Canceled flight and feeling overhelmed
Posted: Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:11 am
Hello,
I will more and less now rant here a bit to make me feel better. I don't think I can tell this to anyone outside of people with RLS...
So I will tell how I landed here: I deal with headaches Problem all my life. I'm 28 now and it started around 10-11 years ago. It's almost the same time when I started to have Bruxism at night but at that time, I didn't know its a "Problem". Fast Forward I still have Bruxism and did almost anything you can Name it. I have a lot of days with headaches and one of those days was last Friday. I did take a lot of Pills on that day to fight it.
I went to bed later on and woke up terrible. I felt sick and had to puke. Even had Fever Feeling and a lot of strange Feelings as well. I told that my girlfriend and I said Maybe I took too many Pills. She is very fast concerned and told me to call my parents (My girlfriend and I live in different countries at least I hope till next Summer). I called my parents and told them I don't know what to do. I didn't want to go to an emergency since I'm a guy that doesn't like to make a scene out of nothing but we decided to go. So the put me in a room and diagnosed me and now the real RLS story is coming out now: When I was lying without any distraction beside having a fever and feeling to puke, my left foot started to have a very uncomfortable feeling and I felt horrible. The bed was so freaking small and I couldn't really move or stand up because they gave me stuff in my bloodstream. I literaly felt getting crazy now. I did not know how I could survive this and I did not know how long I will stay in the Hospital. I'm a guy that can handle physical pain a lot and already did a lot in my life but this "mental" pain was a disaster. Its literaly being in hell tortured. I knew at this point I had to try to relax. I scrolled a bit on my phone and had a nice view outside so I tried to not fight the "mental pain" of this foot feeling and simply relax. After about 4 hours like this, they let me go home. I wanted to tell my girlfriend about it or my parents but I don't think they understand it.
At home, my foot was still feeling strange but I can relax 50 times better in my own room. Restless Legs is something I knew before this hospital scenario. I remember when I had a 20 hours flight I felt incredibly strange feelings in my foot and thought it is normal that people have that on long flights. This was almost 7 years ago. Since then I have this feeling very few and strangely I have it more when I sleep with someone in my bed. With my ex-girlfriend I had it quite a few times and had problems to sleep and now with my current girlfriend, especially when I slept at her place (her father lives in my country I know long story xD) I needed to scroll through my phone for another 30min to finally sleep.
I maybe panic a lot now since this hospital story but when I look back, I really think this RLS is getting worse now and I'm super afraid.
I also wanted to go to my girlfriend for holiday and Im so afraid of travelling now with this feeling and also feeling still sick, that I cancelled the flight. I told my girlfriend its because Im still sick and she understands it but it also has to do that Im super afraid of now having RLS. I know this all sounds stupid and Im a bit ashamed to be honest but I dealt with a lot in my life and its so unfair if I really have another Problem. Now at home, it got a bit better and I use a lot of magnesium and iron supplements since I heard that helps. Problem is that I have this feeling since Saturday evening nonstop almost in my foot. Some hours less and some more. Maybe because I can't eat and puked a lot?
So my plan is now: I will call today a sleep clinic that is treating RLS syndrome and I could also talk with them about my Bruxism at night. The doctor there knows RLS so its already a good thing. I remember one doctor telling me long ago that I had low Iron so maybe a simple solution can help.
Sorry for the long rant but I had to let out at least a bit here since I should now be with my girlfriend and not alone feeling sick and googling RLS super depressed.
hama90
I will more and less now rant here a bit to make me feel better. I don't think I can tell this to anyone outside of people with RLS...
So I will tell how I landed here: I deal with headaches Problem all my life. I'm 28 now and it started around 10-11 years ago. It's almost the same time when I started to have Bruxism at night but at that time, I didn't know its a "Problem". Fast Forward I still have Bruxism and did almost anything you can Name it. I have a lot of days with headaches and one of those days was last Friday. I did take a lot of Pills on that day to fight it.
I went to bed later on and woke up terrible. I felt sick and had to puke. Even had Fever Feeling and a lot of strange Feelings as well. I told that my girlfriend and I said Maybe I took too many Pills. She is very fast concerned and told me to call my parents (My girlfriend and I live in different countries at least I hope till next Summer). I called my parents and told them I don't know what to do. I didn't want to go to an emergency since I'm a guy that doesn't like to make a scene out of nothing but we decided to go. So the put me in a room and diagnosed me and now the real RLS story is coming out now: When I was lying without any distraction beside having a fever and feeling to puke, my left foot started to have a very uncomfortable feeling and I felt horrible. The bed was so freaking small and I couldn't really move or stand up because they gave me stuff in my bloodstream. I literaly felt getting crazy now. I did not know how I could survive this and I did not know how long I will stay in the Hospital. I'm a guy that can handle physical pain a lot and already did a lot in my life but this "mental" pain was a disaster. Its literaly being in hell tortured. I knew at this point I had to try to relax. I scrolled a bit on my phone and had a nice view outside so I tried to not fight the "mental pain" of this foot feeling and simply relax. After about 4 hours like this, they let me go home. I wanted to tell my girlfriend about it or my parents but I don't think they understand it.
At home, my foot was still feeling strange but I can relax 50 times better in my own room. Restless Legs is something I knew before this hospital scenario. I remember when I had a 20 hours flight I felt incredibly strange feelings in my foot and thought it is normal that people have that on long flights. This was almost 7 years ago. Since then I have this feeling very few and strangely I have it more when I sleep with someone in my bed. With my ex-girlfriend I had it quite a few times and had problems to sleep and now with my current girlfriend, especially when I slept at her place (her father lives in my country I know long story xD) I needed to scroll through my phone for another 30min to finally sleep.
I maybe panic a lot now since this hospital story but when I look back, I really think this RLS is getting worse now and I'm super afraid.
I also wanted to go to my girlfriend for holiday and Im so afraid of travelling now with this feeling and also feeling still sick, that I cancelled the flight. I told my girlfriend its because Im still sick and she understands it but it also has to do that Im super afraid of now having RLS. I know this all sounds stupid and Im a bit ashamed to be honest but I dealt with a lot in my life and its so unfair if I really have another Problem. Now at home, it got a bit better and I use a lot of magnesium and iron supplements since I heard that helps. Problem is that I have this feeling since Saturday evening nonstop almost in my foot. Some hours less and some more. Maybe because I can't eat and puked a lot?
So my plan is now: I will call today a sleep clinic that is treating RLS syndrome and I could also talk with them about my Bruxism at night. The doctor there knows RLS so its already a good thing. I remember one doctor telling me long ago that I had low Iron so maybe a simple solution can help.
Sorry for the long rant but I had to let out at least a bit here since I should now be with my girlfriend and not alone feeling sick and googling RLS super depressed.
hama90