Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

How do you do this? With a TENS unit or massage or something? As I have trigger points for my RLS, they start at the bone and then through the muscle. I thought it was the nerves but it seems to be more from the tendons. My achilles tendon is a real pain. So if I press on the sensitive area on the ...

Usually contradictory papers mean that the researchers failed to control for a major influence, some factor that's usually more important to the disease than whatever they're studying. I think this or a few more comments will be my final involvement in any of RLS forums online because RLS based on ...

[*] There is a unifying mechanism that causes RLS symptoms. In this case, iron metabolism would be a good place to start, even if it doesn't affect all RLS sufferers. There are so many papers on iron that contradict each other, I stand as I always have that iron is good as of one the many treatment...

F wave in restless legs syndrome, as an electrophysiological response of clinical relief by Safiye Gul Kenar,Ebru Bilge Dirik,Gorkem Tutal Gursoy,Nuriye Kayali &Sule Bilen While the 'iron cult' wastes everybody's time and any progress on RLS, this is significant and supports other papers on nerve i...

I'm a bit late to this thread. I target nerves to stop symptoms with great success and have thought for awhile that some sort of nerve stimulator would be very successful. When you have symptoms and move your leg, the reason why the symptoms stop is actually nerve stimulation from the leg to the bra...

My explanation on oxalate is completely different. I have discussed this with notnowdad awhile back on other forums and we agree to disagree. I have been constantly oxalate dumping for over 2 years now starting with numerous times per day and now just at night. My RLS has improved significantly with...

But is there a mechanism why symptoms would appear in the legs (as they do for most mild cases)? This is not only an interesting question but also difficult to even really speculate on other than the ideas you came up with. I previously thought it was the limited flexibility due to biomechanics tha...

I have never heard any explanations for location of symptoms. I can only speak from my own experiences which most don’t like, but against my better judgement, I will have another go. As my RLS is from oxalates, symptoms occur when oxalates are broken down though exercise or general oxalate dumping....

Try the lowest dose of melatonin.

I take 5 mg, but know someone who takes 0.5 mg or they become a zombie.

Variable results with RLS. Doesn't impact me.

Thanks for sharing.

These things are worth a try, as well as an explanation.

Good luck with your RLS.

TENs pads can be made sticky again by cleaning with a wet toothbrush and applying ultrasound gel. Always store in a sealed quick seal bag to stop them from drying out. I use sports compression skins on my calf when using TENS to hold the pads in place, which makes things easier. 1 set of pads have b...

I certainly feel bad for the rats, but I've never had high blood pressure from sleep deprivation.

I have a home unit and rarely see a doc, but don't most of EDITED OUT MEANING PEOPLE WHO USE MEDICATIONS see doctors regularly?

Is high blood pressure an issue?

This is very interesting. Please keep us updated when this works for a week, then a month and if it keeps doing the job. I had a similar effect with potassium as my body loaded. I could take 1 gm and symptoms would stop. But when I normalised levels, this benefit stopped as there was no longer a cha...

There are massive divides amongst the RLS community on what RLS is, with many of those differences based on how much faith you have in researchers and medical professionals. So the question you are asking is one of many that don’t fit with commonly held views by alleged experts. Research on RLS is a...

Your situation sounds complicated. Usually a the sign of oxalate dumping is the cloudy urine and you feel like you have been poisoned, which doesn't seem to have happened. Well done with the experimentation and getting some improvement with diet, so that may be your success and not oxalates. Your ex...