[neverdem]

Giving Legs to Restless Legs: A Case Study of How the Media Helps Make People Sick

A Genetic Risk Factor for Periodic Limb Movements in Sleep FReebie

[Savage Beast]

My wife has had Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) for many years. She described the symptoms to me long ago, but I couldn't relate them to anything. (I am an M.D.) When I first read about RLS, I recognized it immediately as what she had been describing all those years.

She describes it as a feeling, in both legs, of discomfort that is not quite pain. It happens mostly at night, but not exclusively, if my understanding is correct. It helps to move the legs or get up and walk around, but in the middle of the night this, of course, interferes with sleep. She doesn't feel this all the time. It seems to come and go. An attack is brought on or made worse by exercize, which is bad because she loves to exercize, particularly hiking and mountain climbing. When she feels the discomfort, having something on her legs, such as a blanket, makes it worse.

The symptoms are not so severe as to be debilitating, and she does not describe them as pain, but the Syndrome has made her very uncomfortable many nights for a long time.

[neverdem]

Near Miss by Hurricane Can Bring a Big Chill to Overheated Coral Reefs

How the LHC came to be Large Hadron Collider

Beyond the standard model with the LHC

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[ncpatriot]

WalMart has in the vitamin section a homeopathic remedy. It is called Restful Legs and it works for me 50% of the time. Put two tabs under tongue.

I am on Prednisone and now Imuran too for IBD and still get restless legs; so I doubt that it is an inflamatory process. But I am not a doctor or medical person.