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Anyone know a CURE for RESTLESS LEGS?

 
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My Dad had restless leg syndrome. His doctor put him on a dose of Klonazipam for a little while and they went away. I wouldn't recommend taking that for long tho as withdrawel from that is a living hell.
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I have had two bouts of it in my life. I used to get it badly as a young person. Late teens and early twenties was first bout, and it was intermittent. Second bout is now. The difference between then and now is that I'm married with kids. Before, it may have lasted all night, but my body would give in to sheer exhaustion and allow me to sleep eventually. I could also skip class, and had no responsibilities. Now, there is no escaping it whatsoever. I don't sleep, too bad for me. Short of taking meds from a doc, which I'm really not interested in doing. It leads to debilitating insomnia. Before the medical know-it-alls start asking questions...yes, it has happened with me being a daily exerciser. Yes, it has happened with me eating extremely healthy. Yes, I do have quite a bit of stress in my life. No, so far as I know, I do not have poor circulation. No, I am not habitually depressed. I am on no other medications, either. No, I will not smoke pot or drink booze as a remedy, nor do I have a desire for valium or anything of the like, but it's getting close to the point that I would try the valium.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT ON COMMAND BY TAKING SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING, I'M A PERSON YOU CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF, AND I'M WILLING TO PAY.
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YES. CALCIUM MAGNESIUM DRINK. AKA: CALMAG. WORKS FOR ME EVERY TIME. CHUG DOWN A COUPLE OF GULPS AND YOU'LL SEE.
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On the harvest moon sacrifice a goat to Loki and then fill your shoes with its blood and dance for 3 hours.
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my aunt swears by this but my brother recommends Thorazine
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Bananas!
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Make sure to get a ferritin level test. Many drs. will run different iron tests and tell you you're ok. The ferritin test measures the level of a protein in the blood that stores iron for later use by the body. My RLS devastated my life for 6 years while my dr. told me my iron levels were "fine". I had to find a dr. that would agree to test ferritin, and after about 10 mos. of iron therapy (would highly recommend the liquid, expensive kind if you can afford, I couldn't, and the cheap iron pills are like eating old ground up battleships...) my ferritin level went from 12 to 96 and my RLS went away. Still have slight PLMD but can cope. Beware the arrogance of doctors!!!
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Make sure you eat Bananas! I eat a banana, no restless leg syndrome that night
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bananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananasbananas
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I have had two bouts of it in my life. I used to get it badly as a young person. Late teens and early twenties was first bout, and it was intermittent. Second bout is now. The difference between then and now is that I'm married with kids. Before, it may have lasted all night, but my body would give in to sheer exhaustion and allow me to sleep eventually. I could also skip class, and had no responsibilities. Now, there is no escaping it whatsoever. I don't sleep, too bad for me. Short of taking meds from a doc, which I'm really not interested in doing. It leads to debilitating insomnia. Before the medical know-it-alls start asking questions...yes, it has happened with me being a daily exerciser. Yes, it has happened with me eating extremely healthy. Yes, I do have quite a bit of stress in my life. No, so far as I know, I do not have poor circulation. No, I am not habitually depressed. I am on no other medications, either. No, I will not smoke pot or drink booze as a remedy, nor do I have a desire for valium or anything of the like, but it's getting close to the point that I would try the valium.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT ON COMMAND BY TAKING SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING, I'M A PERSON YOU CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF, AND I'M WILLING TO PAY.
Hit me with whatever you got.
 Quoting: Aqabaman


Yes, 99.9% are mineral deficiencies, usually Magnesium, which is really low in the modern diet. If I skip my magnesium during the day, I WILL HAVE RESTLESs legs during the night.

I took a drug or 3 or 4 years for the problem until an alert doctor who knew this stuff, ran my magnesium. I had an immediately CURE, but the getting off the drug was NOT fun. Long period of withdrawal.
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bananas a rea a good source of potassium....

but the main mineral you need for restless legs is magnesium....

take magnesium citrate....

it assimilates well if taken with orange juice...

start with 100mg.
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And yet somehow the Banana works every time.

OP, don't worry about what you have to "take" just a damned
Banana. Organic if you're uppity.
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mmmmmmmmm..............perhaps, a nerve in your back is not quite right either. Checking out your lower back with a chiropractor may be something else to do. Well, for spasms that come out of nowhere and not all the time.
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water...anytime that has happened to me, it is because my body is dehydrated. Sometimes the restlessness extends to my arms and upper torso, and just makes me itch all over.
A good 32 ounces of water before bed will cause you to have to get up and use the bathroom, but it's much better than being awake while you wait to go.

Then, drink as much water as you can the next day...LOTS...
catch your body up a bit, and I'll bet you don't have that problem again....so long as you maintain hydration.
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water...anytime that has happened to me, it is because my body is dehydrated. Sometimes the restlessness extends to my arms and upper torso, and just makes me itch all over.
A good 32 ounces of water before bed will cause you to have to get up and use the bathroom, but it's much better than being awake while you wait to go.

Then, drink as much water as you can the next day...LOTS...
catch your body up a bit, and I'll bet you don't have that problem again....so long as you maintain hydration.
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BTW, I eat banana chips by the bag-fuls every day, week...etc. I also eat lots of bananas, and that doesn't fix my problem. My muscles, and nerves want WATER, so they can relax.
Good Luck
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Amputation. You legs will stop moving but your phantom limbs will still move back and forth.
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Magnesium deficiency plus a calcified pineaql glan...look up both symptoms.

I know a masseur that see's clients with it and he literally has to walk on thier legs to get the circulation back in the cellular lever...in other words what he believes is that the legs are dying while you are alive a fate worse than death. You can thank the chumps upstairs for poisoning the food air n water

your welcome
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IRON + Potassium + Magnesium


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masterbate it away!
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I didn't get far into the thread, but yes.
That right there, above this in quotes, is the 'cure' for restless leg.
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I used Tonic Water. It has quinine in it

^This^
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My aunt uses the Tonic water as well as a bar of soap under the sheet. So long as she does this, she has no problem.
"When you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change"
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If you are taking medication this is probably just a side effect of that.
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I have had two bouts of it in my life. I used to get it badly as a young person. Late teens and early twenties was first bout, and it was intermittent. Second bout is now. The difference between then and now is that I'm married with kids. Before, it may have lasted all night, but my body would give in to sheer exhaustion and allow me to sleep eventually. I could also skip class, and had no responsibilities. Now, there is no escaping it whatsoever. I don't sleep, too bad for me. Short of taking meds from a doc, which I'm really not interested in doing. It leads to debilitating insomnia. Before the medical know-it-alls start asking questions...yes, it has happened with me being a daily exerciser. Yes, it has happened with me eating extremely healthy. Yes, I do have quite a bit of stress in my life. No, so far as I know, I do not have poor circulation. No, I am not habitually depressed. I am on no other medications, either. No, I will not smoke pot or drink booze as a remedy, nor do I have a desire for valium or anything of the like, but it's getting close to the point that I would try the valium.
IF ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO STOP IT ON COMMAND BY TAKING SOMETHING OR DOING SOMETHING, I'M A PERSON YOU CAN MAKE MONEY OFF OF, AND I'M WILLING TO PAY.
Hit me with whatever you got.
 Quoting: Aqabaman


No cure, but Clonodine (which is a blood pressure medicine that helps with sleep) will knock it out for some reason.

Oddly, I discovered it by accident and found a friend who discovered the same thing! Really weird because neither of us knew the other took Clonodine.

Anyway, it's like $4 a month on most generic pharmacy lists.
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yeh, remove the amalgams
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also magnesium phosphate for rls
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also magnesium phosphate for rls
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known as magphos buy it online, read up
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also are you taking any morphine or codeine based drugs?
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Try magnesium. Deficiency supposedly causes restless legs.
 Quoting: teacup



It isn't just restless legs. That is only a symptom of something not a something in and of itself.

Do you drink alcohol?

Do you urinate a lot and not replace the fluids.

Are you deficient in the B complex and Magnesium.
(you may be and not know it.

Are you deficient in Vit. D-3

Have you been out side in the hot sun working all day (getting over heated) and
sweating up a storm?

Be your own best friend and research this.

I get it from time to time and am reminded that I need either more water,,,,,,have lost too much water,,,,have overworked my calf muscles or have for some reason become depleted in vitamins.

When I rectify the above the legs quite back down.


Best of luck in finding your answer and you will if you study.
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Smoke weed.
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Amen brother, or if you are an Obama follower. Might I suggest suicide....
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roller skating
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also are you taking any morphine or codeine based drugs?
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as in pain killers, that you wouldnt need a prescription for , for example
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also do you eat a lot of bread with poppy seed on it... again opates, causing rls.
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I used Tonic Water. It has quinine in it
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I used to make cinchona tea (which is the source of quinine) but developed hives from it (!) and had to quit. Now, the only thing that helps me is naproxin sodium. However, I will try some of the suggestions given here as I really hate to take medications of any type, but man it sucks not being able to sleep.





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