Restless leg syndrome help

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January 24th, 2018, 09:31 AM
Kawazza

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.
January 24th, 2018, 02:36 PM
Bigpinkwish

Compression stockings during daytime could help a lot.
January 24th, 2018, 06:34 PM
Kawazza

Great thanks I'll have a look today
January 25th, 2018, 02:53 AM
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.
January 25th, 2018, 12:25 PM
Kawazza

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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) :)
January 29th, 2018, 04:23 PM
atomic sagebrush

I have no advice, just hoping it resolves soon!!!
January 30th, 2018, 05:56 AM
Pbn3

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 [emoji23] I really feel for you, it is an awful thing to deal with, near drove me insane some nights....

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January 31st, 2018, 12:57 AM
Kawazza

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.
January 31st, 2018, 07:01 AM
purple

If you have issues with the iron tablets then you could try Maltofer instead. This is the one I took as it was supposed to be more gentle.
February 7th, 2018, 02:03 AM
Kawazza

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
February 7th, 2018, 06:57 AM
purple

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Originally Posted by Kawazza

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

Glad you are feeling better! I feel for you with the heat, I know I struggled this time last year! I'm in SA too :)
August 25th, 2018, 08:48 AM
Throwaway_panther

Bumping this because I'm slowly going crazy and sleep deprived from this issue. I know I'm not deficient in iron or magnesium, though I started taking extra mag to see if it helped (probably going to stop since it's already giving me the loose stools since I'm not deficient!). Does anyone have any non supp recommendations? And I shouldn't worry you were all having girls when you posted in here, should I?! :nails: (though I didn't have it with DD!)
August 25th, 2018, 02:10 PM
atomic sagebrush

Have u heard of the Relaxis pad?? I was just reading about it on an autoimmune site a couple days ago. It's some sort of vibrating pad you can put under your sheet and it helps with the restless legs that a lot of AI patients get. I just looked it up and you have to have a prescription for it, for some reason, but it may be worth looking into.
August 25th, 2018, 07:22 PM
Kelbear

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Originally Posted by Throwaway_panther

Bumping this because I'm slowly going crazy and sleep deprived from this issue. I know I'm not deficient in iron or magnesium, though I started taking extra mag to see if it helped (probably going to stop since it's already giving me the loose stools since I'm not deficient!). Does anyone have any non supp recommendations? And I shouldn't worry you were all having girls when you posted in here, should I?! :nails: (though I didn't have it with DD!)

Definitely not just a girl thing as I had this really bad with both my boys. Just starting to be bothered by it this time around at 21 weeks (don't know gender of this Bub yet) so keen to hear of solutions and hope you get some relief from it soon TP
August 25th, 2018, 10:55 PM
Throwaway_panther

Thank you both! I'm going to look into that atomic, although I'm so desperate I'm considering using a fun "adult" product under the sheet if it's the vibrations that do the trick! Kel, thank you! Yeah, this started right around 20 weeks for me since we're so close in gestation! I didn't even realize what was happening until I googled "feel like crawling out of my skin" and "legs feel weird at night; pregnant." I feel so bad for never taking this condition seriously. I don't know how anyone does it ALL the time, nonpregnant!