Nikki Albert

There are times when I get peculiar sensations and I think to myself, "I’ll Google that." This isn't so I’ll find out I have some weird disease and ponder my...

Recently, I had a chance to record myself sleeping. Initially, it was because I wanted to see if I stopped breathing momentarily with sleep apnea. But I found I don’t...

I’m not a crazy, over-the-top Christmas type of person, but I do love the holiday. I love the feeling of nostalgia it brings with it of all the childhood gatherings...

I live in Alberta, Canada. We had a very unusually hot May. We were going up into the 30 degrees Celsius (86 degrees Fahrenheit) range, which is more of the...

I have had RLS for so long and so severely I can’t quite comprehend not having it anymore. Nothing seems to even have much impact long-term. But my medication helps...

I have just separated from my common-law spouse of 25 years. It is a new beginning in many ways for me. A new place to live — a wee studio...

You might have a sleep disorder if... you can't sleep. Well, that was a short article! Just kidding. I was reading an article from the CDC (in particular one on...

This article is a continuation of a previous article, "Going Back on Tramadol." Click here to read the previous installment! I finally had my neurologist appointment. One I’d been waiting...

Once upon a time, I was on a painkiller called tramadol, a slow-release medication for chronic pain prescribed by a pain clinic. Coincidentally, the restless legs syndrome symptoms I had...

Winter is my least favorite season. I have a friend who loves it, and I sometimes question her sanity on that one. She and I live in Canada, and currently...

I have always been finicky with clothing. Ever since I was a child and my mom would take me shopping for clothes, I was quite tactile and sensory when shopping...

I have experienced augmentation very quickly with the first medication my neurologist put me on. It was levodopa, and I have read that it can cause augmentation fairly quickly in...

In my case, sleep deprivation is an ongoing state of being. That whole "I’ll catch up on the weekend" idea has never seemed to work. The worse it gets, the...

I have been digging into information on micro-napping, also called microsleep; basically, it comes down to having excessive daytime sleepiness due to sleep deprivation. You are alert one moment, and...

I have been sleep-deprived for as long as I remember. Not sure if that is saying a whole lot, since sleep deprivation impairs memory. But it is certainly timely, given...

You know your medications for restless legs syndrome (RLS) are failing you when you start seeing more painful intensity in your symptoms. I have not had that for a bit...

I was asked recently what my restless legs syndrome feels like. I haven’t actually been asked this before, mostly because no one really knows I have RLS. They know more...

I haven’t had a holiday in a long time because of the pandemic, job loss, and health issues. So my spouse and I decided to go on a short 2-day...

I wrote a post recently on antihistamines and the restless legs syndrome trigger. It can be extremely difficult for me to balance the medications I need and the fact some...

On Facebook forums, I see people asking if restless legs syndrome (RLS) can affect other areas of the body — their arms, hands, torso, or even face. Most of them...