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Posted: Thu Mar 10, 2011 11:50 pm
by Chipmunk
I tried it. Spent all night feeling like the princess and the pea. Maybe I'll try eating it....Ivory is supposed to be 99.99% pure, right? (kidding, of course)
it works for me
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 8:04 am
by byers1
It works for me, for the most part... some nights not at all,its better then every night with my legs feeling as if something in my legs is moving... but i find when i go to my boyfriends i seek out my bar of soap,its a comfort blanket if anything... what works for you may not work for the next..
Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:46 am
by Betty/WV
Chipmunk: Just to add my 2 cents about the "soap in the bed". If it helps anyone its because they really don't have WED/RLS or its like taking a sugar pill and thinking it helps your ailment.
Think about it. The problem, as the doctors and ones doing the research on WED/RLS find, it starts in the brain. Its a sensorimotor disorder. Risk factors for developement of WED/RLS are "older age", female, pregnancy and iron deficiency. There are others, these are the strongest factors. So how could a bar of soap in your bed have any bearing on relief from WED/RLS. I have had WED/RLS for over 40 years and tried everything. Yes, I admit, even the soap in the bed. The only thing that really helps me, is pramipexole (Mirapex). Of course all WED/RLSers are different, what helps one may not help another. I just know we are all miserable with this monster of a disease. I wish getting relief from it was as simple as putting a bar of soap in my bed.
There are books written by Dr. Mark J. Buchfuhrer, who is one of the foremost experts on WED/RLS. Very informative.
BETTY/WV