HopeA normal night of rest is a blessing. I need a deeper, stronger word than this. Some word to describe the depth of gratitude I feel when I wake up...Reactions0reactionsComments4 comments
Moving into a New Home with Chronic Health ConditionsWhen I was lucky enough to be offered an apartment via social housing following my escape from domestic abuse, I was placed in a two-bedroom apartment. Social housing is so...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Strange Sensations: What Not To GoogleThere 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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Sorry, Coeus, I Forgot About ExperimentingNow that I’m on Pregabalin and no longer experiencing RLS symptoms, I have realized there were different naturopathic treatments I wanted to try to see if they could help. These...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
The Devil Demon DanceI’ve suffered with restless legs for as long as I can remember (I’ll be 68 in a few days). When I was younger I would lay in bed and cry...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
The Ravages Of RLS: How I Spread AwarenessIn 2002 I found out what was interrupting my sleep. It had a name: restless legs syndrome. Now after 22 years of misery, stress, insomnia, depression, low self image and...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
RLS and 'Clickbait' TreatmentsAs a long-term sufferer of restless leg syndrome, I've been taking the same medication for years and years. Because of this, my body's drug tolerance is increasing, and I'm experiencing...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Breaking My RLS HabitsThere was a day so beautiful last spring that my husband and I decided to go to a small beach to enjoy the lake view, sunshine, and fresh air. After...Reactions0reactionsComments5 comments
Reflections on the Longest DayAs I sit here listening to the dawn chorus, I realise that it is almost the longest day of the year. For me, personally, it most likely will be a...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Happy Fourth Birthday, RLS Community!I can’t believe it’s been four years since this support group was created. I have learned a lot about Restless Legs Syndrome since becoming a writer and later a moderator...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Panic of Medication ScarcityHaving been prescribed the vast majority of my medication over the last decade, the monthly ritual of repeat ordering has been pretty uneventful, until a wrench was thrown in. Like...Reactions0reactionsComments12 comments
What I Learned From Recording My SleepRecently, 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...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
RLS and Traumatic Injury PainI’ve started and stopped writing this article so many times because I just couldn’t find the right words. However, I feel it needs to be written. It needs to be...Reactions0reactionsComments9 comments
Do We Benefit From Benefits?Thankfully, especially at this current juncture with the cost of living crisis taking hold, I am in receipt of disability benefits. I suffer not only from RLS but several chronic...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Christmas Delight, RLS FrightI’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...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Let's Do the RLS Time Warp AgainI love The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975), and when I was trying to come up with a way to explain the "time warp" sensation that can sometimes happen when...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
The Loneliness of RLSRestless legs syndrome (RLS) is an illness that has the capability of making you one of the loneliest persons on earth. More often than not, you don’t know how to...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Will We Ever Say Goodbye to RLS?Our time upon this rotating rock is fleeting. Billions of heartbeats have been wiped from existence over the course of our human invasion. No doubt when we have tortured Mother...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
IBS Complicates Caring for My RLSIn one of my past articles, "Living with Endometriosis While Juggling RLS," I talked about how endometriosis made RLS treatment and care a challenge. Another one of my diseases that...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
More RLS Triggers: Sweltering Heat, Life Changes, and StressI 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...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments