rls

I suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome. Several years ago, I was up every night with it, so my doctor prescribed Requip.(Prescribed only if you are up 5 or more nights a week--originally a medicine designed for Parkinson's Disease, but prescribed for RLS in lower doses.) Anyway, I gave up drinking coffee in the evening and realized that I no longer had a problem with RLS, so I quit taking it.
Well, it's back. I am up 3 or 4 nights a week. I have found that if I stretch before bed, not lay on my stomach, and if I do not wear panties (weird, I know) when I sleep it helps some.
Does anyone else suffer from this, and if so, have you discovered anything that helps other than a prescription medicine with side effects?

Recent research has found that people with restless leg syndrome are deficient in the mineral magnesium. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/1731...

I get terrible cramps in legs when lying down to sleep if I've drunk milk (!) or when I have overworked my muscles in the garden. Magnesium citrate works every time for me.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9703590

http://www.progressivehealth.com/RLS-magnesiu...

possibilities wrote:

Recent research has found that people with restless leg syndrome are deficient in the mineral magnesium. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/1731...
I get terrible cramps in legs when lying down to sleep if I've drunk milk (!) or when I have overworked my muscles in the garden. Magnesium citrate works every time for me.

I'm willing to try just about anything at this point! Thank you.

Chicken Whisperer wrote:

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I'm willing to try just about anything at this point! Thank you.

CW, I found a forum link that may be of interest. Some claim that magnesium has helped, while another says that B-12 helped. Someone else said that BenGay helped. I don't know when you last had lab work, but it may be worthwhile to have a serum magnesium level checked (also calcium). I don't think that magnesium is checked as part of a routine electrolyte panel, so the doc would have to add it. I hope you find something that helps.

http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi...

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CW, I found a forum link that may be of interest. Some claim that magnesium has helped, while another says that B-12 helped. Someone else said that BenGay helped. I don't know when you last had lab work, but it may be worthwhile to have a serum magnesium level checked (also calcium). I don't think that magnesium is checked as part of a routine electrolyte panel, so the doc would have to add it. I hope you find something that helps.
http://www.myhomeremedies.com/topic.cgi...

Thank you so much. Very interesting.

I commute by bicycle 8 miles each way to work every day, so by the end of the day my legs are anything but restless. I've heard magnesium supplements can help, as well as cutting off caffeine after 12pm.

Nobody Gets It wrote:

I commute by bicycle 8 miles each way to work every day, so by the end of the day my legs are anything but restless. I've heard magnesium supplements can help, as well as cutting off caffeine after 12pm.

I exercise regularly. I power walk a mile and half to two miles a day. I drink coffee in the morning (2 cups) and then no caffeine. I figured out a long time ago that caffeine was a definite trigger. I'm definitely going to try the magnesium supplement.
By the way, bravo to you for the 16 mile bike ride daily. The mornings wouldn't be so bad, but I'll bet the ride home in the evening is sweltering.

Chicken Whisperer wrote:

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I exercise regularly. I power walk a mile and half to two miles a day. I drink coffee in the morning (2 cups) and then no caffeine. I figured out a long time ago that caffeine was a definite trigger. I'm definitely going to try the magnesium supplement.
By the way, bravo to you for the 16 mile bike ride daily. The mornings wouldn't be so bad, but I'll bet the ride home in the evening is sweltering.

I live on the West Coast so the ride is usually in the low 50s in the morning and the mid 60s-70s by the end of the day. Lots of rain though, that's the only real downside besides the extra hour it takes to get to and from work each day. I don't mind though.

Nobody Gets It wrote:

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I live on the West Coast so the ride is usually in the low 50s in the morning and the mid 60s-70s by the end of the day. Lots of rain though, that's the only real downside besides the extra hour it takes to get to and from work each day. I don't mind though.

I wouldn't mind it either with temperatures like that! Maybe we need to pack our chickens up and move to the West Coast! lol

Inflammation is believed to be a key factor when it comes to Restless Legs Syndrome. A new study was published in the

January 14, 2012 issue of "Sleep Medicine Review Journal" that supports this theory:
http://www.rlcure.com/rls_study.pdf

You can view the results of other related scientific studies and learn about some helpful solutions here:
http://www.rlcure.com

A blog for RLS sufferers with helpful tips can be found here:
http://therestlesslegsblog.wordpress.com

davew wrote:

Inflammation is believed to be a key factor when it comes to Restless Legs Syndrome. A new study was published in the
January 14, 2012 issue of "Sleep Medicine Review Journal" that supports this theory:
http://www.rlcure.com/rls_study.pdf
You can view the results of other related scientific studies and learn about some helpful solutions here:
http://www.rlcure.com
A blog for RLS sufferers with helpful tips can be found here:
http://therestlesslegsblog.wordpress.com

I have been suffering with RLS chronicly (every night and sometimes into the day) for about 3 years now. I have tried every home remedy that I have read about, increased all of my mineral levels, and tried a couple of the prescription meds, with no success. Right now the only thing that works for me is 1.5 mg of Clonazepam and 10 mg of hydrocodone, which of course my Dr really doesn't want to prescribe for me. Of course, in any of the articles that you read, they always mention the use of opiates as a last resort. So, I don't know what his problem is with it, I will either be taking that, or some other med for the rest of my life.....anyway, I will take a look at this article and maybe try something new!

oso wrote:

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I have been suffering with RLS chronicly (every night and sometimes into the day) for about 3 years now. I have tried every home remedy that I have read about, increased all of my mineral levels, and tried a couple of the prescription meds, with no success. Right now the only thing that works for me is 1.5 mg of Clonazepam and 10 mg of hydrocodone, which of course my Dr really doesn't want to prescribe for me. Of course, in any of the articles that you read, they always mention the use of opiates as a last resort. So, I don't know what his problem is with it, I will either be taking that, or some other med for the rest of my life.....anyway, I will take a look at this article and maybe try something new!

Combine that hydro with Jack D, steer clear of the Wiccans and any malformed midgets.

Maybe we need to pack our chickens up and move to the West Coast!

Bye. Hope your chickens are lesb.os. West Coast is ucked.

I too suffer from RLS (really long shlong) and I find the use of a spacer helps my lady enjoy without the bottom out problem associated with magnesium.

Another remedy is to use rubbing alcohol -I keep some in a small spray bottle. It relieves that achy feeling and the leg cramping.
Also, if you take any kind of "water pill", such as Lasix, it helps to also get a script for Micro-K (it's a potassium supplement). Sometimes just eating potassium rich foods, such as bananas, etc help.
Hope you get relief, it's no fun to suffer all night.

Just my opinion wrote:

Another remedy is to use rubbing alcohol -I keep some in a small spray bottle. It relieves that achy feeling and the leg cramping.
Also, if you take any kind of "water pill", such as Lasix, it helps to also get a script for Micro-K (it's a potassium supplement). Sometimes just eating potassium rich foods, such as bananas, etc help.
Hope you get relief, it's no fun to suffer all night.

My RLS isn't like a cramp at all. It's kind of hard to explain. They (one or both legs) will just jerk uncontrollably like a nerve shooting down from my groin area is misfiring. Then it's like an uneasy feeling..it only happens when I'm completely relaxed. Car rides at night are uncomfortable as hell because I can't be still. I have to continually move my leg or legs to keep the weird feelings from coming back. If I relax...whammo! It's not painful. It's just that I can be so tired and want to sleep so bad, but my legs will do this. Sometimes, my arms will do it and it is the absolute worst. Some nights I think I would go to a bad neighborhood and search out a pill pusher to find some hydrocodone just for some sleep.(Absolutely would not do this (or even begin to know how), but just sharing my level of desperation. lol)

easy money wrote:

I too suffer from RLS (really long shlong) and I find the use of a spacer helps my lady enjoy without the bottom out problem associated with magnesium.

Ours are two different types of RLS's. Since I am a woman, I am appreciative that I do not suffer from your kind...having said that, I doubt you are suffering too much(spacer? really?). lol

This sounds nutty, but I've heard several times to put a bar of soap under the sheets.

searcherfinder wrote:

This sounds nutty, but I've heard several times to put a bar of soap under the sheets.

Yes, my mother sent me a newspaper article years ago about it. I tried it. It didn't do anything to help my legs, but there were several people who swore by it. Maybe it works for some?

Just my opinion wrote:

Another remedy is to use rubbing alcohol -I keep some in a small spray bottle. It relieves that achy feeling and the leg cramping.
Also, if you take any kind of "water pill", such as Lasix, it helps to also get a script for Micro-K (it's a potassium supplement). Sometimes just eating potassium rich foods, such as bananas, etc help.
Hope you get relief, it's no fun to suffer all night.

Ten four on the suffering all night. I tried the alcohol and I definitely suffered all night but so did my lady friend. But you're right about one thing a few squirts of alcohol and the old rls(really long shlong) damn sure sure lost that achy feeling. I'm just not sure that I ever want to try your remedy again.