Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

dogeyed wrote:.

Ohhhhh, the Penn State thing makes me SO mad. If I weren't so distracted in my thinking from everything, I'd write them a note, which wouldn't do any good nohow, I suppose.
GG

Maybe they'll see this.

This statement from the penn state site disturbed me Treatment is aimed at reducing stress and helping the muscles relax. I don't quite understand the statement about "muscles relax". If it were as simple as that wouldn't muscle relaxers be the cure? Idk, feels like my nerves are in overd...

Chipmunk wrote:Do you inflate it and leave it there for a while, or do you deflate it right away?

I am using an automatic and i just keep turning it on and off....I am ordering these from Sears.

http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1260 ... eviewsWrap

P.S.S.
search "fred"....at Penn State. Dr. JR Conner is the one that the article posted here recently regarding the brain myelin is who I was very interested in reading his works.....you can get them here.


http://www.fred.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fre ... gator/jrc3
and here http://www.fred.psu.edu/ds/retrieve/fre ... ompletepub
OR
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entre ... dispmax=50

My leg and big toe is bothering me. I am looking into pneumatic compression therapy. Idea: blood pressure cufff......it feels pretty good on my calf and my big toe thanks me. lol!

Look through their research....one researcher is focused on brain Iron levels, myelin, etc. IV Iron therapy... and that's the article I really thought was good. If I find it before you do I will post the link.

"He said one of the biggest challenges for physicians is discerning whether a case of RLS is primary or secondary in nature. Primary RLS means the symptoms cannot be traced to another cause, whereas secondary RLS may be triggered by conditions such as diabetes, renal failure or an iron deficien...

kukana.9848 wrote:Now all three of my children suffer from it also.

Awwww, not good. One day there should be some definitive answers w/ solutions....generational curse this is.

I definitely had the adolescent PLM's (mama always talked about me kicking her when I would sleep with her on vacation); probably a light version of RLS since early childhood too. Many nights I had to sleep cross-legged bent over my pillow My parents did take me for many Chiropractic adjustments. On...

Wayne, that's wonderful....I actually tried it after corresponding with you and I could tell a difference but then I got to where I could not lie on my stomach because of back problems. I had a lumbar Epidural Steroid Inj. this afternoon and I'm praying that some of the worst paresthesias disappear....

How long have you been taking the Ambien? I take a drug break every 2 weeks for about 2 weeks....I use Nyquil or Alka Seltzer nighttime (they r the only 2 that don't bother my legs and back).

Klonopin actually worked better for my RLS plus I had the benefit of sleep as well. If I don't take my Requip everymorning, noon, and night....no amt. of Ambien is gonna make me sleep. (well that's a lie, but I would cry myself to sleep) I was taken off Klonopin because it's addictive but I stopped ...

Hi everyone, just wanted to share some happy news...at least I think it's happy news. I have a bulging disc and a herniated disc in my lumbar region. The symptoms got really bad and now everything points towards those two little boogers. I will have a series of epidurals and I am hopeful that my day...

THOUGHT Y'ALL WOULD LIKE THIS:

http://www.emaxhealth.com/8782/restless ... -sufferers

HAHA...SPELLED INCORRECTLY THOUGH...STILL NICE TO READ ABOUT THE NAME CHANGE .

Is this what you're talking about?

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2936319/