Music and RLS

[cjouelle]

I have found that on occasion listening to music helps with my RLS. I need to listen to something that moves me. Maybe something nostalgic or perhaps unexpected. I understand this may not be conducive to sleep for some, but at the very least it might alleviate some of the torture of RLS.

[rkatt]

Yes, it’s the same for me. Listening on headphones seems to quell the pain and convulsions in my legs. Audio books help too.

[Hidden]

I listen to music every night in bed, it helps me drop off. Usually its the sloppy lovey type songs that i listen to , using earphones and as loud as i can, you concentrate on the music the words it distracts from the RLS and lets me drop off. When i wake again with symptoms i do it all over again. Its a trick i got from the website of The RLS Rebel years ago.

[KickininAz in reply to Hidden]

I also use music to help me fall asleep. I have a several playlists I use on YouTube and I place my phone on the pillow near my ear. I seldom make it through an entire playlist before I am sound asleep. If I do not listen to music, I lie awake and notice my any symptoms I have in my legs or body. My playlists are usually movie or TV theme songs from old stuff, such as To Sir With Love and Dionne Warwick singing Alfie.

[Hidden in reply to KickininAz]

I have also used youtube and my phone close to my ear aswell.!! I listen to Engelbert Humperdink, ( dont laugh lol ) as one of my list of songs.

[KickininAz in reply to Hidden]

I would never laugh at Engelbert Humperdink.....I still love Release Me. I live in Arizona and he has a concert scheduled here on January 9, 2021 at a very upscale casino, and I hope I can go see him, though everything is up in the air as far as live concerts go. Hopefully by January we will be allowed to attend social gatherings again. I also like Tom Jones, and I love the Righteous Brothers (with the original Bill Medley and Bucky Heard filling in for the deceased Bobby Hatfield).

[Hidden in reply to KickininAz]

I have watched many of Engelbert's concerts on youtube, it helps to wile the hrs away when RLS is keeping me awake. He has a virtual one done in his house as he was getting frustrated on not being able to go on tour to sing. I am a Tom Jones fan too.