Restless Legs: Why behavioural issues may be linked to your child's sleep

[Daragh]

He's a boy. He gets distracted easily. He's emotionally sensitive.

These are the excuses Courtney Waltz would tell herself when she tried to understand her son, Shane, and his behavior.

Too often, she would see his sweet nature disappear as he would get frustrated and melt down.

One day, his teacher sent home a video she took during nap time on her phone. The video showed Shane repeatedly moving his legs and then hitting himself on the head as he slept.

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[Joolsg]

Heartbreaking to think of a child suffering from RLS & being labelled ‘difficult’ because of a disease.

How many more children are there out there suffering in the same way?

[Madlegs1]

So many patients are diagnosed, and then mistreated with the wrong medications. Antihistamines to get them to sleep and antidepressants to calm them down.

DUH!