Does anyone know the cause of Restless Leg Syndrome?

Hi Marjorie, I just saw your post today. I have had RLS for 30 years and the older I got the worse It got. I take Sinemet 25/100mg. 15 to 20 min. before I go to bed and it is working. I take the generic. Some Relatives of mine take high doses of Folic Acid and it works, but it did not work for me. The dosage that is recommended is between 5 and 30mg (NOT MCG.) You must do this with your Doctors ok, it is a prescription. You should have your Folic Acid levels tested every few months.
One Relative takes 7MG and the other takes 15MG. It comes in 1MG tablets. Another home remedy I have heard about but have not tried yet, is to put a bar of soap under your BOTTOM SHEET near your legs. It sounds crazy, but I have heard it really works.
I think the best soap is Dove. My Sister takes 1000mg Calcium Citrate and 500mg of Magnesium and 600IU of Vitamin D at bedtime and it works for her. If you go to a Health Food store you can get capsules with all 3 ingredients in them. I hope this helps.

PLEASE READ, This gave me so much relief and well still does! I'm 38 and have RLS since I was a small child. I used to take Requip, it worked well. BUT, i have good news!! There is this topical gel that I get for my chronic back pain that I found out if you rub on your legs back and front and knees (everywhere you hurt), but don't massage in too much(you don't want to rub it in and rub it all away.) Okay, are you ready? the miracle gel is: Voltaren Gel (diclofenac sodium topical gel) 1%, it is by prescription only. My doctor prescribes it for my bulging discs, herniated discs, spine pain, and lower back pain, blah blah... Most important try to get your doctor to prescribe this or give you samples! I have lots of extra sample tubes, wish I could toss them your way :) Hope this helps a little :) thanks

RLS is like a form of torture. I never heard of it until I developed it after my diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis. I take 1mg klonopin @ bedtime which has gotten rid of it so far.

Unfortunately I do not know the cause,mine started after I was diagnosed with M.S. but as I've said Klonopin stopped it totally. I take 1mg @ nite

I also have RLS, and it can miserable. I have4 been on klonopin for a number of years and it has helped me. Sometimes if I am lying in bed watching tv, all of a sudden it feels like something crawling under my skin and I can't keep my legs still and I have to get up and move myl legs, but the klonopin has really helped. Sounds like you are really miserable. Good luck on finding some relief.

There is RLS med you can buy at walgreens its cheep. It desolves under the tounge and it dose not taste nasty at all to me. Anyways my husband has a problem with it too and the medication works for him. He is the type of person that won't take medication at all. I'm the type that will if it will and the med dose not work for me. I get it so bad I tryed to kill myself I couldn't take it and the tingle in my spine was the worst you can sit still for more then a second. I will say the thing that has worked for me no joke was vicoden or percoct. I have taking them when my RLS started up. Maybe it was because I was already so exaughsted maybe it realy works idk it helped me. And if you have a prescription for either I would give it a try. When your that misserable anything to help matters I know first hand. IT SUCKs. And I understand how u feel about your husband. I do feel bad too for keeping mine up and him wakeing up and basicaly going threw it with me. But I hope this helps. I also heard iron pills help too but I have never actually tried.

I have been on Klopin for several years. I started out with 0.5 and after a while it did not seem to help so my doctor uped it up to 2, but I take one with an over the counter sleep aid. Works for me. When the RLS starts kicking in I am miserable.

I've had RLS almost all my life. It started when I was a preteen. As a child my parents would rub my legs with rubbing alcohol. It was an occasional problem from then on and I generally took pain meds to get me through tough periods. Then several years ago my doctor told me about Requip. It was like a miracle drug and still is. I freak out if I run out and a new prescription is needed. But I have recently found out from my husbands doctor that there could be effects for long term use of Requip. So I am thinking about asking for another med. But thinking about the cause, I used to think it had something to do with my monthly cycle. It was always very heavy and that's about the time it started. So I am thinking a vitamin K deficiency. But now my husband has it, and he is on blood thinners, and when ever his blood is too thin (vitamin K deficiency) is when his legs bother him. Not sure of course about all this, but just my thoughts.

Hello Marjorie; I use a natural cure that works for me... "most of the time" ! but i'm not sure you can use it as it involves walking and you live on the second floor , but for what it's worth... here it is! Ingredients; "Quinine Water"[it's what you use to make various Gin drinks] most large Grocery stores carry it... OK , you drink 6 to 8 oz. Quinine water chug-a-lug , or nearly. Then you go for a 15-20min. walk... relax... when you get back home. drink another 4-8oz.glass of quinine water any way you want to and then to bed and good luck! Sacosam

I dont know what causes it but if you cant get comfort I read clonazepam (Klonopin) is a unlabled/Investigational use and I know 1 person that says it works great and clonazepam is used for panic attacks so you kill 2 birds with 1 stone,try it If it doesnt work ,I dont know what else there is although I THINK they were coming out with a drug made for restless Leg syndrome