Comments on: Are Restless Legs Keeping You Awake? http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:17:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: liz http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3984 liz Fri, 02 Apr 2010 16:42:01 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-3984 Marie Helen, Sounds like you are really struggling. Have you every tried magnesium? It couldn't hurt and it might help relax your muscles at night. Marie Helen,
Sounds like you are really struggling. Have you every tried magnesium? It couldn’t hurt and it might help relax your muscles at night.

]]> By: marie helen bailey-adams http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-3982 marie helen bailey-adams Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:37:23 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-3982 I am an RLS sufferer. Every night and badly. These are the things I need to avoid - ANTI-DEPRESSANTS (I cannot take them at all, of any kind). Tea, coffee, alcohol. I have taken dopamine agonists and suffered rebound and augmentation each time. Gabapentin and Pragabalan cease to be effective after a time and they also cause rebound and augmentation. After a lapse I can begin to take them again until once again they become ineffective. Smoking should be avoided. However nicotine is a dopamine agonist and I have cigarettes on standby. For me, one cigarette, deeply inhaled, can stop RLS when it is not at the worst stage (kicking and tossing). It's a remedy I hesitate to suggest, for obvious reasons (but I have been using it for years). This remedy does not work for full time smokers who have nicotine in their system, the extra dose doesn't have any perceptible effect. I have tried patches and they do not do the trick.. I am an RLS sufferer. Every night and badly. These are the things I need to avoid – ANTI-DEPRESSANTS (I cannot take them at all, of any kind). Tea, coffee, alcohol. I have taken dopamine agonists and suffered rebound and augmentation each time. Gabapentin and Pragabalan cease to be effective after a time and they also cause rebound and augmentation. After a lapse I can begin to take them again until once again they become ineffective. Smoking should be avoided. However nicotine is a dopamine agonist and I have cigarettes on standby. For me, one cigarette, deeply inhaled, can stop RLS when it is not at the worst stage (kicking and tossing). It’s a remedy I hesitate to suggest, for obvious reasons (but I have been using it for years). This remedy does not work for full time smokers who have nicotine in their system, the extra dose doesn’t have any perceptible effect. I have tried patches and they do not do the trick..

]]> By: paul http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1601 paul Thu, 10 Dec 2009 23:51:25 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1601 I discovered I had RLS some 15 years ago, though we didn't know the name of it. My girlfriend and I had the bad habit of eating ice cream while we watched TV. We would both experience the twitchy legs intermittently and finally figured out that it was the ice cream causing it. We both quit that but have since found out that eating anything with sugar or dairy in it too close to bed causes the problem. I now try not to eat/drink anything with sugar or dairy in it 4 hours before bed. Alcohol also can brings it on. Has any body experienced RSL like this? I discovered I had RLS some 15 years ago, though we didn’t know the name of it. My girlfriend and I had the bad habit of eating ice cream while we watched TV. We would both experience the twitchy legs intermittently and finally figured out that it was the ice cream causing it. We both quit that but have since found out that eating anything with sugar or dairy in it too close to bed causes the problem. I now try not to eat/drink anything with sugar or dairy in it 4 hours before bed. Alcohol also can brings it on.
Has any body experienced RSL like this?

]]> By: AnnLouiseGittleman http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1469 AnnLouiseGittleman Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:43:40 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1469 Thank you, everybody. Thank you, everybody.

]]> By: Eliza http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1427 Eliza Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:31:05 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1427 My husband had RLS in the '80s and no one (not even the best docs at a famous "teaching" hospital) could identify it. Then suddenly some drug company came up with some medication. Now every body knows about restless leg. Have you listened to all the warnings (all that stuff in the middle of the commercials)? Thanks for this advise! I'm just glad he got over it naturally (though I can't say he got more iron)! We do eat more salads and greens (magnesium?) We both sleep much better these days. My husband had RLS in the ’80s and no one (not even the best docs at a famous “teaching” hospital) could identify it.
Then suddenly some drug company came up with some medication. Now every body knows about restless leg.
Have you listened to all the warnings (all that stuff in the middle of the commercials)? Thanks for this advise!
I’m just glad he got over it naturally (though I can’t say he got more iron)! We do eat more salads and greens (magnesium?)
We both sleep much better these days.

]]> By: AnnLouiseGittleman http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1400 AnnLouiseGittleman Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:44:27 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1400 I would first off cut down on food sources of iron and make sure your Multis are iron-free as well. Sometimes excess Vitamin C elevates iron aborption. Get your water tested to rule out environmental sources of iron (like from wells) and then test your blood again. Your best bet, if all is well, is to donate blood to get those elevated levels down to normal. I would first off cut down on food sources of iron and make sure your Multis are iron-free as well. Sometimes excess Vitamin C elevates iron aborption. Get your water tested to rule out environmental sources of iron (like from wells) and then test your blood again. Your best bet, if all is well, is to donate blood to get those elevated levels down to normal.

]]> By: roseann http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1399 roseann Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:38:54 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1399 I SEE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WITH IRON DEFICIENCY, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT ABOUT WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD TOTAL HYSTERECTOMIES. WE HAVE NO SOURCE TO PASS BLOOD FRON OUR BODIES THRU MONTHLY PERIODS, I KNOW BLOOD DONATION TO RED CROSS IS AN ALTERNATIVE. AS FAR AS I KNOW THROUGH BLOOD WORKUP I AM SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHAT IS NORMAL FOR IRON,SO I HAVE NOT SUPPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL IRON OR HAVE YET DONATED BLOOD. WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ON THIS? THERE IS SO MUCH INFO OUT THERE WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE? THANK YOU. I SEE COMMENTS FROM PEOPLE WITH IRON DEFICIENCY, BUT I WAS WONDERING WHAT ABOUT WOMEN WHO HAVE HAD TOTAL HYSTERECTOMIES. WE HAVE NO SOURCE TO PASS BLOOD FRON OUR BODIES THRU MONTHLY PERIODS, I KNOW BLOOD DONATION TO RED CROSS IS AN ALTERNATIVE. AS FAR AS I KNOW THROUGH BLOOD WORKUP I AM SLIGHTLY ABOVE WHAT IS NORMAL FOR IRON,SO I HAVE NOT SUPPLEMENTED ADDITIONAL IRON OR HAVE YET DONATED BLOOD.

WHAT IS YOUR THOUGHT ON THIS? THERE IS SO MUCH INFO OUT THERE WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE?

THANK YOU.

]]> By: Nancy http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1368 Nancy Fri, 27 Nov 2009 23:04:03 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1368 I've had RLS since having my son 17 years ago, and what works for me is applying Dickinson's Witch Hazel liberally to my legs at bedtime, and keeping it nearby just in case I need it at night. My worst time is during PMS, so I make sure I have it handy. Other brands such as Thayers are good, but stay away from store brands as they are really basically a waste of money. I’ve had RLS since having my son 17 years ago, and what works for me is applying Dickinson’s Witch Hazel liberally to my legs at bedtime, and keeping it nearby just in case I need it at night. My worst time is during PMS, so I make sure I have it handy. Other brands such as Thayers are good, but stay away from store brands as they are really basically a waste of money.

]]> By: gee http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1361 gee Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:04:31 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1361 what is a portable ionizer? I have had rls for years and welcome info on alkaline water. Sounds good! Look forward to a reply. Thank you, Gee what is a portable ionizer? I have had rls for years and welcome info on alkaline water. Sounds good! Look forward to a reply. Thank you, Gee

]]> By: Rosi http://www.annlouise.com/blog/2009/11/25/are-restless-legs-keeping-you-awake/comment-page-1/#comment-1348 Rosi Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://blog.annlouise.com/?p=1032#comment-1348 I have suffered from RLS for appr. 30 years. However, intense iron supplement therapy after depletion from chemotherapie, did not make any diffrence. My iron still gets teted each month and is at a good level. After drinking slightly alkaline water, converted with a portable ionizer, for six full months daily and exlcusivley, I finnally got rid of RLS, and AHHH, how well I sleep now. I have suffered from RLS for appr. 30 years. However, intense iron supplement therapy after depletion from chemotherapie, did not make any diffrence. My iron still gets teted each month and is at a good level.
After drinking slightly alkaline water, converted with a portable ionizer, for six full months daily and exlcusivley, I finnally got rid of RLS, and AHHH, how well I sleep now.

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