Terrified i have rls

[2245helpme]

I shake when im nervous now i read abot rls and my brain things i now have rls or always had it but it never bothered mw befoew i only shook when nervous

[4fishylady]

I have restless leg syndrome and it usually starts bothering me in the evenings, when I sit down to watch TV. It comes on as a sort of achy feeling, then moves on to an actual jerk or twitch of a leg, which will continue and get worse unless I take my ropinerole (Requip). It was prescribed for me to start at noon and take 1 mg every 4 hours until bedtime, and more if needed. Since it doesn't bother me when I'm up and moving around, I only take it around 6 and again at bedtime. I would not be able to sleep with my legs jerking. A simple med to take when needed is no problem. I have also, over my 76 years, dealt with my hands shaking at times. Usually it is when I am experiencing low blood sugar, from needing to eat something. Strangely enough, since being on Tecfidera for MS, I do not feel shaky as frequently, but when I do, I get food! Anxiety about any health issue will add to nervousness. Perhaps, taking magnesium would help you too. Read "The Importance of Magnesium in Clinical Healthcare" at ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articl.... This mineral is lacking in many diets and helps many issues. Best wishes for you to find help for this.

[Barbee44 in reply to 4fishylady]

When I'm extremely tired, I can override the symptoms....like when I took my sleep study test. It showed RLS but I never woke up. I, personally, think it's a brain thing, because when I get RLS really bad, I'll get up and to a crossword puzzle and it goes away. If I watch TV it gets worse. TV uses no brain stimulation at all. Just my personal opinion. My sleep study doctor tried all those drugs that people talk about on the RLS forum, but they all caused me to either be deathly ill or caused my throat to swell. So she put me on Alprazolam. This does the same as exhaustion....lets me override the symptoms, but they're still there. I get a good night's sleep though. I'm not sure how long she'll let me stay on them because everyone says they're addictive. I'm only on 1/2 of a .5. Sometimes I feel RLS a bit about 5 a.m. and I get up to go to the bathroom, go back to bed and have slight RLS, but am able to fall back asleep. I definitely think it stems from the brain... a loose wire or something LOL. I wonder if anyone has done a study on the brain and RLS.