RLS Restless Leg Syndrome

the roomie's mom has them, the roomie has leg cramps once in a while I sometimes have a leg jerk, but not often

I also have RLS. Not sure if anyone in my family has or had this condition, but I know I sure do. I have had this since I was about 19 years old. I first noticed it when I was pregnant with my first child. Never new what it was always thought it was my nerves when ever I got upset. My legs and feet would drive me crazy at night jumping,twitching,dancing all over the place. I hardly slept at all about 2-3 hours that was from pure exhaustion. This went on for many many years. Finally about 2 years ago I went to my Dr. I told him about this condition and he put me on a medication that totally stops all the symptoms. Now I get about 5-6 hrs. of sleep at night.

You'd think I'd know the answers to your questions, being that I too, have RLS. But I don't. Have any answers for you. Bloody annoying, though. (The twitching, not that I don't have any answers.) Feels like someone's trying to pull out my veins, in a twisting motion...

hi nadinest I used to have it for years and the only thing that helped was to just walk for a while then go back to bed. Oddly when I was diagnosed with diabetes and lost quite a lot of weight it stopped just like that. I have no idea what really caused it or why becoming diabetic stopped it or maybe my weight loss stopped it. I have not had another siege in many years. but if I do not drink enough water during the day or I eat much very salty food I will get severe leg cramps. I also try to keep a few bananas on hand tpp for extra potassium.I am not sure whether it affects us women more than men could be perhaps it has to do with hormones.and I really think our hormones dp fluctuate more than men's do.

I think the body weaknesses and so forth run in families not necessarily the problem. I am finding that it is more common in women and is caused by a lack of dopamine. Here is a link that is very informative: http://www.helpguide.org/life/restless_leg_syndrome_rls.htm

My husband has it, and it drives ME crazy--it is hard to sleep when his leg is jumping all the time. I don't know if anyone else in his family has it, but several of them have other "nighttime" conditions, like sleepwalking, night terrors, talking in their sleep, etc. And our two sons have some of these same conditions. I don't know if they're all related, but it does seem to make sense that there is some common link that makes them all restless sleepers.

My husband has RLS. Depends on what his schedule is like it may be minor or if he has a long day it will be really bad. It is especially bad on the days he has PT then doesn't get home from base until 8pm. His Mom has something wrong with her legs, I don't think it is RLS though. She has issues with leg cramps (I think its connected to her thyroid condition).

I kind of, sort of, have that, but I don't really do much about it. I will just try to work it off if I can.

I have never heard of such a thing till I got married. My husbannd gets it really bad and so does one of his brothers so I would say that Yes it probably is heritary. The only thing that works for them is to get out of bed and walk around for a few minutes. Guess I'm not much help on your post my friend.

My mom was prescribed Klonopin for the restless legs she developed while cooped up in the hospital for months. It did help her. Are you on any medication for it? If you don't want to resort to prescription medicine you can always look into home remedies and natural alternatives like the ones I found here... http://health.howstuffworks.com/wellness/natural-medicine/home-remedies/home-remedies-for-restless-legs-syndrome.htm And I also found sort of a blog type site that others with the same problem posted what helps them... http://www.myhomeremedies.com/static/restless-leg-syndrome.html One person there seems to swear by taking Calcium Magnesium and Zinc vitamins. Good luck and I hope you fine relief soon. I am sure that can be very frustrating and annoying too. I have a similar form of it myself but it is from my medical condition, Transverse Myelitis.

Oh, that's new to us. It is only now that I have encountered such kind of disorder. That's really bad, it bothers your sleeping, and you know, if you lack good sleep or rest, it can affect your next day. I will try look into that, I will try search the Internet to learn more about that...

Early proof suggests that RLS symptoms may be relieved by supplementing your diet with one of numerous vitamins or minerals, including folate, iron, magnesium and Vitamin E. Because the majority of this proof has been collected by tentative studies, such a supplement may not help your RLS symptoms. The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, though, did report that low iron levels (anemia) can persuade RLS symptoms. Talk with your doctor to see if supplementing your diet with a healthy dose of iron has the potential to help you.

Acapunture?? Tao in a bottle??