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Topic: RLS - Restless Leg Syndrome

tulips
LymeNet Contributor
Member # 44773

posted

Even though I take Vitamin E and Folic Acid each day, I still have RLS (Restless Leg Syndrome) at night. Is there any dietary change I can make

so that I don't have RLS anymore?

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Check the side effects of each med you take. I found that hydroxyzine and trazodone were causing RLS for me.

Salicylates in foods and meds can also cause it. No more RLS for me!

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tulips
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Thanks. That's something I wouldn't have thought of. It might be related to one of the supplements I've started taking recently.

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Lymetoo
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Hope you can figure it out. Extra magnesium may help too.

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lpkayak
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Mag takes it away for me. I like to use CALM mag for rls...it seems to work the quickest

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shoeless joe
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Member # 45835

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Artificial sugars give me restless legs bad,cut out all artificial sugars.

stevia is ok.

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surprise
Frequent Contributor (1K+ posts)
Member # 34987

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Check iron level, as well.

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shoeless joe
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Member # 45835

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Sure can be torturous.

Getting up and walking around will buy you about ten minutes relief when you lay back down,not great but sometimes you need a breather.

My old stand by 5htp and l theanine calms things down some.

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Lymetoo
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Member # 743

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Check the foods you are eating in the evening especially. Many people are very sensitive to foods with salicylates.

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tulips
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Member # 44773

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Thanks everyone for your consideration and excellent advice. I'm beginning to think it may be because I've been taking a little Xylitol to clear biofilms but have learned recently that Stevia is just also effective and there are some questions about Xylitol. So, I'm going to try Stevia for a while.

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Carmen
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Member # 42391

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I got restless leg syndrome with my lyme and it was accompanied with stabbing pains in my things and as I treated the lyme and was getting better from it the restless leg got worse. I treated over all with rife but the leg thing got worse.

I tried MMS and it went away after 28 days of use but returned after two weeks.

I was advised on a rife forum to try treating for mycoplasma. I did so and had immediate results. No longer have restless legs... took only a few weeks to go away with rife.

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tulips
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Member # 44773

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You know - that's interesting. I started taking L-argentine (for Bart & Mycoplasma) it's only been two or three days, but my RLS didn't bother me last night.

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Lymetoo
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L-arginine?

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tulips
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L-arginine is listed on the Bartonella Core Protocol in "Healing Lyme Disease Coinfections" after Japanese Knotweed and EGCG with quercetin. Mycoplasmas scavenge L-arginine from the body. But L-Arginine can also be replaced by eating certain foods. Just thought I'd try some other supplements for Bartonella.

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Lymetoo
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I was just making sure what you meant by "L-argentine."

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