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"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...

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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...

In my case, sleep deprivation is an ongoing state of being. That whole "I’ll catch up on the weekend" idea has never seemed to work. The worse it gets, the...

I have been digging into information on micro-napping, also called microsleep; basically, it comes down to having excessive daytime sleepiness due to sleep deprivation. You are alert one moment, and...

When I was 30-something, possibly closer to the (what seemed at the time) big 4-0, I heard the name "restless legs syndrome" (RLS) for the first time. Prior to that...

I was around 9 or 10 when I got both fibromyalgia and restless legs syndrome (RLS). I went from being an active kid to not having much energy. On the...

When you suffer from restless legs syndrome (RLS) you spend a lot of your time trying, but predominantly failing, to be "normal." "Normal" takes many different forms, like that thing...

I have been sleep-deprived for as long as I remember. Not sure if that is saying a whole lot, since sleep deprivation impairs memory. But it is certainly timely, given...

Stigma is a nasty word. According to the Cambridge Dictionary, it means, "a strong feeling of disapproval that most people in a society have about something, especially when this is...

Something really interesting happened to me recently. I can look back at it now and laugh, but at the time it was happening, it was anything but funny. I had...

As an adult, I have a name for restless legs syndrome (RLS). I have researched it to within an inch of its life. I’ve joined forums and discussed it at...

You know your medications for restless legs syndrome (RLS) are failing you when you start seeing more painful intensity in your symptoms. I have not had that for a bit...

Living with an invisible condition can be both frustrating and demoralizing on a regular basis. "Hiding in the shadows" expresses how it can feel to suffer from restless legs syndrome...

I was asked recently what my restless legs syndrome feels like. I haven’t actually been asked this before, mostly because no one really knows I have RLS. They know more...

A few months ago, I started waking up with so much pain in my joints, especially my tibiofemoral joint. This used to happen once in while, but this time it...