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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 read from restless legs syndrome (RLS) groups that RLS can be worse in either extreme temperatures: hot or cold. For some, it is the cold, and for others, the...

Summer is upon us. And that often means vacations. While that conjures up all sorts of amazing images of flying off to a tropical island and relaxing on the beach...

Years ago, there was an idea floating around on social media aimed at all bedbound disabled people – restless legs syndrome (RLS) included – called "view from my bed." Whilst...

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...

When it comes to the exercise cop-out, to be clear, I'm not saying that every time someone is told by a doctor they need to exercise that it is a...

In a support group of a few friends I have amassed in my restless legs syndrome journey over the years, we were all just checking in on each other via...

Technology. When my husband and I discuss what we will miss seeing in the future after we pass away, it is technology. In my current lifetime (excluding former ones, of...

I remember a time when managing my restless legs syndrome (RLS) was actually fairly easy. Now it is like trying to catch a fish with my hands; it always seems...

Once upon a time, I bought a pair of shoes. I bought a pair of shoes at 3 AM and when they arrived, I didn’t remember buying them. At 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...

Long ago, in what feels like another lifetime, I had 5 wisdom teeth removed (yes, count 'em: 5) under anesthesia. I was 19. That was the first time I experienced...

I was thinking recently that there is no definitive definition of what a disability is. Could restless legs syndrome (RLS) be classed as a disability? I looked online at the...

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’m 55 years old. I’ve had restless legs syndrome (RLS) my entire life. I’ve sort of come to terms with it now, and I have good medications these days. Recently...

The whole world seems to be slowly heading towards a world of zen-like bliss. Whenever you mention you are having a rough time, the answer that heads in your direction...

Like me, you might have a daily routine that you follow in hopes of staving off or at least minimizing some of your restless legs syndrome (RLS) symptoms. There's nothing...

It’s the middle of the night, and as usual, I’m finding it really difficult to sleep after also having a really bad day battling daytime restless legs syndrome (RLS). I...

If you are unlucky enough to just be diagnosed with restless legs syndrome (RLS) as a singular condition, please accept my sincere commiserations. Having an illness that turns your life...

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...