Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hi Pinkynose, I agree, I think the electric blanket has been the single most helpful thing I've tried. I still need to take the tinctures, but the combination has allowed me to start sleeping longer segments, 4+ hours between doses. Last night I slept 8 hrs and 30 minutes total, only waking up twice...

Hi Aria, I have to say that I do know exactly what you mean about THC. It definitely does help me go to sleep, and there's the "couch lock" or "leg lock" sensation where I feel like my legs are glued to the mattress, which is a great incentive to fall asleep. I guess I've been us...

Hi Aria, What I've found in the 3-4 years I've been using it is that some strains work great and others don't really work at all. I agree, that it often seems that the THC does make the legs more relaxed. Overall though, for me, the combination works best. The CBD does stop the jerking as long as it...

Hi Mudslide, I'm not sure where you are in Oregon, a friend forwarded your post to me. I live in Eugene, and can give you some info about my favorite dispensaries here. If you are in another city in Oregon, have you tried going to one of the websites that lists dispensaries in other places? Leafly.c...

Hi, I discovered something recently that I wanted to share with everyone. Some of you may already be aware of this, but I wasn't, and it's made a huge difference in my sleep. I noticed during the last month that my legs and feet were icy cold. They didn't feel cold, but I touched them and was shocke...

Hi KySue, I'm so sorry to hear of the trouble you are having, though, I think all of us who are posting on this topic can easily understand how you feel. In 3+ years, and a lot of sleepless nights, I've found that a 50-50m THC-CBD mixture, perhaps a little higher on the THC, does a pretty good job, ...

That’s great! Hope it continues for you. Please keep us posted.

Hi pambb, good luck with stocking up! I hope they'll be able to meet the demand, but sounds like we'll have to wait to find out. But it's definitely good that they're planning to expand. Keep us posted on how it goes!

Thanks, pambb, I really did not know that! I think I'll do a little more research on that. !!! And thanks, yawny! I know, sometimes, quite often, actually, it does seem very challenging. But, lately it's been paying off! One thing I'm realizing is that it may just be a matter of increasing my doses....

Thanks, Steve! My baking powder listed "sodium aluminum sulfate" as the only ingredient, but I really hadn't been able to determine how much aluminum that actually was. I know it only takes a minute amount to set off my rls symptoms, so I stopped using it as soon as I found out. I didn't k...

Hi pambb, I can only tell you that I wouldn't touch a tin foil hat with a 10 foot pole! One other thing I didn't know until earlier this year, when a very helpful person on this post told me that baking powder is pretty much powdered aluminum! That meant a whole new area I had to watch out for. And ...

Hi pambb, Yes, I completely agree! My experience has been that a trigger will cut through everything. What's difficult is figuring out how that trigger got into my system, when I do everything to avoid it, or are there now new triggers I'm not aware of? When I first discovered aluminum was causing m...

I forgot to mention this, Dr. Oz has an online petition for legalizing CBD use, which would allow medical research to be done and lead to development of more effective use and treatments for a number of diseases. m If this link doesn't get you there, just type in dr oz petition for medical marijuana...

Hi pambb, Thanks for sharing this with us. Having details, like the size of your doses, is really helpful. It gives me the opportunity to compare what I'm doing and see if I'm taking enough in each dose. What I do is similar to what your doing. Sometimes it works great!. And other times it seems not...

Sounds like a plan, Steve!