Restless Legs

pinch the back of your ankles 3 times moving a little up your leg each time and give it 10 mins x

I have only started having this problem in the last couple of years. Fortunately, not too often - but when it does occur (always at night), it is horrible. Will totally prevent me sleeping, no matter how tired, and or even if I have taken sleeping pill. Have not (as yet) bothered to tell GP), and do find the only way of dealing with it is to get up and move around for a little while.

Best description I have heard - Wendyg - Tourettes in the legs.

Magnesium spray

Compression socks

Just get up and walk around a bit, if they need to move, stretch them

Those are things that help me, never found a cure sadly

I suffer from Restless Legs and have found that the homeopathic remedy Rhus Tox 30c (available from Amazon, Holland & Barrett, etc) works within 15 minutes.

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My Mum had it when she was in bed and it woke her up. She tried very hard to ignore and just go back to sleep but she always had to get up in the end and walk around until it had settled down and then she went back to bed. This was over 14 years ago so I don't know if there are cures out there or not now.

As far as I know, there is no permanent cure, but Ropinirole is the recommended medicine, which certainly worked for me.

www.nhs.uk/conditions/restless-legs-syndrome/treatment/

My Mum had it when she was in bed and it woke her up. She tried very hard to ignore and just go back to sleep but she always had to get up in the end and walk around until it had settled down and then she went back to bed. This was over 14 years ago so I don't know if there are cures out there or not now.

I suffer occasionally and have found taking an ibroprufen tablet helps

I suffer from this, too, but luckily not all the time.

Strangely, perhaps, when I was younger (pre-menopause), I only ever got this if sitting up in bed. Once I was lying flat it would stop! Unfortunately, that's no longer the case.

Sometimes it stops me from falling asleep. Other times it starts while I am asleep and wakes me up. How long it lasts is random, but even on the worst nights I am lucky in that (so far) it does eventually stop before it's time to get up.

As it doesn't happen to me every night, it has crossed my mind (in the middle of the night!) that I should perhaps keep a diet and activity diary, to see if I can spot a trigger, but I tend to forget about it during the day when it's not a problem.

Btw - I bought myself a weighted blanket a couple of weeks ago, and absolutely love it, but I can't honestly say that it's helped relieve my restless legs

My dad suffered from this terribly. He even had it in his arms too. I get it occasionally so I know how you feel and can sympathise.

I've had a couple of episodes of not knowing what to do with my legs! They don't jerk or move involuntarily but they just feel super-sensitive, from the inside, not to touch.

I found relief by folding a firm pillow and placing it under my knees so that my legs were an upside down V shape.

PS. I tried all the "old wives" remedies and none of them worked and, yes, it does drive you crazy. It's a difficult sensation to describe to people who haven't suffered from it.

You need to go to your GP and ask to try Ropinirole. I suffered very badly from Restless Legs Syndrome and it certainly helped me. I took it for about six months and I now only have occasional flare-ups. You should also ask to have your ferritin level checked.

I occasionally suffer from restless leg and you have my sympathy, it could drive a person crazy! Something that was recommended to me is tonic water. Apparently the quinine helps. I have no idea whether it does or whether it’s all in my mind but I think it definitely helps me.

Though I've not dealt with this personally, someone dear to me has and they've recently reported some improvement from sleeping with a weighted blanket.

It’s a horrid sensation.
It doesn’t happen to me often but I find concentrating on mindful breathing - focus on more breaths in than out with a slight pause between the two - sorts it out.

wendyg I can’t help but if you find a cure DH will be interested as he suffers from this too. Hope you manage some sleep tonight.

I ve never had it but have friends who have I m never sure if the legs are actually voluntarily moving or if it’s a ‘feeling‘ of movement ?
I did see a group on fb for restless legs swapping cures or various comforts etc that may be useful
Good luck