Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

I just found a great site for tracking disease symptoms: m They track several different diseases; RLS is here: m I haven't completely explored the site but there is a page to list treatments and whether or not they've worked for you. Great for finding new things to try and sharing results with other...

This <b>is</b> the forum "Special Populations", is it not? I did read the Pregnancy & RLS sticky post. I wanted to emphasise that ferritin testing might be the right thing for some pregnant women. Obviously you should ask your doctor if it is OK, but mine said it was. Iron is not a med, it is ju...

I'm cross-posting this on some different forums. But I think this is important esp. for pregnant women. I am trying to get pregnant and tried a lot of different ways to control my RLS without drugs, and this one worked for me. My ferritin levels were slightly low, so my doc prescribed iron supplemen...

In a recent Nightwalkers issue (I think, but I can't find it online), there was a suggestion that you get tested for ferritin in addition to a standard iron test. I talked to my doctor about this and he prescribed the test, although he was skeptical, saying my family history of RLS indicated that th...

Isn't it just so weird how different people are affected completely differently by things? This is the weirdest disease. I've never heard of a condition like this where the same thing causes one person's symptoms to disappear, and another's to get worse. Well, my doctor has me on iron supplementatio...

This is really weird, but I've found if I have a few drinks at night, my RLS leaves me alone for the whole night. It's wonderful, except I don't want to end up a raging alcoholic. So tonight I am up with the restless legs. Has anyone else seen this? I don't want to encourage anyone to drink their sy...

Any idea whether these would be safe for someone who's pregnant/trying to get pregnant?