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January 24th, 2018, 08:31 AM
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Restless leg syndrome help
Hello, I was wondering if anyone had any remedies for RLS. I'm desperate. For weeks I've only had a couple of hours sleep each night. Falling asleep around 3-4am. Woken up before 7am. I have a 3 year old and 1 1/2 year old. Twitching is in both legs. I'm 28 weeks pregnant. I had a blood test yesterday and I do have low iron, but how long will tablets take to kick in? It's really getting me down and I get anxiety now for bedtime. Any advice is appreciated.
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January 24th, 2018, 01:36 PM
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Compression stockings during daytime could help a lot.
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January 24th, 2018, 05:34 PM
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Great thanks I'll have a look today
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January 25th, 2018, 01:53 AM
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Dream Vet
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January 25th, 2018, 11:25 AM
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Originally Posted by
purple
I found if I forgot to take my iron for a few days the restless legs came back. I don't think it took long to notice the difference from the iron.
Another thing that can help is magnesium. You can get supplements but there are also creams you cab rub in I think and also soaking in an Epson salt bath can help.
Thankyou purple. Im on day 2 of iron, im hoping it wont take too long. Ive been taking magnesium for a few weeks now but havent noticed a difference unfortunatly.
I will definately look into creams (i didnt now about this) and salt bath (i love baths)
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January 29th, 2018, 03:23 PM
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Swaying Advice Coach
I have no advice, just hoping it resolves soon!!!
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January 30th, 2018, 04:56 AM
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My ob put me on magnesium and told me to combine with a banana daily (the potassium in banana is supposed to work with the magnesium) I was very slack at eating the bananas though so while I think the magnesium helped a bit it may have worked even better had I done as I was told and eaten the darn bananas I really feel for you, it is an awful thing to deal with, near drove me insane some nights....
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January 30th, 2018, 11:57 PM
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Thankyou everyone, I actually had a good sleep last night so I'm hoping everything is starting to work. Fingers crossed.
I did speak to the Dr at my hospital appointment yesterday about it. There is nothing medication wise that is safe during pregancy.
She suggested to increase iron to 2 tablets, as long as I don't get a belly ache.
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January 31st, 2018, 06:01 AM
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Dream Vet
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February 7th, 2018, 01:03 AM
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Thanks Purple, so far so good. YAY!
And they have defiantly kicked in. I've had a huge boost in energy (even though it's a heat wave in SA) and haven't experienced the restless leg syndrome for a couple of nights. Whoo hoo
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