Severe Restless legs

I give my DH Rutin Which I buy online (60mg) He has 3 per evening and seems much better. For us The Holland & Barrett Rutin is too strong. I take it also to minimise cramps.

I have this. I now take magnesium citrate every evening and it has worked wonders

Thanks mousemac, I’ve seen CBD suggested - there seem to be mixed opinions about it.

I never had it till I got older and even then, intermittently. For people who suffer from RLS on a daily basis, I can’t imagine how horrible it must be - you must dread going to bed at night.

The few times I seem to get it is always in the early part of retiring for the evening. Once I fall asleep I’m good, but getting there is a peculiar problem. I get up and walk it off, move around, do things and then go back to bed. I never get this in the middle of my sleep at night.

After noticing that I seem to get episodes of this is when I’m over-tired and exhausted. I sleep/nap during the day to make up for adequate rest. The next evening I’m fine.

Can’t pinpoint to diet or food intake as a cause. But I have “suspected one culprit” perhaps - soda, like Coke. I’m not a soda drinker per say, but when I do consume..?? I’m beginning to wonder…??

People who constantly drink soda suffer from a myriad of problems. It is a poison in the food chain.
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You could try CBD.

Cookiemonster, thankyou for that link. I’ve just bought magnesium glycinate in the hope it will help with restless legs. Like magnesium citrate, it’s supposed to be easier on the stomach than some other forms of magnesium.

Just looked up the side effect some sound worse than what they are supposed to help
As a side line have you had any other meds changed ?
I developed restless legs when put on anti depressants for depression caused by being on prednisolone
Stopped when discontinued

I also have had knee replacement I take two of these magnesium capsules half hour before bedtime and it has stopped my restless legs completely, they used to twitch and kick constantly. Check the dosage of your magnesium and compare with two of these which I have found to be the best on the market (after wasting my money on previous non effective ones) drvegan.com/products/magnesium

I seem to get worse restless legs if I eat bread and sugary things. I take 5mg zolpidem Tartrate which at least gets me off to sleep for about 4 hours. I didn't find any difference with rhus tox but hope it works for you..

Have you had your iron tested?

I am always low iron and remembering to take them does seem to help

I will also get up and go for a walk around the house if it is too painful to sleep...

I can second Rhus Tox. It definitely worked for DH and his Sister swears by it.

Thank you for your messages of support.

I have found a homeopathic remedy that works for me called Rhus Tox. 30C. I bought it via Amazon and it was cheap. I was amazed that it worked after trying many other things to no avail. Worth a try.

Irisheyes my DH has had severe RLS. Up every night for hours walking around.
Two things. pramipexole can produce a thing called augmentation which is where the medication first helps things calm down but then your body gets used to it and it makes the symptoms worse. DH has spent months trying to come off pramipexole. I would read up on it if I were you and ask your GP if you could go onto Pregabalin which doesn’t cause augmentation. Also look at your iron levels. DH had RLS badly for years but after an iron infusion his symptoms got remarkably better. Hope you get some relief soon.

Oh Irisheyes. How I sympathise , I have restless legs every night, funnily it seems to start the same time every evening. 9,40 pm. It keeps me awake , the other night I didn’t get off to sleep until 3.30am.
I went on Pramipexole but I didn’t like the side effects either,
I have no answers but I do feel a bit better after massaging my legs for 20 mins , it’s an awful condition isn’t it,
I can’t go to the cinema because after an hour of sitting my legs get restless and I have to leave the cinema. I hope someday there will be a cure for this. I hope you feel better soon