I suffer from severe RLS 24/7 and medication helps most of the time. But not always. Meds include a sleeping pill.
Tonight is the third night in a row where meds have not done their job.
As soon as I went to bed I could feel it.....first a twitch or two creeping and crawling to let me know my 'friend' was here with me. Within one minute, it had built up so I had to get up and walk, the only solution for temporary relief. By 2.30am I'd walked for 90 minutes and it calmed enough for me to try going to bed again. So as not to disturb my DH I went to the guest bedroom, where I thrashed and shuffled, and eventually got to sleep about 3.30am.
It's now 4.30 am and RLS woke me again this time in left leg and left arm. I'm now in the garage, walking up and down and trying not to disturb DH as happens at some point every night ...or day..despite meds. il. Exhaustion is now rampant. I'm needing sleep and leaning on the garage wall with eyes shut and walking on the spot but I'm wasting my time. Must walk properly again. My eyes are shut from weariness and I'm staggering. Bouncing off the doorframe, another pill taken but it takes 90 minutes to take effect. I'd I'm lucky I'll eventually get a couple of hours at about 6am. That's if my fibro will also settle down.
Some folks would reckon that RLS is a mere irritation. Those folks don't have a clue what it's like.
Sheer torture.
I could tear my hair out. It's now been 30+ years of torture.
