My TENS unit experience

[amrob123]

I purchased a TENS machine recently having read on various forums of others' success with it for RLS.

The first night i went very gently, using it at 1/5th of the recommended intensity for approximately 10 minutes.

The second night, i upped the intensity to 1/3 of the recommended amount. I also used the device for 30 minutes.

That second night, i noticed quite a few muscle contractions as i was using the device but figured that things would calm down eventually. The bad news is that they didn't. I had the worst RLS that i have had for a long time and as a result, I'm not especially inclined to try it again.

Back to the drawing board...next on the list is an infrared lamp 😊

[Joolsg]

Oh dear. Sadly, the same happened to me when I tried revivitive. I hate to think how much I've spent on useless herbs, vitamins, devices.

But I sell them on via ebay.

[amrob123 in reply to Joolsg]

It's so strange that what works for one person, has the exact opposite effect on another. It really makes one wonder.

Glad you're managing to on-sell some of your non-successes!😀

[SueJohnson]

Comparison of two of them tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10....

[amrob123 in reply to SueJohnson]

Thanks for this. Someone on another forum reports using a 30 year old and very basic Philips InfraPhil infrared lamp (1000nm which is not even the recommended wavelength) and still has good results with it.

[SueJohnson in reply to amrob123]

That's promising. Will be interested in how it goes for you.

[Munroist]

I recently tried a TENS type foot “circulation Revitaliser” with a couple of pads you put your feet on which a friend said helped her restless legs, but I knew it wasn’t going to work when my RLS started while using it! I did try it for a few nights but absolutely no benefit.

[Fiyoga]

l tried a tens machine too, it seemed to help at first, but didn’t last.

Back to the drugs!