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Do I have restless legs???


Posted by James Chen on August 31, 1999 at 10:30:55:

I'm not sure if I have Restless Legs Syndrome or not. I've always known that my legs sometimes moves involuntarily when I'm in bed. None of my partners have told me that I kick them, but I think it's because my leg movements aren't very severe, more like a small jerking motion. I don't notice it myself very often either, but every once and awhile when I'm in bed and falling asleep, at the moment when I'm almost asleep, one of my legs would jerk and that would wake up me. I only notice this very occassionally and I never feel any other wierd tingling or sensations in my legs.

The reason I'm asking this question is because recently, I haven't been sleeping well. I get up at least once during the night. Usually, I can't sleep for more than 5 hours before waking up for no particular reason at all (i.e. going to the bathroom, bad dream, etc.). I can usually go back to sleep again with no problem, but then I would wake up again in another 1-2 hours. So I end up getting about 6-8 hours of sleep, but not feeling totally refreshed in the morning. In fact, there are days when I feel very tired during the day, although I feel more energetic at night. Maybe because I'm at home and not stressed out by work. In any case, I can't figure out why this is happening to me. The only thing that I can think of that has changed in the last few months is that I started a rigorous exercise program and perhaps this is what's causing my fragmented sleep or causing RLS? Don't know....

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