Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Just checking in. I am finishing my third week of physical therapy and my leg and foot pain is somewhat better. The pain still varies a lot from day to day, but overall it's trending in the right direction. Because I have both lumbar and cervical spine issues, I am mainly doing exercises that help b...

Thanks, everybody! I really appreciate the support. I started physical therapy yesterday, and according to the physical therapist, the leg pain I'm having, which initially seemed quite RLS-like, is being caused by my degenerative lumbar disc. The other symptoms that aren't RLS-like (numbness and tin...

Thanks again to all of you for your support. The MRI confirmed that I have spinal cord compression caused by three bulging cervical discs (cervical spondylosis with myelopathy). Fortunately, my spinal cord compression is classified as mild, and its progression should be slow, so I am not in imminent...

Thanks, everybody. Insurance approved my MRI this afternoon, I'm getting the MRI on Wednesday night, and I see the spine doctor on Thursday morning. I'll let you know what diagnosis I end up with.

Thanks, ViewsAskew. At this point I am scared to death. Every little thing that I feel is making me worry. I want to get an MRI right this second so that I know what is going on and what I should be doing. I am terrified that waiting a few weeks, even a few days, is going to cause more damage and re...

Well, the good news is that I don't have restless legs syndrome. The bad news is that (preliminary diagnosis) I have two unrelated spinal problems. I already knew that I had a degenerated lumbar disc from a diagnosis in 2010, and I had new x-rays done this morning. That disc has gotten much worse, a...

Thanks for the response. I was pretty miserable throughout the holidays, with pain most of the time somewhere in my lower body. I started back to work four days ago, and the pain is 90% gone. Instead of sitting on my couch or someone else's couch all day, I am sitting in my supportive office chair. ...

Hello! Last April I came here looking for help when I was dealing with something very RLS-like (http://bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?t=9259). My primary doc thought I was suffering from a magnesium deficiency due to worsening IBS, and she told me to take Culturelle probiotics every day. The probiotics he...

Thanks, Polar Bear! It's been almost two weeks since my last posting, and the discomfort that's relieved by movement is almost completely gone. The IBS has also continued to improve, so I can only assume that they're related. Just wanted to report how I'm doing in case someone else has a similar pro...

Thanks again for all of your replies and input. My GP was not at all convinced that I had RLS, so she just ran standard bloodwork (no ferritin, no magnesium). However, she does think that I probably have IBS, so she started me on treatment for that right away. I am taking a probiotic twice a day, an...

Thanks, ViewsAskew. I went to see a new GP yesterday, and we had a long talk about my condition. I also have problems with irritable bowel syndrome, so she thinks there may be a connection there. She is running bloodwork on me, but in the meantime she has started me on a probiotic to try to lessen m...

Rustsmith and Polar Bear, thanks for your replies. Rustsmith, I do fit the criteria that you gave, other than the last one. I am seeing my doctor tomorrow to get a physical, bloodwork, etc. and start the process of diagnosis. The last few days the pain has been very mild, so I was hoping that maybe ...

All I keep hearing about RLS is that it causes sleeplessness, and that's one thing I haven't experienced. The symptoms start mid-afternoon and last until I go to bed at 10 or 11 pm. The symptoms do not seem to occur when I am in bed, only when I am sitting. Between 2 and 11 pm, if I lay down, the pa...

Hello, and thanks for having this board! Regarding my subject, I know, I know, I need to see a doctor, but I'm trying to educate myself as much as possible in the meantime, in part so I can figure out what type of doctor I should see (family doctor? neurologist? RLS specialist?) I am a 42-year-old w...