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Our lives are filled with family obligations, work and school responsibilities, healthcare appointments, and busy schedules. Stress is a normal part of life. But sometimes, stress can get out of...

This article was originally published on Insomnia.SleepDisorders.net. You’ve heard the term “sick and tired.” It exists because poor health leaves us feeling both ways. The connection between sleep and the...

Receiving a new medical diagnosis can be shocking. Learning you have a chronic health condition can feel jarring and emotional. It is normal to feel a range of emotions, from...

This article was originally published on Insomnia.SleepDisorders.net. Living with insomnia is a unique and intensely personal adventure. Let me tell you about my experience. When I was a little girl...

If you have a health savings account (HSA) or flexible spending account (FSA), you may be wondering how you can best spend the money in those accounts. The good news...

Almost 30 years ago, I moved to the town that I currently live in. I was just a child, so I had no say in the move, and was forced...

When 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...

There 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...

Now 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...

As 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...

There 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...

As 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...

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...

Having 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...

Recently, 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...

I’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...

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...

I’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...

I 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...

Restless 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...