Restless Leg Syndrome...?

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by Amanda7

Hi... has your doctor tested you for Lyme's Disease? Your joint aches remind me of my teenage son's symptoms when he had Lyme's Disease last year. All of his joints ached. Even though he never remembered getting bit by a tick and had no rash, his test came up positive for Lyme's. Good Luck!

Well this isn't a sudden thing- i've had it all my life- however as a kid it was only in my legs- now I have pain in all my joints= not every day- just off and on...

[Amanda7]

Originally Posted by marcerella02

Well this isn't a sudden thing- i've had it all my life- however as a kid it was only in my legs- now I have pain in all my joints= not every day- just off and on...

Then it isn't Lymes Disease. I sure hope you get to the bottom of it, I can imagine how uncomfortable it must be.

[Morkie4]

I have RLS since early in life as a child! I can remember my grandmother rubbing my legs to bring me relief! It's not an ache or pain.......it's just an extreme need to move your legs............there is no way you can just lay still and it will go away. And with me, it "always" happens at night and is brought on sometimes by chocolate, coffee, wine or being overly tired. After putting up with it for 50+ years, I finally asked my newly acquired doctor about it and she prescribed Clonazepam (1mg). It brought me a tremedous amount of relief..........sleep at last!!! My father had it, I have it, my daughter has it and her son has it........my other two children have never been bothered by it.

But I have never had "pain" with the RLS.........just the constant need to move the legs. Hope that helps!

[JeanieK]

I have RLS. It is hard to explain what it feels like, but you just want to keep moving your legs. Mine starts in my hips.

tylenol helps, I also take amitrypteline (sp) it's a $4.00 prescription. Also if it won't go away I take an ice pack to bed and put my feet on it.

[marcerella02]

Originally Posted by Morkie4

I have RLS since early in life as a child! I can remember my grandmother rubbing my legs to bring me relief! It's not an ache or pain.......it's just an extreme need to move your legs............there is no way you can just lay still and it will go away. And with me, it "always" happens at night and is brought on sometimes by chocolate, coffee, wine or being overly tired. After putting up with it for 50+ years, I finally asked my newly acquired doctor about it and she prescribed Clonazepam (1mg). It brought me a tremedous amount of relief..........sleep at last!!! My father had it, I have it, my daughter has it and her son has it........my other two children have never been bothered by it.

But I have never had "pain" with the RLS.........just the constant need to move the legs. Hope that helps!

ya- i'm starting to think it isn't RLS- this is pain in my joints. And it comes and goes- for years I can be fine- and now out of no where since December i've had joint pain in all my joints- and just the last 3 days this odd pain in my legs- I'm going to the Doctor tomorrow and i think she is going to refer me to a rhuematologist (sp?).