Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) Discussion Board

Yankiwi wrote:Knowing it wouldn't work, I too put a bar of soap in my bed.

Polar Bear wrote:These last couple of nights/mornings I gave up on the calming.
Two mornings ago I did some ironing starting at 4.30 am.

This morning I was making an old fashioned (from the 70s) pudding that I remembered, using ginger snap biscuits, tinned crushed pineapple, cream and sherry. It was assembled and in the fridge at 6am. My plan was to go back to bed and what with one thing and another I didn't make it. Let's hope the pudding is as good as I recall it.

Ginger Log - Quickly dip a ginger biscuit into sherry (or whatever) lay it flat, put on a teaspoonful of whipped double cream (get a 250ml carton) and a little crushed pineapple. When you've stacked about 6, lay them on their side. do some more, keep going until the packet is finished. Mine had about 16 biscuits. You've got your log shape and cover it with the remaining fresh cream. I've got some halved red grapes for decoration. Also opened a tin of raspberries, drained and stirred to a puree, these will make a tiny puddle on each plate.
I did a few at the end in orange juice to be more suitable for the children.
I'm thinking if I slice it at an angle it will show layers/lines. We will see.

I vaguely recall reading somewhere a post or article explaining how eating carbs might help with RLS symptoms but can’t remember where. Could’ve been posted here somewhere—ring a bell for anyone?

badnights wrote:

I vaguely recall reading somewhere a post or article explaining how eating carbs might help with RLS symptoms but can’t remember where. Could’ve been posted here somewhere—ring a bell for anyone?

I've read that carbs help with sleep by stimulating reward systems in the brain somehow. Sleep, not WED.

I sometimes seem unable to stop myself from eating when I get up in the night; usually it's carbs I want or eat. Sometimes I'm up from WED and sometimes from general insomnia, so I'm not sure the carbs are helping the WED at all. What's wierd (for me) is that I never say no to the urge to eat when it happens in the middle of the night. I'm sure I won't be able to sleep unless I eat! I've never in recent memory tested that - I've always felt that I could easily not eat, but I always - always - eat anyway, telling myself I can't afford not to sleep. (Even though I think late eating is messing with my circadian clocks and feel quite motivated to fix that.)