Restless legs and parathyroidism

[tickeyland]

Hi, Im a 34 female. I was recently diagnosed with hyperparathyroidism. I felt unwell for 18 months or more. Exhaustion, nausea, fatigue, feeling low  and stressed all the time. I was origionally diagnosed with depression (at the time I was off work caring for my partner who had cancer), so I accepted that was the correct diagnosis. In Nov 07 had kidney stones and then felt a lot worse. Several blood tests later over a number of months I am relieved to have a diagnosis. I am currently waiting for an op date. My symptoms seems to be getting worse though and I'm finding it hard to juggle work feeling as I do. I currently take metroclopramide for nausea and that seems to work ok, but I now have restless legs and arms every night. I get a couple of hours sleep at most which is making me feel worse. Does parathyroidism cause restless legs? What can I do to try and alleviate the problem?I don't know how long I will have to wait for op. I'm desperate!! Any advice or ideas that people have tried that have worked would be great.

[stella5349]

I would think with this disease it would cause you those symptoms. I find a really good website for parathyroid disease to look at is:

www.parathyroid.com Very user friendly.

[Thypatient]

Yes, I had that too.

I was advised to drink be-gallons of clear water while waiting for the op.  I'm just watching a morning show that talks about how a new study overturns the 8 glasses a day stuff.  That makes sense for the general public, but not when dealing with hyperparathyroidism.  I was drinking, more like, 28 glasses.

I bring this up because it did relieve some of my symptoms to do that.  Of course, for you, I wouldn't do anything without the dr okaying it first.

The web-site stella5249 mentions is helpful.  Good luck, really.

[kitty9309]

A good percentage of restless legs is caused by low iron.

The best test for this is ferritin.