Iron helped during pregnancy

[kalae_l]

I had RLS with my first pregnancy. Would probably be considered a mild case but it was annoying and frequent! With my second pregnancy the doctor prescribed iron pills on top of my pre-natal vitamins that had iron in them. Not for RLS but just a general need. I had no RLS at all with that pregnancy! I'm pretty confident that my RLS comes from lack of iron. I had it occassionally as a kid too but not as a teenager or young adult. During that period I ate a lot of meat. I wonder if people who have RLS due to low iron have an inability to hold iron effectively in their system? Nowadays I will get RLS occassionally. I take a multi-vitamin regularly with iron but that's not enough. Once I start getting RLS only eating red meat will get me back on track.

[ViewsAskew]

You are absolutely right. Iron is implicated in RLS. The problem is that some of us can take iron and it has no effect - it's a brain barrier problem. Yet others can take iron and it does help. Sure glad it helped you.