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[cubagirl]

I know many of you suffer with this, as do I. So I googled help for restless legs.

Among many suggestions these two had me smiling.

Have sex

Sleep in a soapy bed

Now the first, I can understand, but how the heck do you sleep on a soapy bed? 

[Menomale]

 

I have the habit of placing soaps on the wardrobe where I keep my sheets and towels... the smell has a relaxing effect on me 

[cubagirl]

That makes sense, but how do you sleep in a soapy bed without slipping & sliding out of it?  Of course maybe because you would be concentrating so hard on staying put, you'd forget about the restless legs. 

[Jenna]

Do you think it was a water bed, Cubagirl? 

[Menomale]

 

Have you tried it, cubagirl?

[CLKD]

BANANAS!  4 me it's lack of potassium so 3/4 small bananas each day cured those sensations.  Or Nurofen an hour B4 bedtime if I feel symptoms coming on.  Why it happens at night I can't understand, I am aware of the pulling sensations all day but it begins as soon as I go to bed  . 

For a few years I slept with 2 double blankets under my side of the mattress as I found that elevating the legs helped - of course I would roll over int he night and disturb Himself 

[Jenna]

Actually, ladies, I found this about putting a bar of soap underneath your fitted sheet, so who knows!!

http://rls-restlesslegssyndrome.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/is-soap-treatment-for-restless-legs.html

[cubagirl]

Sorry CLKD, now I'm singing Bananas in Pyjamas.  I've upped my bananas, but not making a difference to me, glad it works for you though.

Well I never Jenna. I've got a bar of posh soap in a drawer, might just take it out & give it a go. 

[CLKD]

I began eating bananas to keep blood sugar levels even, as part of the advice from NAPS.  After 5 nights I realised that the awful sensations had gone so I stuck with eating 3/4 small ones daily for 10 years - no problems but I got sick of bananas 

Nurofen an hour B4 bed helps too.

[cubagirl]

They've got to be just right too, not black , but speckled.  Hubby can't stand them like that, so when his get a bit too ripe I eat them.   

[babyjane]

a banana a day has helped mine too.  I still get it occasionally but nothing like I used to.  It must be low potassium that causes it.

[CLKD]

It doesn't matter for me what state the fruit is in, it's the potassium that is important, however, I HATE them black 

[Tempest]

Magnesium!!!! It's supposed to help immensely. Holland and Barrett do a good Magnesium spray as this absorbs better than oral methods. Magnesium is also excellent for anxiety.

[cubagirl]

I tried magnesium spray, the sting was worse than the restless legs. Going to go into town & see what H&B recommend next week.

[CLKD]

 . bananas