Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Becat-- Not surprisingly, I was too long-winded to post mine here, too. But my quality of life statement is on its way to you. And folks, I really really hope that more of you will participate in this part of the information gathering process. I have relatively mild RLS, and I'll admit, I cried when...

Hi, Kelbel-- I mentioned my husband's reaction to a couple of members here, and they weren't too impressed. He said to me, one night when I was fidgetting a lot and thinking about an early bedtime (which actually works to lessen RLS symptoms a bit for me, THANKFULLY), "Everyone's legs do that someti...

Wow, hugs!

Sara

Hey, Brady-- Are you under a doctor's care? I think a friend of mine who had back problems and had numbness sitting was told that that was a "nerve" thing (can't recall if they said "pinched" or what). I'll have to try and find the post from a week or two ago, but aren't nerve things "neurological" ...

Hey, all-- I wonder if CRS is why I was just telling Becat today I can never remember to take my nutritional supplements??? Seems like every type needs to be taken at a different time, full-stomach, empty-stomach, different order, not this one with that one. They might actually HELP me if I could ev...

Wool in the teeth... yup, that's a weird sound/sensation, too. I will NOT ask about licking newspaper, though. Think I don't want to go there. I saw your post this morning about your back/leg injury, and didn't have anything intelligent to say, so I didn't post to you. But I'm sorry to hear your RL...

Pretty cool, Jumpy. You mean I have a countervoltage problem? My husband will probably have a cute comment about that! I wonder what "mental process" it is, though, because I can see why all the sudden NOW it brings additional apprehension even thinking about say, a metal file, because I now RECOGNI...

Okay, here's a new one for you.... Jumpy, you'll laugh, here's my brain going a little sideways. Ever since I can REMEMBER (and the standard joke in my family is that I remember things from before I was BORN!) I have HATED anything metal with a fine ribbed texture. Couldn't even HOLD a fingernail cl...

Hey, Becat et al-- I wanted to bring this back to the top of the page, and also check in to see if anyone's "bitten" and submitted one yet. I was thinking about this the other night when I couldn't sleep, and the more I get to know you all and also talk with other people who have RLS, the more SERIO...

Ladies-- Thanks for expanding on your stories for me. Interestingly, I was just discussing this with my mother again today, and she said that now her doc is really not sure what might have caused the peripheral neuropathy. Though she has diet-controlled diabetes, he recently said that if her PN was ...

Ladies-- My mother and I just recently theorized that she's probably had RLS her whole life, like me, and a year or two ago her docs had told her that they thought she had peripheral neuropathy. She's a cancer survivor, so she's had chemotherapy and she's also a (non-medicated) diabetic, so that's w...

Hi, Caitlin-- Sorry you're having such discomfort, but nice to meet you anyway. From what you've said, it sounds to ME like it might be RLS. Others here will chime in with their opinions, I'm sure. I had my first RLS symptoms (that I remember SPECIFICALLY) in college, too. A lot of members feel thei...

Teeny-tiny hoooooraayyyy, Jumpy!!! I can understand your reluctance to get tooo excited about this, or say too much. But if nothing else, wouldn't a lot of you give whatever you spent on this for ONE night of better and more restful sleep? So I think it definitely deserves a small hooray, even at th...

Hi, TJ-- I'm new around here, but saw your story about your husband. What a horrible and scary time for your whole family. I just wanted to say, I'm very drug sensitive, too. If there's a possible side effect, I seem to get it, and that makes things difficult. (I'm not medicated for RLS. Thankfully,...

Jan-- Have been painting, and some of it has been cabinets which are already installed. So I've been on the floor a lot lately. We have soft-wood floors, so they aren't the comfiest things in the world (and I KNOW that's what a doc would say--- your floors are hard and you're no kid anymore--- very ...