I have suffered occasional bouts of RLS most of my life. In the past 4 - 5 years, those occasional bouts have become pretty regular, and over the past year, just about every night. I have found that a handful of cherries help, either fresh cherries, frozen, canned, or even a small glass of tart cherry juice at night. For the longest time I used potassium which helped. That no longer works. Now I use cherries and on really bad nights I'll get up and take a magnesium capsule. In addition, if it's really bad, I'll also do some leg stretches while up. I'm just not ready yet to discuss it with a doctor and try prescription medication. I'd rather stick with the cherries for as long as I can.
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I have suffered occasional bouts of RLS most of my life. In the past 4 - 5 years, those occasional bouts have become pretty regular, and over the past year, just about every night. I have found that a handful of cherries help, either fresh cherries, frozen, canned, or even a small glass of tart cherry juice at night. For the longest time I used potassium which helped. That no longer works. Now I use cherries and on really bad nights I'll get up and take a magnesium capsule. In addition, if it's really bad, I'll also do some leg stretches while up. I'm just not ready yet to discuss it with a doctor and try prescription medication. I'd rather stick with the cherries for as long as I can.
May 26, 2011 - 2:57pmThis Comment
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