Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Hi, Colleen! Welcome aboard. RLS is a lousy condition to have.... but I'll be darned if at least KNOWING what it is doesn't beat the heck out of going through it night after night NOT knowing! It was a huge relief to me to put a name on my "nightly foot thing" when I accidentally heard about RLS a n...

Hey, all... Just got back from a trip, and saw the GSK commercial for RLS during the local evening news in Reno, too. Looks like it's definitely going full-bore, cable and local. BTW, speaking of drug companies putting the word out on different uses for their products. Did anyone hear a story about ...

Hey, Ian... good point, if the docs and researchers weren't wasting all that time sleeping, we MIGHT be much closer to a cure! What selfishness! Don't they know that there are 24 hours a day for a reason? I sleep more than most of you, but over the years I've certainly made wakeful use of every one...

Hi, Maggie. Nice to hear from you. So sorry you also suffer with RLS, but glad you found us here, at least. There's some comfort in empathy, I find. Another member, Becat, and I have discussed Miracle II before, but not in while, and I don't think that we used the name in the subject line, so it wou...

Hi, all-- I had been having a pretty "quiet" time for a week or two with my RLS symptoms, a respite I definitely appreciated. But last night was a particularly bad one. Boy, was it nasty. I got to bed fine, and was VERY sleepy from a long, hot, busy day. Read a half-dozen pages of a novel, then put ...

Hi, Nat and welcome-- Your description of an electrical current sounds familiar to me. So sorry you're having such discomfort. Everyone here can relate. Not sure about the neurontin connection specifically, but there are others here who have had onset/worsening of RLS following surgery or illness or...

Carol-- I like to eat and I find that only things that really engross me are enough to "take my mind off" my RLS... when anything can at all. So, yes, sometimes eating takes my mind off it. Not sure if it really changes the symptoms, just my perception of them. And certainly the general feeling of u...

Hi, Wink-- I have a couple contributing factors that might all be connected to your question, but I'll give you my two cents for what it's worth. It's something I've wondered about, too. I have moderate and persistent RLS, though I'm not under any medical treatment for it. Mine's mostly in my feet a...

Hello, Renee and Antsy, and welcome! I wish NONE of us had RLS, but since we do, I'm glad to meet you. Renee, I had JUST the reaction you did when you saw the commercial the first time I heard RLS mentioned. Some older ladies who are friends of mine on a cancer support group got to talking about it,...

Oh, Ruby, honey... I couldn't get a reply page to come up over where you posted about your mom. SO sorry to hear the news, I can't tell you how much. Your dad finally feeling a bit better and now this. The monkeys ARE coming after you. Do keep us posted as you can about your mom's treatment and how...

Hi, folks-- Saw an RLS ad today on HGTV on cable. Looked like a "national" ad, not one of the ones the local stations put in (as would make sense.) Is there just the one with the empty reclining chair? It was a good ad for hitting one of the most important Q of L issues with RLS.... the fact that it...

Jan-- I don't think that my point was that you're naive. I think it was more that I'm idealistic. I've not seen the ad myself (but haven't watched much tv lately, either), but will be THRILLED if it makes people look at me with sympathy rather than a blank stare or eye-rolling when I mention RLS. I ...

Me, too, Bryan!!!!!

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!!!!

Sara

Hey, Tina.... Been out in the wilds of Nevada for a couple weeks with no media but one local radio station that doesn't even have news. But I'll keep my eyes open now that I'm back in tv-land. I'd imagine that it's that website that was linked to the article someone (was that you? Corrie? can't reca...

Hey, no problem, Nevy! We have new folks coming in all the time, and you can't know all we've discussed... nor can other new members have heard it all. It's ALWAYS good to repeat, refresh, revisit these subjects. Just in case there's someone new who hears something helpful. There's a bit of controve...