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I went to several doctors with my symptoms before finding one that diagnosed me right away with restless legs syndrome (RLS) and restless arms syndrome (RAS). I tried all the...

This story is the second installment of a member-submitted 3-part series. Part 1 of Mark's story can be found here. After trying with the anxiolytics, the akathisia kicked in. Only...

My RLS began when I was around 19 years old. It wasn't constant in those days, just off and on. By the time I was 21, it was almost nightly...

This story is the first installment in a 3-part series. Read Part 2 here, and stay tuned for Part 3, coming soon! Hello. First of all, I would like to...

I have a condition called restless legs syndrome. It also has another name: Willis-Eckbom disease. The latter title tends to get attention, since it carries an impressive weight, but is...

Restless legs syndrome (RLS) has always been a part of my life. As a child in the 1950s, I was unable to keep still. It drove my mother crazy, and...

I'm not sure if my story will help anyone, but I hope so. I have secondary restless legs syndrome (RLS) because I have rheumatoid arthritis. I have had rheumatoid arthritis...

My RLS started when I was about 5 and I'm 66 now. My pediatrician thought my aches were growing pains, and I was finally given the diagnosis of restless legs...

My first RLS symptoms began at age 15. It felt like someone was tickling my left foot and ankle with a feather. This happened once or twice a week and...

A short circuit of interrupted connections, a knee bounces of its own accord. I’m not involved at all. Any attempt to control is useless. It simply gives out and vibrates...

I am now 50 years old. It's only been maybe, from memory, the last 7-8 years that my legs sometimes started feeling like light pins and needles from my knee...

My Restless Legs Syndrome started when I was in my teens; my mother also got it, and so did some of her older relatives. I presumed that, like everything else...

My mother (RIP) told me she first noticed I had RLS at 4 yrs old after being sent home from kindergarten. The school said, "your son is too restless &...

Here is my story. I am 74 years young. I must have had RLS in college since I remember my father, a physician, giving me quinine tablets without much luck...

Just feeling frustrated! 5 consecutive nights of RLS have me feeling pretty fuzzy. I’m in Canada...

Greetings, I'm Ray. I live with Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS) & have since I was a kid. I can't recall the exact age it started but it was between 9...

I started getting RLS 35 years ago. I am in my 80's now. This most annoying condition comes and goes from a day, a week, months, and even years. Luckily...

I have had restless legs now for 20 years I am 63 years old. I’m taking medication for it but sometimes that doesn’t even work, it is so miserable that...

I've never been a big fan as to how RLS is described but I've come up with something that most people can relate to. The tortuous sensation of RLS is...

At RestlessLegsSyndrome.Sleep-Disorders.net, we believe that we are stronger together than we are alone. Living with restless legs syndrome (RLS) can be a challenge, but the more we share and support...