Living

I have never been able to sit still. I am a leg shaker, man. Or a foot jangler. I am a pacer when I am on the phone. I change...

As spring gets closer, the weather has been improving. This means I can start going for walks again and work on strengthening my legs. There was a point 2 weeks...

Life with restless legs syndrome (RLS) is challenging. The symptoms are mostly invisible to others. People with RLS can struggle daily with painful legs, lack of sleep, and quality of...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) is basically a variety of uncomfortable sensations that result in an irrepressible need to move. It’s most common in the legs but can occur in all...

On average, adults need at least 7 hours of sleep a night. Sleeping less than this can increase your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity. Imagine my horror...

“How do you know you have restless legs syndrome?” my primary care doctor asked me. I’d just told her I had gone off an SSRI because it had made my...

Once again, my life has experienced some upheaval. What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger, they say! Saying that, it has helped me prove — or disprove — a theory...

This story is about 2 months too late and, frankly, I'm still very salty about it, but hey, it does need to be told. My partner and I had planned...

In one of my previous articles, I mentioned I had COVID-19 and for the entire duration, my RLS was really acting up. I’m still not quite positive why that is...

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I, I took the one less traveled by... to allow for stretching with less traffic whizzing by. Okay, so it's actually 2 roads...

Does living with restless legs syndrome (RLS) ever inspire your creativity? You might find that writing stories or songs and poems like the one below can help you cope. ~...

I was a fidgety little girl. I would go along to watch my dad performing in the orchestra, wriggling and jiggling my way through the entire performance. I was a...

Earlier today, I asked my husband what RLS meant to him. He physically slumped in his chair. A distant look traveled across his face while he considered my question. His...

I remember clearly the first time I searched for restless legs syndrome (RLS) on the world wide web like it was yesterday. Knowledge about RLS wasn't as wide and vast...

When my husband, Mr. Li, and I first started dating, my RLS wasn’t really much of a bother. Before we started dating, I informed him that I had endometriosis, fibromyalgia...

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I had always assumed I'd never had iron deficiency anemia. Actually, any sort of anemia. That my doctor must have tested that during my yearly physicals. Isn’t that a thing?...

Some conditions allow us to continue being an active part of the community; others do not. Comorbidities of restless leg syndrome (RLS) are many, so varied, and debilitating on their...

How many times have you heard phrases like, "Take some vitamins, your symptoms will go away. It worked for me," or "I am very sure it's an iron deficiency," or...