Restless leg syndrome
Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at
6:13 pm
NHSChoices asked:
Restless leg syndrome is related to an imbalance of the brain chemical dopamine. Dr Julian Spinks emphasises the importance of good sleep and talks about how the symptoms of RLS can be reduced
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Sounds stupid, but Ive recently started putting a tight knee support round my knee. Seems to work a treat.
I got RLS from taking an SSRI antidepressant–celexa. I have been off the Celexa for 2 yrs. & I seem to be left with permanent RLS. I have to take klonipin every ight to sleep—NEVER take SSRI antidepressants.!!!!!!!!!!!
please ask your dr about a medicine called Carb/Levo I don’t know what it stands for, that is on my med bottle.. It gets rid of that feeling within 15 minutes.. I can only take it at night, it makes me sleepy but no other side affects.. Moroc99 below said they took Quinnine, The FDA discontinued this in the U.S. because of links to heart attacks and strokes. Hope this helps.
urgh, I freaking hate it.
If I’m not CONTENTLY moving my legs they tingle like mad and at night if I’m not moving them it hurts so bad one time I woke up screaming .__. It totally *****. Especially at school when people get mad that you’re moving your legs so much. Apparently it’s “distracting.” Stupid right??
I hope they find a cure soon.
i fight quite alot, like in karate ect…
and just before a fight or if someone annoys me i will twitch my right leg up and down, or if there is something my hands are rested on they tap the table. it pisses me off cause i can’t stop it without like sitting on my hands.
if it gets that bad then cut the leg off.
I do it subconciously
this is a great video,i have suffered this problem for years,i take quinnine tablets and they work,and am told that there none addictive,
I get this when I stand in one place for a long time, I feel the need to itch my lower legs.
Everything he said is what I am doing right now. I clicked this video out of curiosity. I’m lying down (on Wii) Watching this and moving my legs everwhere coz I feel I have to. (After watching this video) I honestly think I have it. Everything in the video is how I’d describe it, but I don’t want to go doctors to be told I might have Parkinsons or something… :/ I’m gonna have to go see a GP :/
Glycine and a good high mineral diet
Hi Colin – I just saw my MD today and she said it was RLS – but, similar to you, I have 2 bulging disks in my low back and had epidural injections in Nov/Dec 08 – and this weird thing didn’t happen till after that. Have you seen your MD? Could it be from your injury? Mine feels like worms squirming under my muscles – that’s the only way I can describe it. Good luck to you.
yeh im 14 and ive had it since i was about 4, mine is severe since i have the feeling in my hands aswell sometimes, and mine is pretty much continious all the time
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I get it every once in a while when I’m laying down it pisses me off so much.
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so what your really saying is that people with restless leg syndome are good at using a DOUBLE BASS PEDAL!! in drumming lol
After my back injury, I found this happened?
And like the Dr Says it is hard to explain the sensation
colin.
Not to take the piss, but atleast you’ll get strong legs.
I get that too. It has a strange name. It’s to do with when we (as humans) used to live in trees. It’s a defence mechanism so that if you feel like you’re falling you will wake with a start and be able to brace yourself or catch something. Kinda useless these days I guess. I get it really bad, some times every night for about a month. It’s quite un-nerving. Hope this helps.
am only 13 n i think ive got it ! i need to streach my legs when im in my bed randomly somtimes and it feels like somthingsin my legs crawling about its horrible somtimes :O
Hardly. I’m an international athlete who trains twice a day and I get it. So the advice of “go exercise” is no help at all.
I occassionally have like a seriosly huge twitch when im nearly asleep which actually scares me… but this only happens like once a month..
omg i saw this video title and started laughing. but when i watched it i realised that ive got it!! lol damn
Nah i use to get this when i was a kid and i was a very healthy and active kid.
I don’t think i’ve had it in my adult years.
And it did only happen at night once im lying down in bed, your legs blatantly ache all over for no reason and it pains you to keep them still, you have to move them and eventually you have to get up.
Its just one of those weird ailments that you ignore. I believe i’ve had it come back mildly after lying in bed for an hour before actually sleeping.