User talk:Leeniebaker

I would like to comment on having restless leg. It says here in wikipedia that it doesn't effect everyday life and I am here to say that in fact it does. Anyone who suffers from RLS knows how it effects your life. I have had this since I was a little girl - I am now 38 yrs old. The fact that there is finally a name for it is a dream come true. However, I would like to add that it has effected my daily life since I can remember. I do not sleep except for maybe 2 or 3 hours a night which then effects my effectivnes at work. Not to mention the spiral effect on a continuous basis. I experience exhaustion daily and then I feel extremly tired the following night but still cannot fall asleep due to the RLS so, then the next day it is basically doubled ~ my exhaustion. I started taking Requip which seemd to be the answer to my nightmare but after about 2 weeks I seemed to build up a tolerance to the meds and it didn't seem to have the same effect as it did in the begining. I have now had to beg my Doctor for clonzepam to help me sleep. She was reluctant to prescribe this to me due to the high rate of addiction but it seems to be helping and I wake up feeling refreshed and rested. I have been taking a multi vitamin for yrs that includes Iron so I know I don't have an iron deficiency and have had every single test done on me and I know for a fact I do not have an iron deficiency. To all of you who struggle with this disease on a daily basis I recommend something like clonzepam it is the only thing that has helped me for a long period of time. Good luck to all of you out there I know how awful it is to live with RLS.