Restless Leg Syndrome

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 4:56pm

Please tell me someone else out there feels my pain.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:25pm

Yes, we can ALL feel it.

Now, fer chrissakes, WILL YOU STOP JIGGLING YOUR LEG!

[ucjrdude902]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 5:43pm

Okay? Thanks...not.

[BobbyBubby]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:24pm

Never had it, but I do enjoy the commercial that lists the crazy side effects, like seizures, from taking the medication.

[Jess1483]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:28pm

I have it. I haven't had really bad symptoms for a few years, although I spent many nights in high school on 3 a.m. walks to try to make it stop. It's recurred a couple times a year since then, but a huge improvement over virtually every night.

[SweetQintheLights]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 6:56pm

I always "bounce" my leg but I'm pretty sure it's due to anxiety and not restless leg syndrome.

"Never had it, but I do enjoy the commercial that lists the crazy side effects, like seizures, from taking the medication."

They have to do that so they don't get sued. All my meds say something to the effect like "can cause death" and other warnings. I haven't died yet nor have any people that I know taking it.

Updated On: 7/5/08 at 06:56 PM

[Jess1483]

Posted: 7/5/08 at 7:33pm

Yeah, that's totally different SweetQ. With RLS, you actually feel intense physical pain inside your leg Some people have had it so badly they've hit themselves with items like baseball bats--I generally just punched my legs with my hand. It's also kind of a compulsion to move (thus the 3 a.m. walks) that can't be satisfied. It's difficult to describe--maybe something like being in pain and drinking coffee, then trying to fall asleep. Something along those lines.

I had RLS before the medicine and commercials, and when it came out, a girl came to rehearsal and said "hey, did you see they made a medicine for people who bounce their legs a lot, how crazy is that?" I had to explain it to her. I had a pretty mild case and it still was horrible, I can't imagine really bad RLS.

[BroadwayEnthusiast2]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 2:50am

I don't have RLS, but my legs bounce excessively due to anxiety.

[wink]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 8:17am

I had it for about two weeks last month. I was miserable. I would be so sleepy and ready to drift off when I had this horrible sensation in my legs that was only soothed by me walking. I finally realized that it was a side effect to a new medication I was taking.

I don't wish this on anyone.

My husband has had it for years before it became a popular malady.

[LaurenB]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 8:51am

Wink - The same thing happened to me. I was on medication and found myself waking up constantly in the middle of the night, as I was involuntarily flexing my leg muscles. It was so uncomfortable, I researched the side effects of the medication and RLS was listed. I was on the medication for about 6 months, and when I went off of it, the involuntary flexing stopped.

[Becky2]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 9:09am

A part of me thinks I may have RLS, since I have many of the symptoms. But another part of me thinks that it's all in my head and was caused from seeing all the ads and commercials.

I don't know that I'm crazy about drug companies advertizing meds, even though I know that's how business works. But it seems as though every time a new med is advertised about a relatively unknown and obscure disorder, suddenly everyone has it. The question is, do they really have it or is the idea just placed in their head by being bombarded with ads?

[singingwendy]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 11:08am

I know this is a true disorder, and wouldn't wish it on anyone, but every time I hear it mentioned I have to laugh, because it reminds me of one of my fifth grade music students who told me he couldn't stand on the risers because he had restless leg syndrome! Now, he did have a variety of other issues, but this wasn't one of them. He simple didn't want to stand for the rehearsal and thought that would get him out of it!

[Jess1483]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 6:49pm

Wendy, I find that particularly funny, because someone with RLS would be far more likely to ask you if they could stand when everyone else was sitting. But I have to applaud the ingenuity.

I'm kind of glad it's become a big deal now, because I had never heard about it when I first had it, and I went a year before I even knew what it was (it was never bad enough to see a doctor, just a pain). Now at least people who develop the symptoms can see a doctor. I just thought I was kind of crazy.

[AbbaRabbit]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 6:53pm

my older cousin has this... we were a a family function and she had to walk around the living room with her plate instead of sitting at the table. this was before people really knew about it from the commercials and she was embarrassed about it

[xoangel2789xo]

Posted: 7/6/08 at 8:23pm

I don't think I have it, but my leg has been shaking pretty often when I got bored or anxious.

[Mister Matt]

Posted: 7/7/08 at 5:45pm

I get this sometimes and it's horrible. RLS is not about nervous leg bouncing due to nerves. It feels more like all the muscles in the legs are completely tensed up and cannot be relaxed. It's mostly noticed when you lie down to go to sleep and cannot get comfortable. It can be quite painful and it is very distressing. It's a really horrible feeling, similar to sciatica.

[VonTussleGirl]

Posted: 7/7/08 at 9:54pm

Ugh, I've dealt with this on and off for the past 3 years. IT SUCKS, PEOPLE. When it's 4AM and I'm rearranging my pillows underneath my legs attempting to find a position that doesn't feel like torture (not that it'd help, but at that point you lose any sense of clarity you may have had), I'm generally at the point where I'd rather have no legs than go through another night of that crap.

I was also up until 4AM last night due to circumstances I couldn't control, but that was due not to a return of RLS but to a seemingly very large family of birds living in our backyard who decided to do an all-night performance of Rigoletto at top volume. And sadly, you can't go to a doctor complaining about sparrows.

[Mythus]

Posted: 7/7/08 at 10:46pm

I kind of feel like I have this, but it could just be me overreacting. For the past few weeks, whenever I lie down, my feet ache, and it's a really weird sort of ache. I spend a few hours kicking my feet around until I finally fall asleep. Whatever it is, it sucks.

[Elphaba]

Posted: 7/8/08 at 12:12am

my sister has this, as does Steve