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Originally Posted by tokiwartooth
My mom has this too and she said the same thing, it drives her nuts when she's trying to sleep. Sometimes when I try to sleep it feels like there's bugs crawling all over my legs, so I might have it to some degree as well. I wish there was something I could say that would help, but nothing mom has tried has worked and the creepy-crawly sensation I get doesn't go away either. I wonder if there is a remedy out there, maybe you could talk to a doctor? They might be able to give you an anti-spasmodic or something to that degree. I know there are medicines out there that are used to treat it, but I don't know anything about them. I read somewhere where massaging your legs might relieve some of the worse symptoms, but I don't know if it would really work or not.
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Yeah it sounds like you inherited it to, it runs in my family, both of my parents, all my uncles, cousins have it to. I noticed it wasn't that bad when I was younger and when I stay more active. But when you are disabled for any period of time it tends to get worse. Muscle relaxers do get rid of the cramps, but they aren't a permanent solution when it happens every day/night.
Yeah I think its a good idea to talk to the doctor about it as well, but as of right now I'm uninsured with very little money. Maybe I'll get lucky and get on medicaid
because as of now I can't afford no meds and I'm battling life-long depression and anxiety disorders with will power and diet alone. I was taking magnesium which seemed to reduce the frequency and intensity of spasms but the pdoc I'm seeing told me to stop taking all supplements so he can give me some kind of pills.
I had a really bad experience with pills before, making everything get worse. So I've already decided to be my own advocate and assert my right to say no. Especially concerning SSRI's which is where the worst experiences of my life comes from. No amount of persuasion will get me to take anything in that class of drugs again.
