Laura Wheatman Hill

My son doesn’t just have restless legs. He’s restless all over. He’s a 5-year-old little boy and he has the energy to prove it. He also has attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)...

I have restless legs syndrome (RLS), which may or may not be exacerbated by the way my body deals with stress. I’m lucky enough not to have a genetic predisposition...

When my daughter’s pediatrician recommended a sleep study, it was to rule out sleep apnea. She was sleeping with her mouth open, snoring, and having daytime drowsiness and some behaviors...

I was up for a while last night. I don’t have any idea what triggered this particularly bad night. I took my magnesium. I think I drank enough water the...

Any flight more than the length of a movie is a long flight to me. I don’t fly internationally much, especially nowadays. I used to fly cross country multiple times...

I define a short flight as 2 hours or less. I probably won’t need to pee. I probably won’t need a meal. In this day and age of mask travel...

I didn’t know that selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and other medications could make restless legs syndrome worse until I started reading the articles on this website about restless legs...

My restless legs are such a nag. I’ll be sitting at the computer, trying to get some work done after the kids go to bed, knowing that I’m tired but...

After divorcing someone who didn’t believe restless legs syndrome was real, I was self-conscious about bringing it up with potential future dates. Everyone knows the pre-sex talk: What birth control...

My restless legs do not like jeans. Really, every fiber of my being hates jeans except my sense of socially-appropriate fashion. As a result, I own several pairs of jeans...

My kids have sensory issues, specifically that they need a lot of sensory stimulation in order to feel calm and to control their bodies in space. I take them to...

My restless legs made their triumphant appearance early in my first pregnancy. I thought I was going crazy and had no idea restless legs were real. I thought I was...

I was having a hard time finding exercise that didn’t make me cry. I have a congenital hip defect and very tight fascia which causes me near chronic mild to...

When I got pregnant the first time, I had symptoms immediately. I got overheated on a short walk, fell asleep on the couch, and was peeing all the time. After...

When I heard of restless legs syndrome, I immediately had a name for the “fidgets” I’d felt my whole life. I suddenly knew I wasn’t alone in the universe, that...