I have found that a sexual climax is helpful when I am trying to get to sleep or get back to sleep. I believe it has something to do with endorphins, but it can be useful. Other sufferers of RLS also said that it has helped their symptoms.
I have had RLS about 15 years now.
Ron
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Over the years, many people have commented, and both men and women. It's not so much sex that helps as the orgasm itself - as Ron said, it's a nice release of brain chemicals that for many people completely resolves the RLS.
That said, there are those it does not help, happyfeet, like you...and the few like me and Aiken for whom it sometimes makes the RLS worse. Really really really sux to have the lovely pleasurable feeling immediately overtaken by the anxiety of the RLS I say sometimes because since the first time it made the RLS worse, I have never had sex when I have active RLS - I'm not going through that again.
That said, there are those it does not help, happyfeet, like you...and the few like me and Aiken for whom it sometimes makes the RLS worse. Really really really sux to have the lovely pleasurable feeling immediately overtaken by the anxiety of the RLS I say sometimes because since the first time it made the RLS worse, I have never had sex when I have active RLS - I'm not going through that again.
Ann - Take what you need, leave the rest
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Doesn't help, forget about rls at the time, and symptoms as bad as ever within 10 minutes.
Betty
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