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I have recently been on holiday and had bee drinking liquors .I have found out now that sugar and anything sweet taken before going to bed makes my rls worse does this happen to anyone else

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nightdancer

Sugar is not good for most of us, but it is the alcohol that will relax you, maybe at first, and then it blocks the neuroreceptors to your brain, and the RLS will kick in even worse for 99% of us. Alcohol is not our friend when we have RLS,

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Sue777

Hi Ann, yes sugar definitely makes my RLS worse!

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Ldune in reply toSue777

I too have noticed that.

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