Anyone have a non-prescription effective treatment for restless leg syndrome?

Answer 1

Hmm ok for sleep, keep the legs warm, wrap a big fluffy towel around the calves before sleep, this will help the circulation, a hot shower will likely help for a while too. Don't smoke as much before sleep time if you smoke ease back a bit at night, it constricts circulation. It could be a side effect of other drugs also.

Take a gram of citric acid dissolved in two glasses of water with raw sugar or honey (glucose) to balance the sweetness to taste. This is simply the daily recommended amount of vitamin C. Don't worry if you get a little extra in the normal foods you eat, you probably were were low for a while anyway. Ascorbic acid may work which is also vitamin C but it's worth the extra trip to the health food place or the brewers wine supplies place to find the real citric acid vitamin C. The glucose when balanced to taste not sweet not sour is probably very close to your own pH where it helps the nerves to regrow from the stress injuries.

Cammomile tea is very soothing to the nerves.

Crackers and milk in the microwave with sugar calms the nerves and calms the stomache first which helps to calm the pain receptors throughout the body and make sleep easy and comfortable.

Akathesia might be worth searching.

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Answer 2

I worked at a sleep center for a few years that diagnosed sleep related illnesses such as limb movement disorders or restless leg syndrome. Many times the neurologist who specialized in sleep would recommend dietary iron supplementation.

Answer 3

Try a magnesium supplement. It works in many cases.