Does anyone else find symptoms are worse when you don't sweat? If my feet feel really dry, ie not sweaty at all, rather than dry skin.

[Gumph]

I've had RLS since I was a child, on and off. Since stopping codeine after a long period of use, prior to knee replacements, I have had it every night for about a year. Taking pramixole 0.5mg but still suffering.

[pineapple_head]

Personally, I think it does!! I put Aveeno cream on my feet after having my shower everyday. If at night my feet are dry, I put more moisturizer before bedtime. Otherwise my feet get really hot and itchy. Aveeno is the only cream that I'm not allergic to.

[Gumph in reply to pineapple_head]

Oh, thanks for that. I find if I have been wearing socks all day, for example, I can just tell it's going to be worse. I don't know whether not sweating is a sign of, for example, low potassium? I find standing on the cold concrete in the garden for a while helps! Bit wet this time of year though.

[funnyfennel]

You can get a spray which cools your feet, which is nice.

[pineapple_head]

I stand on the kitchen floor which is very cold. I always remove my sucks at night or RLS will kick off. For me it's prevention and knowing what make things worse. I take multivitamins with contains everything including potassium. I also take calcium with magnesium which was suggested by my neurologist. I must admit that it has helped me a lot.

[Shirley06]

Yes, same here, if my feet are hot then it kicks off. I have been taking Coproxamol for years now, just two at night at about 9pm which has usually worked. (Fortunately I have still been able to have my Doctor prescribe them for me) however, for the past few weeks they don't seem to be working so well and the RLS is getting much more regular and also moving into arms. I am seeing my doctor tonight as have mentioned this to him and he wants to try 'his' choice as he never thought that CoProx should work but it did for me! I think he is thinking of Gabapentin. I have had heart surgery for Woolf Parkinson White, just had gall bladder removed and suffer with IBS, hiatus hernia/reflux ........ Any suggestions re Gabapentin or recommendations (first time on here, sorry to be long winded!)

[Gumph in reply to Shirley06]

Hi Shirley, thanks for the reply. I guess you are fortunate to still have access to coproxamol if it works for you as it's not normally available in the UK any more. (I think!) The high doses of codeine and morphine certainly kept my RLS at bay but it came back with a bang when I stopped them. I know gabapentin is prescribed for nerve end pain, like amytriptiline (I am a nurse, you would think I would know how to spell these meds! Sorry!)

Other things that help for me are: cold wet flannels draped over my feet, holding my feet against the metal railings on my bed (!) going up on my tip toes 20 times and sex! (Dopamine release)

Not all at the same time, obviously.

Good luck with the Dr.