Not so long ago I thought I saw the beginning of varicose veins on one of my calves for the first time. I’m in my late forties. From friends who are older than me I have heard that they also started to suffer from this around fifty. I don’t know exactly how you get varicose … Read more
A fellow sufferer said that she had regularly read that people with restless legs also suffer from sleep apnea. Or actually the other way around: people with sleep apnea often also have RLS complaints. The fellow sufferer herself, apart from restless legs, also had to deal with sleep apnea. She read the messages on a … Read more
On a fellow sufferer’s forum for people with restless legs, I linked restless legs to rheumatism as a result of my blog about RLS in fibromyalgia. A fellow sufferer reacted a bit curtly with the question what rheumatism had to do with restless legs. I didn’t think this was such a nice response at first. … Read more
A fellow sufferer wrote not so long ago that she had had corona and that the complaints of her restless legs had changed greatly after that. I found that an interesting fact. She also wrote that she suddenly no longer suffered from RLS during corona. When she was better, the symptoms returned but differently than … Read more
In one of my previous blogs I made a brief comparison between intermittent claudication and restless legs. I then indicated that it concerns two different conditions. However, the two are still sometimes confused. The reason for my comparison was a comment from a friend about vitamin B11. She had read in a reference book of … Read more
A while ago, when I started studying medications that help with restless legs, I wrote about dopamine and dopamine agonists. I found out that the drugs that are used in RLS are actually mainly intended for Parkinson’s disease. For restless legs, these are prescribed by doctors only in severe cases and in relatively low doses. … Read more
Someone close to me told me that he had bought a book about MUS. In Dutch this is called SOLK. I didn’t know exactly what that was then. It was also quite new to him. His haptonomy therapist had advised him to read more about it. MUS (or SOLK) has to do with physical complaints … Read more
Last year, a former high school classmate told me that he often has calf cramps at night. I had recently told him about my restless legs. Sharing my story prompted him to tell me about his nocturnal muscle cramps. I remember wondering back then whether calf cramps are a variant of RLS. Later I read … Read more
A few years ago I also studied fibromyalgia. At that time I was working on my website with online yoga. I then interviewed more than 25 people with fibromyalgia via email. In the end, with the information that emerged, I put together a yoga class package with video lessons for this target group. There is … Read more
Not long ago I read that 80% of people with restless leg syndrome also have Periodic Limb Movement Disorder (PLMD). I did not know that. I myself belong to the minority of 20% that is not affected by this. PLMD strikes me as an extremely unpleasant condition. Only restless legs would be disruptive enough for … Read more
