artificial sweeteners anyway. I do not remember orange juice ever bothering me but I've never drank it to hydrate while laboring. Water for hydration is just fine and I wish it was ...

Last year about this time with increased yard duties I began drinking quantities of lemonade. Long story short, I discovered that it was relapsing RLS symptoms after a ten year hiatus of symptom free (another long story). I now drink lemonade only in very limited quantities. But the RLS returned ...

It's my ten year anniversary of being RLS symptom free. I wish I could bottle up the cure and share it with all of you. My assessment of this past decade is that it was stress that brought on the condition and the removal of stress that allowed my recovery. I empathize with you who cannot find ...

Davisiri,

When I endured RLS for about ten years I was consistently affected by cooked chocolate pudding whenever eaten later than afternoon. There were some other sugary foods that also aggravated the symptoms but I do not recall what they were.

GG,

It is not a breathing exercise and I'm afraid it requires brief but strenuous activity. I had reported this method a number of times in the past but I have never heard of any disciples of this method, though I am confident it would work for some of you sufferers.

I called it the Rapid ...

Ann,
A bit of a new direction in my life. I was prepared to again become a full time caregiver to my adult son who was debilitating from the same muscular dystrophy his mother had. However he caught pneumonia and in his weakened condition was unable to fight it. He passed away Christmas Eve 2007 ...

Haven’t been here in a long time. (Hi to Ann) I suffered from RLS for about six or seven years as I recall. It appeared in my early fifties. At the time my duties as caregiver to my debilitating wife were ramping up all the while working full time. I also provided some caregiving to my mother-in-law ...

Thought I'd pop into the DB again. I don't check in here much anymore since I'm sort of a member not-in-good-standing anymore (joke) being a recovering RLS'er. :wink:

Breton asks:

Does anyone out there actually cope long-term with their RLS without using drugs?

I did quite well for several ...

Hi Ann,

Yes there have been a number of changes. I anticipated becoming a full time caregiver for my only-child son in the next few years. He was beginning the downward debilitation of muscular dystrophy that his mother experienced. I expected that RLS symptoms would reappear at that time. However ...

Thought I'd pop in here. Haven't been here in a long time. I guess I am a recovering RLS'r. (Hi Ann, Ruth, Lynn, Jim, ...who'd I forget?)
I found it interesting that I immediately happened upon RLS and Relationships. I experienced RLS for about five or six years. It started quite abruptly about ...

Mike,

I am not into running, but an eight-minute mile for fifteen a week sounds commendable to me. If it isn't helping the RLS, it certainly is benefitting the cardio-vascular system. Keep up the good work.

Don't be bringing any crappy weather to southern California when you come. We've already ...

Walking After.....I like to tell people that I lost 480 pounds. It was the same twelve pounds forty times. :lol:

lord1e......I haven't visited this board for a long time. However, in the past I have proposed my Rapid Respiration Elevation (RRE--my term), that was quite successful for me ...

It’s been a long time since I popped in here. (Hello Long Beach gang.)

I had drafted four paragraphs to detail my recent history, but it was more personal information than I need to divulge. More succinctly, a tremendous amount of stress was removed from my life six months ago and since then my RLS ...

I never understood why one can pay $120 a night for a hotel room and management insists you are a 'guest'.

Anyway, that last post was from Neph. Don't know why it showed as 'Guest'. I was shown as logged in and my name appeared as an online member. Not like it's the first time that happened to me ...

Ann,

That caffeine thread was an interesting read. It brought to mind several things:
1. (Pre-RLS) When I drank caffeinated coffee it was two or three cups in the morning. When I quit cold turkey, if felt as if someone was beating on the side of my head with a rubber hammer for about six days.
2 ...