Laura Wheatman Hill

There were many pieces of the puzzle that was my life before I realized I had restless legs syndrome (RLS). I was taking SSRIs, which made me kick my legs...

“How do you know you have restless legs syndrome?” my primary care doctor asked me. I’d just told her I had gone off an SSRI because it had made my...

My saga balancing my overall mental health and restless legs syndrome is that, after realizing my SSRI was increasing my RLS symptoms and keeping me from getting a good night’s...

We don’t know where my son was exposed to COVID-19, but he went down with the Omicron wave last week. He’s vaccinated and, fortunately, didn’t get any sicker than he...

“I’m taking lunch. Can we take the dog on a walk?” he said, and my dog, Lucy, lifted her head and her ears perked up. “Great! How long do you...

When we last met our hero (me), I had upped my dose of SSRI only to find my restless legs syndrome symptoms were too much to deal with, sleep-wise. The...

Maybe it’s this whole pandemic thing, but my antidepressant isn’t really working for me. I have a few side effects and am not feeling as jazzed as I’d like to...

I really hate driving. Unfortunately, I live in the suburbs and need to drive 2 kids to 2 different schools and any extracurricular activities. I also have to drive to...

Sometimes, my restless legs syndrome (RLS) doesn't let me wear pants. Let me explain, because of course, that sounds silly. Sometimes, my RLS gets worse with certain pants. Jeans absolutely...

I live in the Pacific Northwest, a notoriously cloudy and rainy part of the world. While I love it here and never want to move, I’ve had to start taking...

There’s something about compression that really works for my restless legs, though it has to be properly balanced. I don’t like compression socks for sleeping and have had limited success...

My 5-year-old son came bursting into my room at 3:30 in the morning, hopping mad. He slammed my door and yelled at me, “You messed up my coloring book!” I...

Correlation is not causation, but my restless legs syndrome (RLS) is going to be bad if my body is extra "clicky." However, clicking or popping all my air bubbles by...

Because I want to be free of diet culture, I’ve been working with my therapist on learning intuitive eating. Besides all the new thinking regarding food, bodies, and accepting oneself...

I was having tea with a friend the other day and she mentioned that she’s been sleeping poorly as a result of stress from a parent who had been in...

Sleep experts and mental health professionals are always going on about sleep hygiene. For years, I ignored them. One reason was that I like my bed and, when I was...

I don’t know why I’m so bad at taking vitamins. I’m a pretty responsible person. I floss (sometimes). I keep my house clean (kinda). I keep my kids alive (so...

I passed the big, pink sign on my way to the library, “Stretch Therapy: Now Open!” I Googled it. Fascial Stretch Therapy helps relieve “overactive muscles.” I have those! In...

None of us are perfect humans. Normal even feels like an exception and not a rule. It seems like everything is a comorbidity or a dual exceptionality. My sleep equation...

I had a pretty messy, traumatic divorce during the summer of 2020, a summer that was already pretty stressful, as we can probably all attest. I was home...always home...with my...