Well, treatment, that is the second best thing we Restless Leg Syndrome folk desire. We keep out ears and eyes attuned to any mention of something to do for our suffering. Be it the latest techno-drug or a new way to meditate, we strive to understand and hope. Most of us been taken over by our legs for more than a decade and have heard and tried a lot of remedies.
Do a search on Restless Leg Remedies and you will get results about AMA approved drugs, homeopathic medicine, meditation and sleep therapy. All claim to give us some relief from Restless Leg Syndrome and they have each proven useful for someone, probably thousands of 'someones'.
RLS has been treated with some pretty mean chemicals. Medicines that mediate the constant tremors of Parkinson's disease, highly addictive opioid narcotics are prescribed for Restless Leg Syndrome. Many muscle relaxants and sleep inducing drugs have been taken by many, at little effect. The RLS is out of control in some of us that doctors have medications that common treat epilepsy.
Various types of spa treatments have been recommended to us. Warm baths and massages relax the offending muscles, and alternating cool and hot packs that lesson the symptoms short term seem to be selling into suffering with Restless Leg Syndrome for the rest of our lives.
Research backs the notion that stress can boost the strength and frequency that Restless Leg Syndrome is manifest. That is why Yoga and meditation have been effective in reducing the severity of RLS.
Too much of our morning coffee or afternoon tea, researchers say, can feed Restless Leg Syndrome. When we reduce the intake of the duo, Alcohol and tobacco, RLS symptoms might drop off.
Any sickness, syndrome, or psychological imbalance is helped by regular exercise and sufficient sleep.
There are some medications they tell us to stay away from. Antidepressants and some anti nausea drugs can cause RLS to spike.
As if there were not enough alternatives, the world of 'alternative medicine' has a fairly large and often helpful collection of herbs and the like aimed at Restless Leg Syndrome. It is believed that RLS is sometimes the result of an underlying nutritional deficiency. The alternative medicine offers supplements for the most common nutritional culprits such as Iron, Folic acid, Vitamin B, and magnesium.
I said treatment for Restless Leg Syndrome is only the second best thing we desire. What we want most is relief – we want it to go away.
We will explore the various promises of relief and even recommend some. I suffer along with you and I will search along with you. |
