Restless Leg syndrome?

[Graham]

NO!! not the shorter stumpy one in the middle that gets you into trouble with other women

One for the PH quacks....

I appear to have ( according to the great medical tome that is the internet :heh

whats called restless leg syndrome...


basically periodically my leg jumps about involuntary at night.... Not particularly helpful towards either of use getting a good nights sleep...


Anything I can do about it? worth seeing my doctor or will he just laugh at me for wasting his time...

Oh hang on apparently for USD29.99 i can have the answer...

[Landlord]

Potassium (via bananas) is believed to help IIRC. I seem to remember postassium helps settle nerves (not in the butterflies-in-the-stomach sense) and bananas are a good source of potassium.

[Davi]

Best thing I've found for it is an ankle support bandage! Get one of those sports ones that are quite tight and stick on before you go to bed, helps loads.

I find it gets considerably worse if I'm dehydrated as well, so make sure you're drinking enough fluids.

[Chassis 33]

Knowing Graham he's drinking plenty of fluids

Regards
Iain

[Graham]

Chassis 33 said:

Knowing Graham he's drinking plenty of fluids

Regards
Iain

cheeky fker

[rhinochopig]

Make use of it and take up nocturnal jogging.

[Davi]

Chassis 33 said:

Knowing Graham he's drinking plenty of fluids

Regards
Iain

that'll be another part of the problem then - alcohol aggravates it considerably

[Neil_H]

Tie it to the bed post?

[carter711]

Not really a help but once i was standing in a que in Subway and there was a Chinese man infront of me that had a massive problem with kicking his feet back towards his arse, he kept on randomly doing it, very strange Chinese man that one.

[PieroW]

My ex-gf had it, stress made it worse for her. Since I broke up with her I'm sure it's much better!

[Muze ST]

Take a bannana on toast at night and also have a whiskey, help settle nerves and helps you sleep better.

[Cara Van Man]

Get yourself a piece of cardboard, a nylon Nike jacket and some thick shoe laces....then enter a break dancing competition.

[S4E Jord]

Cara Van Man said:

Get yourself a piece of cardboard, a nylon Nike jacket and some thick shoe laces....then enter a break dancing competition.

LOL, just been caught in the office not doing much work. thanks :P

[captainzep]

(1) Gaffa tape feet to exercise bike
(2) Hook bike up to a phone charger using wires or something.

Next morning, hey presto! You've charged your phone up a bit!

Winner.








-No, I don't know how. They just come to me [looks to the skies].

[lingus75]

I get something similar. Do you do it when your semi-conscious dreaming? I usually dream I am stepping of a bottom step or pavement and kick out, I then wake up (and sometimes kick my GF in the shins!).

[Rod Rammage]

rhinochopig said:

Make use of it and take up nocturnal jogging.

Or...

Kick your wife/gf mercilessly and when she wakes up screaming, just tell her to STFU, the fecking disablist bh.

[SS HSV]

Sleep in the bath and tie your washing to it

[Horse_Apple]

Graham said:

NO!! not the shorter stumpy one in the middle that gets you into trouble with other women

One for the PH quacks....

I appear to have ( according to the great medical tome that is the internet :heh

whats called restless leg syndrome...


basically periodically my leg jumps about involuntary at night.... Not particularly helpful towards either of use getting a good nights sleep...


Anything I can do about it? worth seeing my doctor or will he just laugh at me for wasting his time...

Oh hang on apparently for USD29.99 i can have the answer...

First of all, I believe restless leg syndrome is about your legs needing to move around when you are lying down, it is not to do with spasming, which is caused by your brain getting confused and sending a jolt down to the limb to check it hasn't fallen off

1) Eat much earlier. About 5 hours before going to bed. Many cases are caused by your body still trying to digest food which you need to be up and about to do in the ideal world.

2) Stick a support, like a pillow, under your knees to keep them slightly bent as this will alleviate some of the cause.

[Horse_Apple]

carter711 said:

Not really a help but once i was standing in a que in Subway and there was a Chinese man infront of me that had a massive problem with kicking his feet back towards his arse, he kept on randomly doing it, very strange Chinese man that one.

That's Terrets (?) Syndrome.

[Glocko]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6gI7CHYRrU