See a neurologist. He needs a sleep study. That is done overnight at the hospital. That way they can identify the exact problem, and treat it precisely. My father had it, and magnesium supplements took care of it. When I started having it too, magnesium helped, but not enough. My internist had me try Requip: worse than useless, and side effects. I tried the bar of soap thing too. I imagined it helped a bit. I was told it needs to be a strong smelling soap. But no where near as effective as finding out the cause and treating that. My neurologist knew from my sleep study exactly what I had, and prescribed Gabapentin. That is an antiseizure drug that also prevents the muscle twitching. It has been a godsend. It's a very safe and innocuous medication that has been around a long time. I take it at night, since it causes drowsiness. But that is to my benefit then. I am sleeping better than I have all my life: not like being drugged, just deep and refreshing natural sleep. I just took an overseas plane trip: I could not believe how wonderful it was to just sit in my seat, and not feel I had to jiggle or get up to walk around constantly!

To me, the best place for info is the RLS Foundation. Someone mentioned Nightwalker's Newsletter - it's from the Foundation. They also have a message board that is extremely helpful. RLS is hereditary in at least 50% of cases. My whole family - ever person in 3 generations on my mom's side - has it. Weird. It's also really mild in most cases, so drugs aren't needed. I used to be able to walk it off. It also tends to worsen over time, but not for everyone. When it affects your quality of life, many people find they cannot manage anymore without drugs, even if they did before. To me, the best thing you can do is find out about it so you know how to approach it. Here are some facts: 1. As stated above, iron is implicated. But, taking iron doesn't always help and you can have enough iron in your body and still have RLS. ALWAYS get your ferritin level checked - should be at least 50 and preferably over 100 - by your doctor. If it's below that, start taking iron (65 elemental mg per day up to 3 x per day) and get your ferritin checked every 3-4 months until it's high enough. Too much iron CAN harm you, so never take a high dose of iron without this test. 2. RLS is highly treatable with placebo. That means soap, quinine, magnesium, and many other things will often work for someone. But, in research, they do not work consistently or for many people. If something works for you - excellent! Don't assume it will work for others, though. Also, don't assume anything will work for years. Often we find one thing works for awhile, only to stop. 3. There are many genes implicated in RLS. This may mean that there are actually different variants that respond to different treatments. As with above, if something works for you, excellent. Just don't assume it will work for everyone else. 4. There are some excellent books on RLS. These help dispel myths and teach what works, how to approach your doctor, how to cope with RLS, and more. 5. There is a lot of incorrect information about RLS floating about the internet! Of course, some things are subjective (see above), but some things are not. For example, most people believe that antidepressants will always worsen RLS. The research shows that to be incorrect. Some of them do, but the percentages are low. 6. People with chronic RLS have a similar quality of life to other people with chronic diseases such as diabetes. 7. People with RLS are more likely to have anxiety disorders and depression. They are also more likely to have PLMs - periodic limb movements. These can be while sleeping (PLMS) or while waking (PLMW) or both. 8. RLS can occur in any part of the body. It almost always starts with the legs, but can progress after that. My brother gets it in his arms more than his legs. 9. RLS can occur at any time of day, however it's always worst in the evening. Researchers believe it may be connected to our body's clock. If you move your bedtime later, for example, eventually the RLS will start happening later. That's all I can think off offhand. Consider the RLS Foundation for more info - see link below. Here is a link that might be useful: RLS Foundation

I hate bananas. I take 2 potassium pills everyday. My DS tole me it would help. I also have had a bar of soap under my mattress for years. Nobody can figure out why that works but it does. Sometimes I can feel a cramp start but then it lets go right away. DH who has Type 2 diabetes used to have a lot of cramps too but not anymore. My brother who has a nerve disorder has them really bad. His doctor at Mayo Clinic told him to drink mineral water and now he never has them either.

They were milkweed seedlings under the big light. I lost 1 humistrata and 1 purple. The fascicularis bounced back. Some of the cells have pro mix, mixed with sand, for the milkweeds that like sand, like humistrata, arenaria, subverticillata, and onotheroides. Those cells dry out even faster. I was hoping I could bottom water the trays, but it's not working out. Some cells won't hydrate, and they all get too drenched, leading to fungus problems. I had gotten a little package of super concentrated biofungicide from Thailand after months of waiting, and I put it somewhere for safekeeping, and now it's lost lol. I ordered more biofungicide from the states. I can't wait months for it. So, I will just have to spray water all the cells twice a day. This is the count of all the seedlings that are up with cotyledons. asperula,4, purple, 9, cordifolia, 2, arenaria, 6, variegata, 2, speciosa, 2. subverticillata, 2, humistrata, 4, variegata, 2, oenotheroides,2, ovalifolia,13, oenotheroides,2, fascicularis, 3., and viridiflora,3.There are several cells that have no sign of life. All seeds were sown in the cells after the roots appeared. I had really bad germination with the variegata and purple. I wish I had more seeds of both. I'm soaking more seeds for oenotheroides, fascicularis, asperula, viridiflora, subverticillata, and speciosa, since there are only a few of each that germinated.