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Do you have a copy of Dr. Jacob Teitelbaum's book Fatigued To Fantastic? On page 127-129 he talks about Restless Leg Syndrome. Here are the highlights....I URGE you that if you are fighting multiple conditions to GET THIS BOOK. I've read many in the past few years and I deeply regret I didn't read this one FIRST. Don't be put off by folks that say he 'prescribes too many medicines'. He FIRST suggests natural remedies and resorts to meds only when desperate times call for desperate measures so to speak. I've been following his protocols and finally am starting to improve after 5 years of being disabled!

I TRIED and TRIED to build up my adrenals naturally but as I watched my morning cortisol numbers slip from 15 to 7 to 5 to 3 with nearly nothing the rest of the day I tried Cortef, which gave me too many side effects and eventually tried Isocort (see my other posts on this). FINALLY, my numbers are coming up, I'm eating again, most of the nausea is gone.

Dr. Teitelbaum explains in the book WHY we don't sleep (because of hypothalamic dysfunction), suggests many ways of getting sleep and on and on. I realized that after 5 years of doing things completely natural that it was time to get to the bottom of why I've been so sick and my why adrenals were tanking. And, this book REALLY helped me in a way the other ones could not.

Here's the scoop on RLS

1. Approx. 1/3 of Fibro patients have RLS
2. Experts suspects it might be a result of dopamine deficiency
3. It may also be aggravated by iron deficiency - having blood ferritin levels less than 50 even though over 9 is considered normal.
4.) Other causes may be b12 or folic acid deficiency, hypothyroidism or hypoglycemia
5.) Elavil and Lithium aggravate RLS

Natural Remedies
No caffeine
iron supplement if ferritin under 50
sub-lingual b12 & folic acid
L-Tryptophan (My NOTE: L-Tryptophan is now back on the market at
http://www.swansonvitamins.com

5 HTP

Prescription Remedies
Ambien
Klonopin

If these 2 do not control add Sinemet 10/100 or 25/100 on hour before bedtime

Just a P.S.

I agree that there are many issues that we as adrenal patients face. And it is vitally important to address things such as yeast overgrowth, parasites, food sensitivities , removal of chemicals from the home, dietary changes, supplements, and so on....The caveat is this....

IF your body is at a point where it can recover naturally by using only these methods that's super....but I was at a point where my adrenals were so non-functional that I HAD to address replacement (as in Isocort, which is available online without a prescription) not just supplementation. I have done all of the things above...to the tune of multiple 1000's of dollars and none of that is wasted, but without my adrenals functioning none of it is in and of itself enough to get me well.

Have you had an Adrenal Stress Index or 4 part saliva cortisol and DHEA measurement done???? If not, it is imperative to have a baseline and know where you are, especially if you've been sick for awhile. You don't need a doctor. They're available on line from
http://www.thehormoneshop.com
for about $100. The Hormone Shop uses the exact same lab, Pharmasan, that my doctor uses but doesn't require a doctors order. They even ship out of the country.

Also try some extra Magnesium, that might help.

And for merely a quick fix, Quinine Water will calm them down.

I do not know what everyone said here but I think restless legs can sometimes be associated with a sleep imbalance. Call and find out if Dr. thinks you have one. I think you can answer a questionaire. Looke under sleep problems under Physicians. It's worth a try. If that is it that is and EASY fix. good luck.

Hi! Personal experience from many friends with fibromyalgia. Both fibro and simple low thyroid seem to come with restless legs. But you might want to find out if you have simple fibromyalgia. There is a doctor who has a test that is definitive about 75% of the time. He's at Stopfibro.com. His name is Dr. Paul Whitcomb and he had fibro and cured himself, and many others, myself included. He has a book, which you might find informative. Amazon has it: "Fibromyalgia: Finally, solving the mystery." There's a chapter on restless legs in the book. Many of the other patients at the doctor's clinic in South Lake Tahoe had restless legs before they came, but that symptom went away after a couple weeks of treatment. This doc can tell if you're one of the people he can help with his simple test, and if you are, it's a real miracle to get well in 8 weeks. I like to sleep now that I can, and the fibro is a thing of the past. All the other ladies who were treated with me are doing well, too, and rebuilding our health. Our glands all got depleted from the stress of various pains, and that led to restless legs for many, most likely from thyroid collapse. While the thyroid is a fairly delicate gland, it will recover quickly if it has the stress removed. I no longer have to take thyroid hormones, and still take adrenal bio-identical hormones, and do very well. Good luck to you.

The first time I got rls I saw on the net that it could be caused by low iron. Then I realized that I had run out of iron supplements (I rarely eat red meat). Once I began the supplements again the rls went away.

Then quite some months later it returned. Well, I upped my iron and it went away again.

You can't go by blood tests alone. They may tell you that your iron is fine while it is not. Go by symptoms also. I used to have a doctor, now retired, who said that what they call "normal" in blood tests sn really average. But he said a few decades ago, before soil depletion and a toxin laden world, the scores for average/normal were different.

You could be low not only in iron, but in potassium or magnesium or calcium. These are correlated to rls. Low salt diets can also be a factor. Low salt can also cause leg cramps. I was not having much salt, for ex., and got cramps in my foot. I took a bit of salt and in an hour the problem was gone.

Btw some say to sleep with a bar of soap rls and it does wonders. I tried that and it was totally worthless as one would expect.