Hi, lilmom, and welcome to the forum.
Thanks so much for the product information, and I'm glad it's helping your son. Wish it helped you more, but it's just one product and as you said, there is more help out there-- just a matter of getting it. Good luck to you!
For others reading this discussion, I actually did try amyjo's recommendation of sleeping indian-style last night, a couple of times. My husband was out of town, so I had lots of room to experiment with sleeping postures.
I normally sleep on my side curled up, or half on my stomach with one leg bent, so I didn't stay in that position--just too different from my looooong-term sleeping habits.
But when I first went to bed and the couple of times I was wakeful in the night and feeling symptoms, I transferred to that position. The jury's still out on this, but I WILL say I noticed one very interesting thing!
My worst RLS is in my feet, not as much in my legs as a lot of sufferers, and when I changed from my normal bed positions to the indian-style (yes, I am still limber enough to do that lying down, too
), the symptoms in my feet DID lessen and change a bit!! But interestingly, I had more creepiness in my thighs. Still a possible improvement, because the sensations were milder and more generalized... not so focused and intense in my feet (which is what really drives me NUTS!)
I will continue to experiment with this a bit, and I also want to try some stretching and other activities to see if they have any effect. So far I've found more things that DON'T help/effect my RLS than things that DO.... but it's all a learning process, nonetheless.
Lilmom, take good care, and I especially wish continued relief to your son. It's tough to be a kid anyway, without something like this. (My husband and I have two sons, too.)
Sara