Cheese

[Syvxdhkoy]

I've had a good run with little to no symptoms for the past year or so. (Before that, my RLS had been getting worse and had started to affect my sleep which is why I checked out this site.) It started with advice I received on this site to take an iron supplement every other night. Other supplements I take: vit D, magnesium citrate, vit B complex, L-theanine and fish oil. I also keep track of the minerals and nutrients I intake thru food including potassium and calcium. Now to the point, I'm a regular cheese eater. It's always been my snack at night and I eat 2-3 servings every night. (I know this isn't recommended for general health but I exercise alot and eat healthy otherwise.) Anyway, I ran out of cheese for about a week and couldn't get to the store. For the last 2-3 nights of that week, my RLS went crazy. Made it to the store yesterday, wolfed down some cheese last night and slept like a baby...almost no RLS. Maybe it's mental or a coincidence or maybe it's the calcium or something else in cheese specifically. Without the cheese, I was only getting about half the recommended daily amount of calcium. Could be worth a try keeping track of your calcium intake. I know dairy is a trigger for some people but there seems to be a chance it's the opposite for me.

[Madlegs1]

That's great to discover.

So much of rls is finding what sets it off. That's why keeping a diary is so helpful.

Well done and thanks for sharing the tip.

Could be the calcium or some vitamin or maybe some esotoric fungus only available in your cheese storage facility!🤪

Whatever-- keep with it.

Delighted for you.

Any special type of cheese? Cow or goat?

[Syvxdhkoy in reply to Madlegs1]

Thanks for your nice comment. Mostly, I eat cheese from cow's milk but I never turn down goat cheese either. I try to get cheese that is 'artificial growth hormone free' and the variety is nothing fancy: smoked gouda, smoked cheddar, havarti with dill, colby. Yum, making myself hungry!

[Hidden in reply to Syvxdhkoy]

My mouth is watering!

[Lapsedrunner in reply to Syvxdhkoy]

I would happily be prescribed cheese 😂

[Jumpey]

Fab news.Long may it continue. X

[Graham3196]

Makes it difficukt doesn't it. I have proved by experiment that lactose is a trigger for me. Most cheeses contain lactose exeptions being soft cheeses like camembert and brie and old hard cheeses. I read somewhere that cheese rhat is 12 months old or more has almost no lactose

Often when walking around late at night i felt a need for a snack and had some tasty chedder on a rice cake. I felt that it hekped me ger over the RLS for the rest of that night

Deliberately eating cheese before attemoting ved didnt seem to help

[Syvxdhkoy in reply to Graham3196]

It really is so frustrating trying to draw conclusions about what's triggering the symptoms. Just when you think you've got it figured out, a relapse occurs and then you've got to think back about some tiny aspect of your day that might been different. Did I put my pants on left leg first instead of right? Ha. Or, like Madlegs' comment about fungus, it could be something you'll never think of and have zero control over. Interesting about the lactose. I should try some different cheeses and other forms of dairy to see if there's a difference. I wonder how vegans get enough calcium.

[captkirk]

I do take magnesium citrate 2-3 times a day. 150 mg capsules, usually 2 a day and 1

Calcium/magnesium before bed 333/167.

It works for me, don’t take anymore than 3 citrate a day or you’ll spend most of the time on the toilet lol. I used to take 3 cal/mag a day but was told to back off them. So now I only take one. I take the same supplements as you do and I like my

cheese as well. I hope this is of some help.

[Syvxdhkoy in reply to captkirk]

Hmmm, maybe I should take a calcium supplement as you mentioned, at least on the days I'm not getting the recommended 1000 mg. My magnesium citrate is a powder and it does not contain any calcium like some capsules.

[Lapsedrunner in reply to Syvxdhkoy]

Your calcium should be fine with all that cheese!!

[Syvxdhkoy in reply to Lapsedrunner]

Ha! You're so right.

[craigm1114]

What kind of cheese?

[Danaaa]

It could be the vitamin K that is high in a lot of cheese esp Gouda. Vit k puts all the minerals where they need to be apparently eg calcium iron magnesium etc - as well as other benefits.