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
Restless leg syndrome
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i have rls and i have this weird sensation too excatly like wanting to streatch but only wrks for a while…and at night i have to constantly pound my leg on the bed to sleep.. =[ sux so bad…also my arm gets that sensation to and now is during the day…
I’ve had it constantly for the last couple of days. It’s like the sensation that you need to stretch your legs, yet no amount of stretching relieves it. Very frustrating
@RuneFinity44 i dont now if i have RLS but when my legs cant stand sitting in one place i just hit it and hit it till it stops, ino if it works for u
@RuneFinity44 when my leg cant stand sitting in one place i think of one thing..terrible…pain. by hitting m leg it actually stops it for a while
What would be described as severe? I’m 13 and I just HAVE to pace… I pace around 2-7 hours a day. But I noticed that when my feet and/or my legs vibrate it goes away. I get maybe 2-6 hours of sleep each night and feel like I’m going to pass out in school… So is that mild or severe?
I have it in my left leg
I constantly have to move it, or cross it over my right one, I makes me feel like I’m going mad if I don’t move it at all
i have RLS too.. but not that severe. when i stop moving my legs, i feel uneasy, like it tells me not to stop.. i can’t hold my legs still even for 5mins..
hahhaah i didnt even know that this shit existed until 5 minutes ago…my dad always asks me if i have to go to the bathroom and legit gets mad at me when i shake my legs i cant control it i dont get any weird feeling i just cant control my legs shaking and i hav terrible sleeping habits it usually takes me about 3 to 4 hours to fall asleep can any one recommend what i do cuz i dont want to go to the doctors for this
I only have it in my left leg. Today it bothered me so bad during a test so thats why I “youtubed” it lol. “Tickles” my left leg so bad (indescribable feeling). If I don’t move it gets VERY intense lol. The more I think about it the worse it gets. Luckily it doesn’t bother me THAT much. I have sporatic episodes maybe a couple times a month.
@lezsmokehaze420 – Some of my family members have had success with Mirapex. I need to go talk to my GP about my RLS.
I’ve heard Mirapex works well.
I’m 13 and i’m pretty sure I have RLS. It started when I was 7 but back then it was very mild. About 2-3 days a week, I will experiance it in school. It torture. Really, it is. I have to pretend to drop my pencil and and pick it up, or ask to go to my locker, or the washroom. Or I will get up to use the pencil sharpener. I will do anything to get up and move around. It only happenes in my feet. Moving my feet helps but only for 1 second then it comes back. Plese,can anyone help me
I’m 13 and i’m pretty sure I have Restless leg syndrome. I’ve had it sence I was 7. It wasn’t as bad back then but I find it’s getting worse as I get older. I’m always tierd at school. One night I was up to around 5:45am because I couldn’t stop moving my leg. About 2-3 days of the week I experiance it in school and I have to ask to use the washroom or go to the pencil sharpener just to get up and move. It’s terrible
If anyone can help me, or has advice, plese message me It would help alot.
@MrMaggil
I’ll have tio try that thanks alot man
yea that kinda works i just tried it
I seem to have it very mild. Usually if i stretch it it will help.
i have severe RLS, i was prescribed to Neurontin, and it works wonders
once in a while i feel a shock that make mii lags move and sometimes when i go to bed i willl shake
I have it, I’ve had it since I was 4 years old.
so you can have it in just one of your legs ?… you’re diagnosed with this? …. because I have all these symptoms, but just in my left leg.
i have it… and i am constatly moving in my sleep…. and it the pain gets so bad i will lay there and cry. i have tried a few hometreatments and nothing is working
I have this sometimes. The way I deal with it is to get the affected limb as cold as possible. Usually by running the cold tap in the bath over it for a while. It’s a drag to have to do it in the middle of the night, but it works for me! Who knows if it IS the cold water. It might just be getting up and doing something! However, it still works. Hope this might be helpful for some people
I have this but I don’t mind. One night I had really badly it was unbelievable so I got up and started doing squats with just that leg, then it was fine
I have RLS, I can’t even sleep in the same bed with my girlfriend anymore because i keep her up all night. it seems to be worse on the nights if I have a few beers. anyone know why that may be?
i have it :/…. it feels gud on my leg tho
when i sit down i move my heel up and down while it moves my leg really fast
and im not controlling it :3