I move my etire body, not just legs to sleep.

[Hank]

It's a rocking motion. I feel to need to "have to" due to discomfort or being restless.

Anybody out there rocking back and forth, not just the legs?

[cornelia]

I have been rocking back and forth in bed until about when I was 22 years. I didn't have RLS at the time, it is called rhythmic movement disorder. It disn't harm me and was comforting.
I have noticed in the different forums that there are more people that had the movement disorder when young and develop restless legs later.
Strange.
Corrie

[sardsy75]

Hi Hank

I was intrigued by your post and did a search on the web ... a lot of hits, but not much useful information, apart from the one link below:

http://sleepdisorders.about.com/cs/rhyt ... ocking.htm

I wish I could help you out more, but you've got me stumped! If I do come across anything though, I'll be sure to let you know!

Take care of you!

[cornelia]

Nadia, how clever you are! The link said just what I mentioned (at the end); that RMD can lead to restless legs!
Thanks, Corrie

[sardsy75]

Having read through the article I linked to in my previous post I did subsequent searches on "Stereotypic Movement Disorder" and "Jactatio Capitis Nocturna". Again, a lot of hits, but not much useful information, and the latter search resulted in a lot of sites in foreign languages.

The only sites I did find worth checking out are below. Again, they may, or may not help you.

http://health.allrefer.com/health/stere ... -info.html
http://www.emedicine.com/ped/topic909.htm
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency ... 001548.htm

Also, there is an online Yahoo Support Group called "Rocking · A group for those of us who suffer from Jactatio Capitis Nocturna - head-banging - a sleep disorder"

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Rocking/

Take care!

[Hank]

BIG thank you for your research and thoughts.