restless legs!!!OMG, i'm going flippin crazy!!!!!

[dallas123]

ok,2nd day ct everything would honestly be ok if i didn't feel like i was going to crawl out of my skin!! my legs WILL NOT let me go to sleep @ night (and i am tired!)i've tried hylands leg cramps,ibuprofen,and even heat wraps around my legs......what even makes your legs do this anyhow???and the anxiety  whew.....thats a killer......any thoughts?d

[1911]

Congratulations on your progress.  The restless legs will subside substantially in a couple of days.  In about 2 weeks your legs will rest comfortably.

I had the same problem and began walking the house at night...usually for 1 hour...and, then sleep for 1 hour.  

My guess is that your nervous system is reacting to the lack of opiates and is firing off impulses to your extremities.  

When my legs finally settled down, my arms started to twitch.  That was more annoying than anything else.

Member of this forum will suggest other remedies.  I just wanted you to know it will all go away on its own in a little while.  Riding it out is one of the keys to succeeding.

GEORGE
Day 28

[amythist2779]

I have suggested it many times. Try legatrin Pm. Its an over the counter med that will help with pain, and yes restless legs, it will also help you sleep. That is the main reason I first started trying it, was for restless legs and it works great!! You can find it at Walmart or the pharmacy. I now take requip for my restless legs but I still take the legatrin for other pains so that I dont have to take so much of my pain meds. Trust me try it, I think you might be surprised.

Take care and hang in there,
Aurora

[dallas123]

thankyou for the advice, and i will definitely be going out today to get some...OMG another horible night....(day 3) when will this end?????last month,(when i tried to wd) i had very minimal restless legs, mostly i just felt sick w/diarreah ( the flu symptoms) now,  i have no flu symptoms at all in fact if it weren't for the leg problems and the anxiety...i'd be ok....i cannot sit still i try and get out as much as possible... we watched a great great movie last night the guardian..WOW what an awesome movie!!! sad to say i am counting down the days to refill and when i do refill it will have been 15 days ct,,, how stupid am i?!!!!!!!