Restless leg syndrome/sleep apnea/hypnic jerks
Dean_Burroughs
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do you suffer from any of the above?
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Dean_Burroughs
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I'm asleep though so I don't really 'suffer' from it......unless I wake up dead one morning, then I suppose she'll have been right......But at least she won't be able to say she told me so.
Also was plagued with restless legs when I was expecting. Really horrible sensation and only respite was standing on something very cool. (marble hearth in my case)
I'd be in bed and would just have to get up and pace the house.
Not a good thing.
Yes..
Used to share a flat with someone who had this...it sounded awful. She stopped breathing in her sleep every two minutes. She was told to lose weight by her GP to ease the condition but she refused to do so. Odd decision considering how much she was suffering from exhaustion/sleep deprivation.
I had restless leg syndrome in my early twenties, it used to drive me absolutely insane. It's a sign of poor blood circulation, hence the "tingling" sensation in your feet/legs.
It's usually down to poor diet, lack of exercise or diabetes.
(PS Not the same a leg cramps - no idea what causes those)
Really?!
I have restless legs, always at the same point every evening, when I am tired, but it's too early to go to bed. I will definitely try that
Don't let your legs get too warm either, that will set them off as well.
Yeah, the minute it starts I get my socks off.
That sounds dodgy for some reason
Do you get that feeling where you have ants crawling inside your skin? If so, get yourself checked. You may have nothing more serious than a vitamin deficiency.
Well you do because the daytime problem are as much a part of the condition as the broken sleep .. so the tiredness, fatigue and everything else you feel is all part of it ..
For me it's sometimes linked with a mini-dream, for example, in one of them I was sitting at a school desk (in the dream) and somebody threw a paper ball at my head. The impact caused the jerk, waking me up. Usually I find only a minute or less has passed in real life.
:eek: not had that
i use to get the feeling where i wanted to stab my self in the leg for a different kind of pain RLS is pure horror.
The worst bit is when it goes all the way up your leg to your bum
Most people who suffer RLS describe it that way...ants or spiders inside their skin. Not overly pleasant either way.
Luckily I only uiffer with insomnia and when I do fall asleep, I get woken up with the worst pain known to man, bloody calf cramp. Ouch.