Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

The prevalence and impact of restless legs syndrome on patients with iron deficiency anemia. Richard P Allen; Sarah Auerbach; Huzefa Bahrain; Michael Auerbach; Christopher J Earley Am. J. Hematol. 88, 261 (2013) Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryla...

Reply from Dr Walters was somewhat unsatifying, perhaps missed the point of my question. He is on sabbatical in Germany and has returned for a couple of weeks only. I asked if he might have a summary of ongoing research that was more up-to-date than the 2008 presentation. He replied, " Non-trad...

Welcome to mhumphrey, but so sorry to hear that you cant find a doctor who will understand how serious this disease can be! We links to papers that you can print and take with you to show your doctor that it's a real disease and how to treat it. Please look around the site and ask questions, or star...

Ahh... so then a better approach might be to stop and take stock whenever there's animosity, and at that point instead of carrying on with whatever is going on, stop and say to her, "is this a real argument, or is it stress induced?" That way, you're notifying yourself as well as her, to l...

Just ask her to tell you. There is no magic answer to inter-personal communication. It's different for every couple, and everything is normal, even if it's not average. So, if you can't tell when you need sleep, but you know that your wife can, what would be wrong with asking her to let you know? Sh...

I just looked it up quickly, and some places say it only happens when you're in the falling-asleep stage, but other pages say it can happen during the night too. I know I've had it during the night. when I'm falling asleep, I have to be careful not to think of playing net, especially not imagining b...

hypnic jerks are involuntary muscle contractions that happen just as you're falling asleep.They wake you up. Apparently they are supposed to be accompanied by a falling sensation, but mine aren't usually. (I've also had them happen later in the night, but probably I was "falling asleep" th...

pb, do you feel like you don't need any more sleep than you're getting? Or are you tired in the daytime?

gabapentin dulled the sensations but left the urge to move, for me. What I don't understand is why these drugs seem to effect WED sufferers differently then Parkinson's sufferers. They take much higher doses of the same meds and I don't recall hearing them talk about memory issues..not that I know m...

QyX I go back and forth on that all the time!! I also became very sleepy from pramipexole - regular, not long-acting. I had to stop taking it regularly after 3 weeks, because it caused as much loss of functionality as the disease itself. When I sleep less, my symptoms get worse, which makes it harde...

Robin says the foot-arch relex circuit is uniquely human, but researchers have created/bred dogs, mice, and fruit flies that appear to have RLS. So if the foot-arch reflex has something to do with it, it is probaly involved in only some RLS/WED patients, while others (eg. polar bear, for whom the Vi...

Hi scooterspal I checked out your page. Lots of description on the unit you built, which is great. Not much description of what your symptoms are like that you are fixing with this unit. Can you describe your symptoms better, please? The reason I ask is because there are quite a few conditions that ...

The decision really is a hard one. For me, I was seeking help for being tired all day, not knowing what was wrong. I knew I had this leg thing going on, but I mostly woke for no discernable reason - hyperalterness- before the symptoms even started. I was eventually (after a year) told that the leg t...

You might also want to check what the type of iron is, and if there might be another kind that would be better absorbed. If it hurts the guts, give it with a bit of food, but be aware that less will get absorbed then (so she might have to take more). *Be sure to give it with vitamin C, which is crit...

The recommendation in one paper I referenced here recently was 75 mg for RLS/WED patients. Do advnaced search for ferritin and author badnights. Or never mind, I did it. Look at this bb.rls.org/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=8058&p=62957&hilit=ferritin+buchfuhrer#p62957 especially Item 4. Edited Ap...