"Morning Edition, March 29, 2007 · It's maddening to have a feeling that you can't explain. When I was a kid on long car rides, I would sometimes experience a strange sensation in my legs. I felt like I had to move my legs. When I did, the feeling would go away for a few seconds but then come back.
It struck at the worst times — my legs kept me awake when I was tired and needed to sleep. As an adult, the feeling periodically comes back to haunt me, during a slow movie, on airplane rides, or having a late drink at a bar, or just around bedtime. Always when my brain is half-disengaged."........
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and there is also an audio interview you can listen to.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... s-20070420
I particularly like the part about RLS kicking in when the brain is half-disengaged, as my home remedy, contrary to the doctor's recommendations for proper 'sleep hygiene', which trigger the onset of symptoms, has always been just the opposite, to 'engage' the brain in some sort of activity that requires my complete attention, thus alleviating symptoms. Doctor's just don't get it. Sleep studies are absolute torture...in bed, no tv and lights out by 10pm...LOL, sure, no problem
