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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...

What do you do when you love animals, but you are financially unable to keep one yourself, or your landlord will not allow you to keep animals inside their property?...

The last thing I remembered: my car was somersaulting in the air, and I thought, "Dear Lord, please let my children survive." Let me start from the beginning. In late...

I normally suffer from dental anxiety, but when I recently had to taper off from pramipexole and found myself needing an emergency root canal, my dental anxiety was the worst...

For many, many moons I was a restless soul — physically. Mentally, I had found my little place in life and I was content. But my body was filled with...

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...

As a certain time of year unfolds, we find ourselves bombarded with shameful advertisements telling us to be "bikini-ready," or to lose the last of our Christmas weight. How do...

Note: This article was written by Carin Lefkowitz and was originally published on our sister site, Insomnia.Sleep-Disorders.net. Let me admit from the outset that I have been skeptical of weighted...

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...

During an exceedingly long trip, I encountered a large, red, ROAD CLOSED sign. As is the way in the U.K., diversion signs had been put up to send us all...

The list of "don'ts" for people with restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a mile long, and for good reason, too. I've lost count of the times I've just broken down...

As a sufferer of restless legs syndrome (RLS), I seem to spend a vast amount of my time trying to insert myself into the normal daytime culture instead of being...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) medication is the best invention in the whole wide world. It was at least 15 years ago that I was first introduced to pramipexole and then...

"Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!" If my pramipexole pills were yellow and square, I would have gone with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Pill" as a nod to Elton John, but they aren’t; so I went...

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...

I have really terrible dysmenorrhea (throbbing or cramping pains in the lower abdomen), so I haven't really ever stopped to check if my restless legs syndrome (RLS) was worse or...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is a sleep disorder. It is a neurological condition that can occur at any time of the day but is most common when the body is...

I have been thinking about writing this piece for some time, not for 'smutty' reasons, but purely for the relief that can sometimes be gleaned from it. Let's discuss orgasms...

Like our other Health Union condition communities, the Social Health Network brings people together to drive unique and impactful conversations about health. It also aims to expand opportunities for health...

If you've read a few of my articles, you'll know that one of my absolute favorite things to do is meet other people with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and get...