11-30-2015, 06:26 PM
I asked my 14-year-old son what he did when he got RLS that worked for him.  He got up and did the funniest clumsy dance around the room and said that movement works for him - he jumps up and down hard on his legs, thumps them around and generally gets moving off the sofa, along with a loud sort of groaning noise which may not have been necessarily part of his solution.  As he is a very active and sporty boy, I am not surprised by his solution but I thought I would share it.  He has only been complaining of RLS for the last six months or so - I guess it is genetic as his dad used to have it and drove me mad fidgeting in bed until I realised he really couldn't help it at all.  Hope this helps someone although I suspect my son's case is so recent that it will respond to anything right now and it's only when you have had this sort of thing for a while that the simple things don't work any more. Anyway I was really happy to find this thread and have been sharing bits of it with him so am grateful to you all for sharing.