Restless leg syndrome

[TallBill]

Holy crap I cant stop shaking my legs right now. Going to sleep is going to be a bitch. Melatonin + valerian root for the win.

Anyone else suffer, care to share your story?

 

[Heller]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Holy crap I cant stop shaking my legs right now. Going to sleep is going to be a bitch. Melatonin + valerian root for the win.

Anyone else suffer, care to share your story?

meletonin pills (5mgx4)+mary jane= make you sleep very nice

 

[Heller]

but only do that when im suffering from RLS (im pretty sure i have it but im never been officially diagnose..)

 

[Mr Incognito]

I used to, then I radically changed my diet, stopped eating junk and what do you know, it went away. I'm too drunk to go into detail but trust me, just stopping eating so much crap food and you'll notice a difference.

 

[TallBill]

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito
I used to, then I radically changed my diet, stopped eating junk and what do you know, it went away. I'm too drunk to go into detail but trust me, just stopping eating so much crap food and you'll notice a difference.

Some people have triggers, some dont. It can be a variety of things. If I have a LOT of caffeine mine gets unbearable. Unfortuntately I haven't had any caffeine.

Edit - Also, I don't really eat junk food Causes all sorts of other problems.

 

[Throckmorton]

I don't think RLS is just shaking your leg...

 

[xSauronx]

Originally posted by: Throckmorton
I don't think RLS is just shaking your leg...

id like to know where the hell it came from. its like it sprung out of nowhere and even my mother claims it causes her problems.

 

[olds]

Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

 

[Pliablemoose]

CONCLUSION: Hyperphosphatemia, anxiety, and a great degree of emotion-oriented coping with stress were independently related to the presence of RLS in uremic patients on HD therapy. The pathogenesis of RLS seems to involve more than one mechanism, which leads to restless legs as the final common pathway. These findings may provide new clues to the pathogenesis of RLS.

I have found all of my patients that have RLS to be nutjobs.

 

[smack Down]

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

CONCLUSION: Hyperphosphatemia, anxiety, and a great degree of emotion-oriented coping with stress were independently related to the presence of RLS in uremic patients on HD therapy. The pathogenesis of RLS seems to involve more than one mechanism, which leads to restless legs as the final common pathway. These findings may provide new clues to the pathogenesis of RLS.

I have found all of my patients that have RLS to be nutjobs.

But the TV told them to ask their doctor.

 

[kranky]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

I know many people who swear by this method. A bar of Ivory soap at the foot of the bed (underneath the covers), replace with a new one every 3-6 months.

Sounds wacky, but worth a try considing the next-to-nothing cost.

 

[Pliablemoose]

Originally posted by: smack Down

Originally posted by: Pliablemoose

CONCLUSION: Hyperphosphatemia, anxiety, and a great degree of emotion-oriented coping with stress were independently related to the presence of RLS in uremic patients on HD therapy. The pathogenesis of RLS seems to involve more than one mechanism, which leads to restless legs as the final common pathway. These findings may provide new clues to the pathogenesis of RLS.

I have found all of my patients that have RLS to be nutjobs.

But the TV told them to ask their doctor.

It's another made up diagnosis to get the nutcases out of the exam rooms & ER's.... Like fibromyalgia.

"Well Mr/Mrs Nutjob, I can't find anything wrong with you, it must be fibromyalgia or RLS."

 

[FoBoT]

i had it when i was a kid (mid 1970's)
they took my tonsils out :roll:

 

[tfinch2]

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

So does a fap session.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: tfinch2

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

So does a fap session.

Are you courting the OP?

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: TallBill
Holy crap I cant stop shaking my legs right now. Going to sleep is going to be a bitch. Melatonin + valerian root for the win.

Anyone else suffer, care to share your story?

well, i don't have restless leg syndrome, but i do have restless bowel syndrome (i just happen to have a very active bowel )

 

[Aharami]

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

I know many people who swear by this method. A bar of Ivory soap at the foot of the bed (underneath the covers), replace with a new one every 3-6 months.

Sounds wacky, but worth a try considing the next-to-nothing cost.

what? I thoguht oldsmoboat was just joking

 

[HardcoreRomantic]

I have to stretch when my legs act up. Usually it gets really bad on days when I'm fairly inactive, and stretching before bed helps a little bit (especially calf stretches for me). Exercise is the big help, but stretching works well enough to let me fall asleep.

 

[BoomerD]

I've had "crazy-legs" for many years. IIRC, it started after running older conventional cranes and draglines that had very stiff clutch and brake controls. (not like clutch and brakes in your car) They required a LOT of leg strength and were used constantly for the 10+ hour shifts. I'd get home at night and the legs would start quivering and twitching. Nowadays, even though I don't run cranes anymore, occasionally, if I'm kicked back in my ambitious-boy recliner watching the idiot-box, they'll start shaking and quivering...I have to get up and stretch and work the muscles to stop the spasming.

I was amazed when they came out with a medication and a name for this...after having it for more than 20 years...but I DO NOT take the dammed pills.

 

[runzwithsizorz]

Originally posted by: Mr Incognito
I used to, then I radically changed my diet, stopped eating junk and what do you know, it went away. I'm too drunk to go into detail but trust me, just stopping eating so much crap food and you'll notice a difference.

I would have a hard time changing my junk food diet, however, I have had great success using your alternative!

 

[Quasmo]

INCREASED GAMBLING!

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Aharami

Originally posted by: kranky

Originally posted by: oldsmoboat
Supposedly, putting a bar of soap on the bed with you will stop RLS.

I know many people who swear by this method. A bar of Ivory soap at the foot of the bed (underneath the covers), replace with a new one every 3-6 months.

Sounds wacky, but worth a try considing the next-to-nothing cost.

what? I thoguht oldsmoboat was just joking

Me? Joke?

 

[fatkorean]

I always thought RLS was more the feeling/tingling that you can't sit or lay still and that you have to move your legs or the tingling feeling gets worse and not your legs twitching or spasming.

-fk

 

[SunnyD]

Originally posted by: rasczak

Originally posted by: TallBill
Holy crap I cant stop shaking my legs right now. Going to sleep is going to be a bitch. Melatonin + valerian root for the win.

Anyone else suffer, care to share your story?

well, i don't have restless leg syndrome, but i do have restless bowel syndrome (i just happen to have a very active bowel )

That made me LOL.

 

[Eeezee]

I have the crazy-legs, but it doesn't bother me at all. It only flares up when I'm doing homework, and sometimes I don't notice since I'm concentrating on the homework so much.