I was thinking this morning, when I was lying in bed at 5 am reading a book and having moderate RLS symptoms, about the fact that we have RLS when sitting or lying down, but not when we stand or move. I was also thinking about the fact that some people find different heights of seats make a difference in their symptoms, and that personally, I have much less RLS when I lie down than when I sit, so COMPARATIVELY, it's mostly "gone", and I think that's why I can get to sleep.
But that made me wonder.... what's the mechanism or ? that makes sitting down, for example, trigger (or let us feel?) our symptoms????
And why do different positions.... or different places to sleep, since don't some of you sleep on the couch not JUST to save your spouses the "commotion"? and since some members have had at least a little relief from using memory foam, etc..... make a difference in the intensity of our symptoms????
Anyone care to comment on their sleep positioning? I remember someone (sorry, honey, I can't remember who you were) said they got relief from "indian style" legs akimbo in bed. I've tried that a couple times when just laying down wasn't enough of a relief for rest.
Generally I always sleep either on my side or half on my stomach, with one leg up (like a pregnant lady
) My husband (who shows more and more signs of RLS lately, and always was a nighttime "jerker") loves to sleep on his back, but if he's "really tired" he can't get comfortable on his back because he jerks more, so if he's really exhausted and wants to get into deep sleep fast, he'll sleep on his stomach.
Anyone else have comments on this? I don't recall us discussing it specifically before.
Sara
