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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Robinredbreast" data-source="post: 285541" data-attributes="member: 44643">To all you poor people suffering from Restless Leg syndrome, RLS, please, please go and see your doctor.  There is help out there, I know because I have suffered with this horrible condition for years.  I take 2 Ropinirole tablets 1 hour before bed, and this helps with the jerking and the horrible pulling sensation in my legs ( I also get it in my arms which I have to keep stretching and trying to keep them straight).  About 18 months ago I started to get RLS during the day, last year, I ended up constantly walking about because my legs were constantly jerking/ a pulling sensation as soon as I started to sit down and be relaxed. I was trying to read books waking around my front room, not a good idea. I was so tired and depressed by the daytime RLS, because it would happen at the cinema, on a longer bus journey and day's out on the train :x I tried vitamins and got support stockings on perscription from my doctor because I didn't want to take anymore tablets, but nothing helped so I now take one 1mg Ropinirole ablet and one 0.5mg tablet during the afternoon.  It's not 100% but I has helped, I would of gone crazy if it wasn't for Ropinirole. I was shaking my legs, rubbing my calves sore, bashing my legs with my fists to get rid of the sensations and just kept  breaking down crying, it was that bad at times. Your dr should do a blood test and then go on from there. You could be low in iron, I was and put on iron tablets, but that didn't help me I'm afraid. ( REQUIP) Ropinirole is often used to treat Parkinsons disease as well, but is not associated with RLS, it also contains Lactose.  Good luck and I hope you get some peace, especially at bedtime :yawn:ps  just needed to add that I have Type 1, but if people do have RLS, it really doesn't matter what type you are. Best wishes <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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