Legs won't let me sleep........
@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
Perth, Australia
July 12, 2017 5:19pm CST
It is 6:20 AM and I am exhausted. I've been up all night because of my stupid legs! I already do have a problem with trying to sleep at the right times and last night I was so ready to have a good night sleep! But my legs kept me awake with it's creepy crawly tingling sensations. If anyone experiences restless leg syndrome then you know exactly what I am talking about.
I kept getting up to stretch them, massage them, walk around, have a hot shower but nope! Still feeling like I need to keep moving them! 
It's very hard to fall asleep when my legs are wide awake. 
Does anyone experience this? Have any suggestions to help them cause I swear I am getting close to just amputating them. 
*Photo is mine.* 
It's very hard to fall asleep when my legs are wide awake.
Does anyone experience this? Have any suggestions to help them cause I swear I am getting close to just amputating them.
*Photo is mine.* 8 people like this
11 responses
@thislittlepennyearns (68179)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
12 Jul 17
I have it, not as bad as some, but I have flare ups i guess you would call it. i feel your pain.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
19 Jul 17
@thislittlepennyearns, It is extremely annnoying to have this syndrome.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@marlina I've literally kicked my legs in bed like a child chucking a tantrum because of it. lol
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@thislittlepennyearns I'm sorry you have it. It's really an annoying thing to go through. Especially when trying to sleep.
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
12 Jul 17
I used to have that but they took me off that medicine thank God.
It is agony to have that Dani.
I do not know a thing to do about it.
I like the photo very funny though the condition is not.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView I am so glad that yours is more under control! I can't find much about it to help relieve it. I mean there are suggestions but all seem to fail when I try it. it just goes when it wants to.
Glad the photo was photo lol and nah I won't really chop them off. 
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@TiarasOceanView (70020)
• United States
19 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13 
Could it be a medicine?
Could it be a medicine?2 people like this
@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@TiarasOceanView I don't think so no. I am on an antidepressant nowadays but I've been having this problem on and off for about 4 years. I wasn't on anything back then when it started.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
13 Jul 17
A coworker of mine has this and she takes medicine for it that helps her sleep. Maybe it's something you can look into ? I hope you were able to get some sleep
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
20 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13 Yeah i hear you. I take 10 pills a day for my heart condition and when I'm sick or have other issues more medicine is the least of my concern. I try not to go to the doctors if i don't have too.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@Blondie2222 I have thought about it but I don't really like medicine. I really appreciate the suggestion. It will be an idea I can try if everything else fails. Medicine is always my last resort lol
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
21 Jul 17
@Blondie2222 You poor thing. I'm sorry. Do you have to have the pills all at once or spread out through the day?
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@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
13 Jul 17
have you always had it? do you notice what triggers it?
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@hereandthere I've had it for about 4-5 years. It comes and goes. Not sure what starts it really. I have read that caffeine can apparently be a cause of it.
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
24 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13 Since you are already maintaining a Food Diary, I think you should make note of the days you get this RLS too so that you can maybe relate what dietary supplements may or may not have caused it.
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@marlina (154103)
• Canada
19 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13 Hello, thanks, The doc gave me some pills that were "supposedly" to help me. Helas! the only thing that they did was to keep me "without sleep" for 2 nights.
I thought I was going to go crazy.
So, you know where I told him to put those pills.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
19 Jul 17
@marlina I'm so sorry you have to deal with it. I have researched it quite a lot and apparently there is no cure. 
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@Daljinder lol I used the back massager on my legs. Felt nice but doesn't really feel satisfying when I stop. At least I got the blood flowing. 
I haven't actually. Sara has brought that up to me before but I feel scared about the little pins. 
I haven't actually. Sara has brought that up to me before but I feel scared about the little pins. 1 person likes this
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
27 Aug 17
I know those cramps too, and I am terrified of them ..especially when they come in day time...driving gets scary. I always swallow two b complex, two neurobion before driving. lol. About 10 to 15 minutes ...before driving. I don't know if they are the cure...but they seem to work.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@jaboUK Cramps are different but still a bugger to deal with. I'm sorry you suffer with it from time to time.
I'm sorry you suffer with it from time to time.2 people like this
@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
24 Jul 17
I don't have that. I do sometimes (Which is more often than not) like to keep my feet moving while trying to sleep or sitting idle. It relaxes me.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@Daljinder Brings me back to when you sent me that snapchat of you shaking your feet to try keep yourself awake lol cutest thing ever!
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@Daljinder (23193)
• Bangalore, India
25 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13 Yeah it works that way too. Moving body is hard to fall sleep. And if body is not tired enough to sleep then moving feet tires it enough to sleep.
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@spaceseed (2843)
• India
14 Aug 17
you better take a sheet on legs, I used to have feeling that some insects are runing on my body or parts of body, so started with sheet on,and it solved the problem
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
14 Aug 17
@spaceseed Thank you. Will try that. 
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@Neiltarquin (1062)
• Rass, Saudi Arabia
25 Jul 17
Im so sorry to hear that, have you tried consulting your doctor about that? Sometime tingling sensation like that are signs and symptoms of mineral deficiency. Better safe than sorry...
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@Neiltarquin I have thought about it. Not the first on my list to talk to the doctor about though. I'm having other issues that are more important to be honest.
But yes you are right! I think I do have iron deficiency so that could be a reason.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@Neiltarquin Well not exactly. I haven't even been on them for a year yet so that can't be the reason.
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@Neiltarquin (1062)
• Rass, Saudi Arabia
25 Jul 17
@VivaLaDani13
That might be it, because you are into antidepressant for so long...
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@Neiltarquin (1062)
• Rass, Saudi Arabia
7 Aug 17
@VivaLaDani13
That's good to hear.
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
25 Jul 17
@dollaboy Thank you very much!
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@VivaLaDani13 (60812)
• Perth, Australia
28 Jul 17
@dollaboy yeah my legs are. Thank you.
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