Heat packs help.

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Like most of you, I am struggling to recover entirely from RLS; I want to be drug-free. So far, I am dependent on drugs, but the secondary goal is to use as little pharma as possible while aiming for primary goal. As a result, I have found that when buprenorephine almost works, but there’s that last bit of restlessness that won’t go away, a heat pack on the body part that’s restless alleviates the symptoms and I am able to sleep without having to take more meds. I use a cloth bag with seeds in it—barley, I think—sewn to keep the seeds evenly distributed. A few minutes in a microwave yields heat that lasts for three hours. An alternative would be to use an electric heating pad, but that means exposure to EMFs.

[Madlegs1]

That's a great tip.

Thank you.

I find a vibrator massage gun works well, also.

[shivermytimbers]

I'm the exact opposite! I spend the night seeking a cold part of the bed for my feet. I wish my electric blanket had separate controls for the feet.

Glad you found something that helped.

[Rameau in reply to shivermytimbers]

A large cool pad in my case.

[shivermytimbers in reply to Rameau]

Good idea. Underlined on my list of experiments to try. Thanks.

[teakabeagle in reply to shivermytimbers]

You can get cold pack socks on Amazon. They are great-lasts for hours!

[teakabeagle]

you can also get heated socks on Amazon. USB rechargeable- gentle heat that lasts for -about 4 hours