Normally when it happens I just walk up and down the steps for about an hour, then I stand on my left leg (this is the leg that bothers me 9 times out of 10.) and bouncing up and down with my full weight on my left foot. After about 15 minutes of this I sit down and take my left foot in my hands and rotate it counter clockwise with a lot of pressure. Once I do this 100+ times I go back to bouncing on my left foot until it hurts.
Normally after 3+ hours of this ritual I can settle down and have about 20 minutes to fall alseep before it starts to act up again. I go through this at least 5 times a week and to tell you the truth it has become so second nature that I dont even really think about it.
My wife is used to it so it doesn't bother her anymore.
On the nights where my leg just doesn't want to settle down, I pass the time doing web development, video games, and reading.
In a give 30 day month, I spend 20 to 25 nights dealing with this and out of those night I'll go 3 or 4 days through out the month without any sleep.
I've become so use to this condition that, honestly I live well with it. I just hope I do not pass this along to my twins.
Okay, I'm done....
Chow