Are there any alternative treatments for RLS that have worked for you?
I've finally found a cure for my severe RLS and I'm surprised that I didn't find it years ago.
Buy "Cat's Claw Extract"capsules.
Trust me on this one. The capsules are not expensive, so if nothing else has worked for you. Give it a go.Hi
As I posted on another thread, I am super excited that you found something that helps after all these years. However, RLS can have many different causes and that means what helps one person will not always help another. We're also not medical experts in this community, which is why our community rules prohibit the sharing of medical advice (https://health-union.com/community-rules/).
Please, always feel free to share what has helped. We all benefit from that. But we ask that you don't instruct others to take cat's claw. Anyone condsidering taking cats claw or any other supplement should check with their doctor first. Warmly, Lori (Team Member)
I usually get RLS right before I go to bed or shortly after. What has worked for me is to use a cold laser on the bottom and tops of my feet and also on the back of my knees. Then I follow up with a deep soft tissue massage gun on the same places as the laser. If this doesn't eliminate it completely it at least allows me to fall asleep.
Hope this helps.Hi
. I had to look it up myself. Here is an article that explains it well: https://www.healthline.com/health/cold-laser-therapy. I hope this helps. - Lori (Team Member) the laser is a cold laser meaning it doesn't get hot. You can use it on your skin safely. It emits light energy to go into the tissue and promote healing, relieve pain, inflammation and muscle spasms. I believe anyone can purchase it. The one I use is by Multi Radiance. I used it a lot in my chiropractic practice.
Doctors should have cabinets in their office with every conceivable pill known to man. Not to prescribe but to take themselves. A guy comes in with a migraine, the doctor goes into H for headache, then M for migraine. He pops the pill. Within 5 minutes he's got a migraine, just long enough to let him know what they feel like. The same with restless legs. A guy comes in with the legs and the doctor must comply by taking the pill - R for restless legs, S for severe. Within a minute he knows for the first time what it's like. Before this it was just a joke, jumping legs and so forth. Now he knows. Maybe now with the memory of antsy legs fresh in his mind he might be more inclined to actually put some effort into his job. To me, you are not a good doctor if you're not a good detective. Most doctors are not good detectives. Even if a doctor has never had a broken bone he can identify with it because it's a visual thing. But most people, they hear restless legs and they think it's a comedy. Valium works for me but I can't get anyone to prescribe it. I took one 10 mg a day at bedtime for 30 years and then the prescriber died (never considered it), and I'm with the restless legs ( and arms, etc) ever since. Ok enough crying for now. Thanks for reading.
Sometimes just for laughs I'll get into a conversation with AI. It's just a high speed cross indexing system, but that machine knows everything a doctor knows. Maybe more. The only thing a machine can't do that a doctor can is write prescriptions. I'm telling you these doctors would be out of business if they couldn't write scripts. Thanks again It's scary how quickly AI is changing everything around us! I don't know how to feel about its use in medicine. They don't have a perfect track record, and you can't create empathy and compassion with a computer. I'm glad that my doctor is human, at least for now! 😀 -Melissa, team member
I’ve had such a battle with my RLS. It’s gotten worse over say the last 10 years. I don’t always get just RLS however. There are nights where my arms, stomach basically my whole body is excruciatingly restless. Of course getting up and moving around helps while I’m doing it. There is only one thing that has worked for me without fail and without side effects, and that’s the pain meds I have for my back pain. I’ve tried loads of things over the years all the way down to a bar of soap at my feet, herbal remedies, vitamins and supplements etc. I do agree with one thing however, it seems there are a big variety of remedies that work for a big variety of people. If one doesn’t work, don’t give up, there are a hundred ways to attack RLS.
I feel for all of us suffering as this is such a frustrating thing to go through especially when you have it in the middle of the night. I hope at some point they can find a medicine that can be used that works, and more importantly doesn’t cause more side effects than it solves for. Good luck to all of us! Keep on fighting, and I wish you the best of luck finding your remedy!ps I do also suffer with rls. Hi
. Several people have asked the same question and shelco05 hasn't answered, so I'm guessing the member is no longer active in the community. So much has changed in the past 16 years and even in the 8 years since your last MRI. I hope the MRI reveals ways that your doctors can better treat your pain or maybe even eliminate it. Keep us posted. I'll be thinking of you. - Lori (Team Member)
