Anyone experience dull ache?

[GreenDiamond90]

Hi everyone. This is my first time here. I was just wondering if a dull ache is a symptom anyone suffers from? I quite often (at least twice a week) find myself with these painful dull aches which will usually go with some paracetamol but I very rarely have the urge to move my leg. Tonight is the first time in over a year that I'm having a bout of uncontrollable moving and restlessness. I've had this problem for as long as I can remember and when my mum took me to the doctors when I was a kid they put it down to growing pains but I'm 30 years old now and pretty sure I'm not growing anymore lol. Any who, does anybody else experience this sort of pain as part of RLS?

Thank you for any and all replies.

I hope everyone has a good (and safe) day.

[Madlegs1]

Welcome.

If Paracetamol gives relief, then it's highly unlikely to be rls.

A dull ache is not generally regarded as a symptom either. More a tickly , crawly experience.

Thanks for posting and good luck.

[RoadRunner44]

Hi, Your post was of particular interest to me. I haven't been diagnosed with restless leg syndrome or anything related so as to speak. Many months ago I started getting pains in my legs just like you describe. They were accompanied by creeping feelings in arms too. The doctor put me on a course of iron which helped. There was a discussion as to RES may be a possibility

As I suffer with bronchiectasis and was on a long term nebulized antibiotic my consultant thought there maybe a connection. She stopped the antibiotic for three months to see if the sensations would stop. It is now 4 months since then but I still have the sensations even though they are much easier now. I take a co dydramol tablet when necessary. My problem is because of The Virus, things can't be taken for further investigation until its over.

My own research suggests that I have neuropathy of some sort due to being prediabetic.

There are many knowledgeable people on this forum so hopefully they can help more than I can.

Cheers

Chrys😐

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It is possible to have some pain as a consequence of RLS. I believe, from other's descriptions it is a dull ache.

I believe sharper, more localised pain, pins and needles, tingling or stabbing pain is more likely to be something else.

The defining characteristic symptom.of RLS however, pain or no pain, is the urge to move.

To help judge whether you have RLS or not, you can compare your symptoms to. the RLS diagnostic criteria. If your symptoms match ALL the criteria, then it's probable you have RLS. If they don't match any ONE, then you probably don't.

I write probably, because the descriptions used in the critetia are open to interpretation. E.g. there can be many reasons for being restless, the urge to move however is very specific.

A further guide is that although the criteria don't specifically mention it, insomnia is a significant consequence of RLS. This is either because symptoms prevent the onset of sleep or because RLS includes a state of hyperarousal which can cause more general sleeplessness.

Here's a link to the criteria.

irlssg.org/diagnostic-criteria

[silkyreg]

yes I have this dull ache all the time. In fact my RLS started when I was a teenager and had this dull ache in my arms. As the doctors couldn't find any cause for this pain they suspected RLS.

A few days ago I demonstrated my doctors what rls is by pressing their underarm with my hand very tightly. The sensation is not experienced as ache at the first moment but as unpleasant. But if this sensation lasts for some time the brain considers it as ache, a dull ache. Then I released the arm of my doctor and asked him what he likes to do with his arm now and he shoke and massaged it to get rid of this still lasting unpleasant feeling. That was the moment I told him:"This is Restless Legs!", and he got it!

[Jumpey]

I do sometimes get dull aches in my lower legs.The primary symptom of RLS is the uncontrollable urge to move your legs. If this isn't happening then may e the pain is something se.Good luck.x

[YodaDog]

Yes, I get dull aches, only in my knees. Sometimes in the evening I get it in a knee without the usual RLS sensations (because I have remembered to take my RLS meds). Strangely, it usually only occurs in one knee at a time (my left seems to suffer more than the right) and if I get up and walk/move it goes away immediately (hence me presuming it's part of my RLS symptoms). Once the RLS meds fully kick in it goes away. I don't get it every night, it seems to come and go in spells, in fact now that you've mentioned it, I haven't had it for a few weeks now. Sometimes, it's at such a low level that it doesn't bother me, but sometimes it is worse and it does. I never take pain meds for it because I know that my RLS meds will get rid of it (another reason why I believe it is linked to RLS). Good luck

[kylieah]

I was diagnosed with RLS and have had it 11 years. I also went through a period of experiencing a dull ache in my legs as well. It is nothing like the unbearable feeling of RLS. It is more an annoying feeling but I don't need to keep moving my legs. I had it for a month or two and it's not happened since and I'm assuming it's not related to RLS at all. It's not a symptom of RLS so there has to be another cause for it. I would rather put put up with the dull ache though than the hell of RLS that's for sure.