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tinkerbell23 | 00:56 Sun 10th Jul 2011 | Body & Soul
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Soo horrible! Why do i get this? What do i do lol xx
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Hi tinks! I've heard that some people take quinine tablets for restless feet/legs. Might be worth a try.
Drink tonic water - it has quinine in it and you might have some kicking about the house :) x
Hi tinkerbell23, I get restless legs, so I can sympathise with you. Its really horrible , always starts around bed time. I put up with it for years, and in the end went to my GP. I now take medication for it every evening and it really helps. There are lots of different meds for this condition, so if you don't mind taking a tablet or two,give your GP a visit. Good luck...
I try and keep them cool and raised, I get foot cooling sprays and if really bad (legs too) I rub some anti-inflammatory pain gel stuff into them though try to use it sparingly and go for the cheap pound shop version which I assume isn't as strong as voltarol and emugel and such.
Being nice to your feet helps too, do you wear good supportive footwear, especially if walking a lot. Mine are affected by arthritis and I find mine really suffer if I don't wear decent footwear, especially cheap flats or flipflops with really thin soles and especially in hot weather.
I take Amitriptyline, which you would have to see your doctor for, as it's on prescription, but it really helps my restless legs. It is actually an anti-depressant, but only if taken in considerably higher dosages than I take (50mg). Hope this helps.
Try cooling gel. It smells nice and minty and has worked for my wife.
Boots have a nice cooling foot range and I had a gorgeous peppermint footspray from the Body shop.
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Thanks all!! Its nit every night just now and again! Such a pain x
http://www.ehow.com/f...ss-legs-syndrome.html
According to this restless leg/feet syndrome is related to Potassium deficiency, try eating a banana before bed
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Awwww GOD!!!! I seen every half hour last night!! I spoke too soon saying i dont get this- i could have cried! Ill have to see what i can get to relieve this!!!!!! Horrible x
I use calmagzinc tablets (calcium magnesium zinc) they are huge things like swallowing a brick and the dose is three a day but they do seem to help.
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Ill have to do something....no way i can work tomorrow if this happens tonight :0/ x
Have you got (and can you take) ibuprofen? It's helped me get a decent night sleep when mine have been evil before now (try not to take it often)?
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Yep and yep! Will try....i swear jenna i was DEMENTED last night x
It's horrible isn't it! Mine are worst on planes, only the last few years, don't know what it is about being on a plane but they drive me demented and nothing helps them, glad I don't fly often - might take something to make me sleep through some of it next time. Hope you get a decent nights sleep tonight x
Its so debilitating, just don't know what to do with yourself. Sometimes mine has been so bad(despite taking meds) I have cried with it. I'm sure people(including the medical profession) who have never had it, just don't realise or understand just how bad this is. I must admit that I have never tried the voltarol gel or taking ibrprufen, so when I get another bad night I will give them a try(not both together).

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