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Anyone have trouble sleeping due to restless leg syndrome?

Posted: Nov 8, 2009

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RLS - NYMT

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I have the same problem and it interferes not only with sleep but with watching TV or driving distances. I also have ADD, and while I had insurance I was taking Strattera and it incidentally helped the RLS. I've never tried Requip, and I don't know if there's any real link between RLS and Strattera. I only know it worked for me. Sorry to say, now that I'm uninsured, I'm back to square one, and haven't found anything really non-medication wise that does me any good. I'd love to hear some options to try myself. I do know that I try and deliberately keep my legs moving until they get too tired to move, but that is only practical when my husband's not in bed with me. Sorry, this is more of a commiseration than a solution.

Restless leg - Janet

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I have had a severe case of restless leg for years. The neurologist has me on 4 mg of generic Requip (two 2 mg tablets). It is important to take the first of those 2 tablets several hours before bedtime to get the medicine to kick in. I take the second pill an hour after the first one. It is a juggling act - as the Requip makes me a bit nauseous and sleepy and interferes with my evening transcription. The neurologist also says to put a bar of soap (some swear by Ivory) under your sheets. No, I'm not kidding! I finally got some today and will try it tonight (odd that a neurologist would go along with what I consider a wives' tale, but he said to try it). The Requip solves the creepy tickly sensations, but I still toss and turn, and have minor jerks. I have finally been prescribed Desyrel for a sleep aid from the neurologist over the phone, and can't get the medicine until next week, so hope that will help for the rest of the restless leg symptoms. Let me know how you do - restless leg is very challenging as I am alway sleep-deprived.

Bar of soap for RLS - Just had to look this up - MeMT

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Here is what I found:

Soap For Restless Legs
Posting Date: 01/31/2005

Q. This is either an urban legend or a friend is playing a joke on me. She says that if you sleep with a bar of soap (not Dove or deodorant kind) the restless leg syndrome (RLS) will not occur.

She swears that she read this someplace and that it worked for a relative. Since it was non-invasive, I slept with a bar of soap for two weeks. No RLS, but I still had leg cramps.

Is this a placebo? Mind over-matter? It is NOT logical! Have you ever heard of such a thing?

A. Your friend may have read about the soap remedy in our column. We agree that putting a bar of soap under the bottom sheet is illogical. Like most remedies, it has never been tested scientifically. But we have heard from many readers that it helps prevent their cramps. Here is one:

?I have had severe leg cramps for years. When I read about putting a bar of soap in bed, I got a bar of Ivory and put it under the bottom sheet near my legs. It?s been a month since I did that, and I have not had one leg cramp.?

I also have heard about the soap thing - L

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Where I heard it, do not know but heard it works. I heard 70% or higher chocolate worked for fibromyalgia, tried it and guess what, it works. I have suffered since 2004, heard and tried just this year and almost 100% painless now. Funny how just ordinary things can help.

I get RLS and insomnia, and I have found that "Sleep MD", which is ....sm - Cyndiee

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An OTC herbal preparation with valerian, dandelion root, chamomile, and other proven natural sleep inducers, relaxes everything, and puts you predictably right to sleep! It is non-habit-forming, and you can actually break the tablets in half if you want to just try it, lots of times that is all that I need and they stretch further that way. They cost around $14.00 around where I live, but they last and it is well worth the great night's sleep I can get. Just my own experience, but I have other friends buying it with the same results. Good luck. I also take extra magnesium at night as I subscribe to Prevention Magazine and they advocate that.

RLS and cramps - TexMT

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Do not know about drugs (uninsured and poor which means I self medicate and find alternative ways to treat myself) or the soap thing, but I cured my RLS and leg cramps by taking magnesium taurate 250 mg at bedtime and make sure I eat enough vegetables to keep my potassium intake up.

I think the chocolate thing may actually work because of the high magnesium level in chocolate or cocoa.

Hope this helps.

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