I've been dealing with what seems to be RLS for quite some time now. It feels almost like an achy feeling, but with an urge to move and/or tense up my legs. If I'm lying down or sitting I'll move them around a lot, shake, tense them up, etc. If I'm standing I may rock or pace. It happens at any time of day, but might be more prominent at rest. It's often worse during my "time of the month." Sometimes the restless feeling can spread throughout other areas of my body.
One thing that makes me wonder if it's not RLS is that it doesn't seem to be relieved much by the movement. Another thing I experience is mild tightness feeling in my calves and behind my knees. I'm not sure if it's tied in with the RLS or is something else all together as it's not always occurring at the same time (though it sometimes is).
We tried checking my iron (it was slightly low, but iron supplements didn't help the symptoms). I'm taking some magnesium already. My neuro had my try 300 mg of gabapentin (neurontin) at bedtime. When that didn't work, she increased it to 300 mg 3 times a day. I've been on that for about a month, and it's still bothering me.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions? Could there be something I'm missing/could this be something else? I'm not sure if this is tied to lesions or not, but I do have brain lesions, no cervical lesions, but they've never done and MRI on my T spine.
One thing that makes me wonder if it's not RLS is that it doesn't seem to be relieved much by the movement. Another thing I experience is mild tightness feeling in my calves and behind my knees. I'm not sure if it's tied in with the RLS or is something else all together as it's not always occurring at the same time (though it sometimes is).
We tried checking my iron (it was slightly low, but iron supplements didn't help the symptoms). I'm taking some magnesium already. My neuro had my try 300 mg of gabapentin (neurontin) at bedtime. When that didn't work, she increased it to 300 mg 3 times a day. I've been on that for about a month, and it's still bothering me.
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions? Could there be something I'm missing/could this be something else? I'm not sure if this is tied to lesions or not, but I do have brain lesions, no cervical lesions, but they've never done and MRI on my T spine.
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