Please share an interesting fact about living with restless leg syndrome.

Ignore: Make sure to speak with your partner about their sleep as well as it can cause relationship stress.

Ignore: Some RLS victims have abnormalities in serum iron metabolism, always get your ferritin checked.

Ignore: Clonzapam 0.5 mg taken at bed time remains the most effective treatment in my 25 years experience.

Ignore: For many people with rls, symptoms can be treated, and their sleep can improve.

Ignore: Ekbom Syndrome is RLS due to low iron stores. RLS symptoms abate within days if you correct low iron.

Ignore: Small amounts of alcohol can make it worse or better - depends on the person.

Ignore: Iron deficiency can worsen RLS—keep up your intake of iron in your diet.

Ignore: Stick to a regular sleep schedule. Symptoms worsen with fatigue.

Ignore: Lying down or trying to relax activates the symptoms of restless leg syndrome.

Ignore: Try to learn relaxation techniques, such as meditation, yoga, and biofeedback.

Ignore: People with fibromyalgia (FM) are 11x more likely to have restless leg syndrome than those without.

33%: 33% of those with Fibromyalgia (FM) have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). 3% without FM have RLS.

Ignore: Reduce caffeine, stretch regularly, keep limbs warm, iron supplement if needed, check thyroid.

Ignore: Taking Iron pill daily can sometime be an easy remedy.

Ignore: OTC Iron, potassium, and magnesium can be helpful but discuss with your primary doctor.

Ignore: Many people with RLS benefit from iron supplementation, especially if their ferritin is less than 45.

Ignore: Get your iron level checked. Iron deficiency is a curable causes of restless legs.

Ignore: Stretching exercises, avoid caffeine and other stimulants,mg supplements,control anemia/ diabetes.

Ignore: It is an autosomal dominant disorder and ask and you will find it in many of the family members.

Ignore: Paradoxically, some sleep aids may make RLS worse, most notable antihistamine medications, Benadryl (diphenhydramine).

Requip (ropinirole): Requip (ropinirole) and Mirapex may cause compulsive gambling more commonly then previously thought.

Ignore: Restless Leg Syndrome is often called Restless Limb syndrome since it can affect arms or legs.

Ignore: Restless legs syndrome is one of the few movement disorders that does not go away with sleep.