I work in home health as a CNA and I am 24 years old. I just recently started having symptoms and it’s about enough to drive me crazy. When I sit or lie down I get this feeling mostly from my knees to my toes deep inside of my legs and it feels tingly and stiff. My legs feel charged with energy. It feels like if they were to detach from my body they could run a marathon. Just feeling the extreme movement like that would make it go away, it takes forever to fall asleep. It’s very annoying and very uncomfortable. Published: November 02 ::

I am a retired hospice nurse, also lapsed lawyer. I have had symptoms since I was a teenager, requiring to stop on a car journey and stretch my legs, interfering with my ability to enjoy going to the movies or to the theater. I found yoga at bedtime, with gentle stretches, very helpful. Now, however, I need more extensive stretches for the "twitching" that comes on as I wind down to sleep, or sit for prolonged periods, such as on movies, in a plane or car journeys. And my leg restlessness has progressed to include arm discomfort and full body clonic jerking which wakes me at night. I have tried calcium/magnesium/zinc liquid supplements at bedtime, with initially good, eventually diminished, effect. The most effective and fast relief I have found is the traditional remedy of a couple of tablespoons of organic cider vinegar in warm water, with maple syrup to ameliorate the taste. It works within a few minutes, and can be repeated if I wake during the night. This remedy was given me by a patient 10 years ago, and although it tastes vile, I swear by it. Published: October 28 ::

It feels like someone is running their finger up the sole of my foot (I'm quite ticklish) and it makes my legs jump. Generally one side is stronger than the other, though both seem to be active at the same time. I can never tell when it's coming, and sometimes it only lasts a few minutes, but other times it can go the whole night. Sometimes a hot bath helps, or doing some exercises or stretches centered on my feel (calf lifts or walking on my toes). It doesn't always work though, and I've found sleep aids most definitely don't help. Just last night it kept me up all night, and I had to call in to work this morning. I was finally able to get some sleep after a cup of coffee with muscle relaxers and Ambien. Published: August 27 ::

I have suffered with painful RLS for a few years. My symptoms are present 24 hours a day and are in my legs (upper and lower), hips, arms, neck and chin. I have been on many meds but Tramadol is the only one that if I take it 3 to 4 times a day actually provides any relief. I also get the symptoms so bad at times that I can't walk. This happens at least once a week. Published: August 27 ::

I have been diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and have used medications for about 10 years now. In the last 6 or 7 years I have been experiencing intermittent tremors in my legs and this is increasing. This happens when I am standing only and I also feel that I cannot quite stand on my feet as though my feet are uncomfortable that is to say they are not balanced. I have to support myself back and forth on my feet or sit down. Recently while on a trip I found that I could not take a decent photograph because of these tremors. I had to sit down or steady myself against a tree or railing. Sometimes, not often, I get restless legs in bed, as though I need to go running to burn off energy in them. Published: March 08 ::

I used to get RLS symptoms at bedtime when I was a young child. I would turn around in bed, and put my legs up leaning against the wall, thinking that if I got rid of the old blood, that it would work. It did sometimes and didn't sometimes. My parents said I had growing pains. I have been getting it off and on for decades now, but never so bad as last week, when I went OFF Gabapentin. Lord, it was a week of hell while I went back on the Gabapentin. The RLS attacked me with a vengeance, like if I could jump out of my skin, I would. And having this feeling minute after minute, for hours at a time, at night, in the dark, and all alone. I'm MUCH better now, and hopefully will never make the same mistake of going off of Gabapentin, again. Published: February 22 ::

I have RLS. I have a lot of medical problems, serious ones. I take a ton of medications. I am on medicine for RLS also. If I ever had to chose, I would take the RLS medicine over all others. I can hardly ride in the car when it starts. The twisting and turning is exhausting. I could probably walk a hundred miles just so I can keep moving my legs. I hate it. By the way, my daughters have it. Published: January 26 ::

My problem occurs more in my feet (both of them at once, at the same time) than in my legs. I'm 68 and this has been progressive for about 5 years, so of course I'm attributing it to "growing pains." Growing old, that is... It usually occurs shortly after I have lunch and put my feet up to watch television for a couple of hours before I move on to do other chores, at which time I'm up and down but never just sitting thereafter. It's that time of day (2-4PM) when the sensation in my feet is the worst. And as someone else commented, it feels like electrical charges racing all through my feet. I have found that some relief can be had by popping a B-12 vitamin, so I hope the medical scientists are investigating the properties in B-12 in their studies to resolve this extremely annoying and in some cases debilitating medical problem. Published: January 26 ::