[Angelique67]

Possible trigger:

I live for this (sarcasm), and it took me the longest time to realize it, (/sarcasm) but the criminal jerks from downstairs (the bad kind) have been randomly-until-now doing a quick bang on my door in the middle of the night.

So tonight, there wasn't a phone call. Just 2 short bangs on my door and a few seconds after that, the sound of a voice with no words I could hear from this distance.

So now I'm afraid to lie down much less to soundly sleep.

In every true crime documentary they often say this was an event that happened to the victim, up until the victim is "disappeared".

Lots of thoughts but I can't hold onto them in this post because I have some sort of brain damage, i think.

[Skeezyks]

Hello Angelique67: I'm sorry you are encountering this difficulty. Periodically one reads, in our metropolitan newspaper, about instances where seniors have been defrauded, assaulted or even murdered. I'm afraid the unfortunate reality of the situation is that we can be easy pickings...

I have to say that I have been lucky to not have any problems, at least so far, related to being targeted because I am older. And in addition, where I live, the police are very responsive to what they refer to as "quality-of-life" issues. If we call about something that is of concern, they show up.

[Angelique67]

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Hello Angelique67: I'm sorry you are encountering this difficulty. Periodically one reads, in our metropolitan newspaper, about instances where seniors have been defrauded, assaulted or even murdered. I'm afraid the unfortunate reality of the situation is that we can be easy pickings...

I have to say that I have been lucky to not have any problems, at least so far, related to being targeted because I am older. And in addition, where I live, the police are very responsive to what they refer to as "quality-of-life" issues. If we call about something that is of concern, they show up.

Hi, Skeezyks. Thank you for reading and replying to my post. The police show up here too, but the problem is they are skeptical regarding things said by someone with a mental illness.

So I stopped calling the police. :/

The neighbors have not been waking me lately except for banging on the door in the wee hours, and I've been sleeping almost around the clock. Except for when I'm up for hours past bedtime with restless leg driving me crazy. It's a very weird situation.

[Skeezyks]

Oh yes... I have the restless leg thing too... In fact sometimes it feels kind-of like restless body! If I'm awake late at night I typically get up & walk slowly around-&-around the house. Part of the reason is I simply can't stand to lay in bed feeling like I'm about to jump out of my skin!

[Angelique67]

Originally Posted by Skeezyks

Oh yes... I have the restless leg thing too... In fact sometimes it feels kind-of like restless body! If I'm awake late at night I typically get up & walk slowly around-&-around the house. Part of the reason is I simply can't stand to lay in bed feeling like I'm about to jump out of my skin!

Yes! It is making my life even extra miserable. I also get restless body! I have been getting off and on my bed to go and exercise and stretch etc. I'm so sorry you get that too. It's impossible to do anything. And I pushed my next pdoc appointment all the way to July something in hopes i will be able to deal with the stairs here again. Meanwhile I'm going mad from it and I'm going to run out of Cogentin soon, and Cogentin barely does anything for it but it's better than nothing. :/

Sorry I sound so frantic.

[Gus1234U]

oddly, i have found that my allergy pill helps with the restless leg thing,, surely it was never intended for that, but hey, i'm not complaining ~

[Angelique67]

Originally Posted by Gus1234U

oddly, i have found that my allergy pill helps with the restless leg thing,, surely it was never intended for that, but hey, i'm not complaining ~

Benadryl? I should check that out. I have a bottle of generic Benadryl. I am using a lot of hydroxyzine but I don't notice it helping the RLS. Thank you for telling me!

[Angelique67]

Thank you, Gus, the Benadryl worked! Haha, I'm so grateful for the suggestion. I hope you're doing well today.

[dancinglady]

Originally Posted by Angelique67

Thank you, Gus, the Benadryl worked! Haha, I'm so grateful for the suggestion. I hope you're doing well today.

I thought you were able to move out of that area what happened? Why r u still having to deal with horrible neighbors.

[Angelique67]

Originally Posted by dancinglady

I thought you were able to move out of that area what happened? Why r u still having to deal with horrible neighbors.

The timing hasn't been right, for looking for places, because my friend is in Europe for work, and not here to be able to help me look. It's complicated.

Anyway, I do still plan to move but my friend should be home, hopefully, to help me look for a place. For some reason I'm just not finding the courage to do it alone. My fear of the stairs is keeping me isolated here too.

Do you have a printer? If you do, and are feeling patient (!) how about printing this off and seeing if it helps your restless legs?
http://www.ucb.com/_up/ucb_com_patie...Monitor_UK.pdf

[Angelique67]

Originally Posted by Little Cat

Do you have a printer? If you do, and are feeling patient (!) how about printing this off and seeing if it helps your restless legs?
http://www.ucb.com/_up/ucb_com_patie...Monitor_UK.pdf

Oh, thank you, Little Cat.