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Lea Vollmer
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
Lea
Evansville
IN
USA
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 Posted - Mar 11 2008 : 11:08:10 PM
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I've just been diagnosed with Restless Leg Syndrome and have heard that a bar of Ivory Soap placed under the bottom sheet of your bed helps with the symptoms. Anyone here have the same problem? What works for you? I'm taking Requip, but sometimes it just doesn't seem to help.
Lea
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22shortie
True Blue Farmgirl
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rebekah
sulphur
la
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2008 : 08:19:31 AM
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I watch my caffine and sugar intake because that seems to make the problem worse. Esspecially coffee and chocolate stuff! Sometimes a heating pad helpsd me a little. My dad has the same problem and Im not sure if anything really releives his RLS. But mine is pretty well undercontrol when i watch what I eat...Hope it gets better for you. Maybe the meds will kick in soon!
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2008 : 09:12:34 AM
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My mom always drank a little, oh my, forgot the name--- I think it was club soda? Anyway, it has quinine in it. Says it on the label. You find it in the soda pop section of the grocery store. It was the quinine that helped her for years.
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Peanut
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Waverly
Virginia
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2008 : 09:24:40 AM
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Tonic water has quinine in it. Or...it used to. I'm not sure it still does.
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Hideaway Farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
1553 Posts
Jo
Virginia
USA
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emsmommy5
True Blue Farmgirl
1547 Posts
Angie
Buckley
WA
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2008 : 12:41:24 PM
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You are right, tonic water, thanks. I had a brain misfire there for a minute. You can still buy it around here with quinine in it. You just have to look at the label. Thanks for clearing that up!
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Lea Vollmer
Farmgirl in Training
25 Posts
Lea
Evansville
IN
USA
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DeepsouthMamma
True Blue Farmgirl
1454 Posts
Autumn
Southwest Louisiana
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2008 : 06:56:05 AM
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Dr told us yrs ago that quinine was the answer- my DH couldnt take the pill because of other meds.
He takes gabapentin from time to time now- but caffeine is a definite no-no for him.
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lisamarie508
True Blue Farmgirl
2648 Posts
Lisa
Idaho City
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 12 2008 : 4:21:41 PM
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When I had a problem a couple years ago, our retired chiro here, told me that I wasn't drinking enough water. I drank more water and it went away. It's happened a few times since, and I just get up, drink a big glass of water and go back to bed. All better!
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Nin
True Blue Farmgirl
106 Posts
Enjoyng life in the world of Peachy Hollow
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Posted - Apr 12 2008 : 5:49:34 PM
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I'll have to pass this onto my MIL.
And I LOVE Indian tonic water (the one with the quinnine in it). I could drink it all day!
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Rebekka Mae
True Blue Farmgirl
965 Posts
Rebekka
Moscow
ID
USA
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Posted - Apr 14 2008 : 6:39:58 PM
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I JUST had a good friend tell me that the soap trick seriously works! HE said he wished he would have known about that before going through hundreds of dollars worth of prescriptions- though he would have happily paid it if any had worked half as well as the soap;)
Let us know if it works for you- I am curious now, Rebekka
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Tammy Claxton
True Blue Farmgirl
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Tammy
Glen Burnie
Maryland
USA
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Posted - Apr 15 2008 : 11:28:02 AM
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I have RLS too and I take requip. Seems to work for me. Don't know if I could drink tonic water either.
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sewgirlie
True Blue Farmgirl
1894 Posts
Sheryl-lyn
Calverton
NY
USA
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Posted - Apr 17 2008 : 7:10:52 PM
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I learned that roobis tea is excellent for this too. So far, it has worked for me these past 6 months or so. Plus, I read that eating a banana helps so I do that too.
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Shi-anne
True Blue Farmgirl
596 Posts
Cheryl
Ada
OK
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 9:30:38 PM
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If I am not mistaken, magnesium will stop RLS.
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 9:57:45 PM
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I am so glad to hear about the tonic water...not for RLS..but my husband gets really really really bad leg cramps..like nothing I have ever seen..whenever he works really extra hard all day..especially in summer. He drinks salt water and that helps them stop..but not before he is so messed up and loses a night of sleep usually. The doctor told him that they used to tell patients to take quinine but there arn't quinine pills available anymore. Maybe he could drink the tonic water on hot days to help out..worth a try for sure. Couldn't be worse than salt water!!ugh!!
I will get some magnesium and get him to try that too. I guess he used to take salt tablets as a teenager when he played football. Probably not as good for a 50 year old to do. Anyway..thanks for the idea gals!! I learn something here every day. Tonic water isn't something I have ever bought..didn't know it had quinine in it!
Jenny in Utah
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ruralfarmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rene'
Prosser
WA
USA
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Posted - May 29 2008 : 10:41:08 PM
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Explain the "soap" thing? I am more fuzzie then normal...:)
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abbysshadow
True Blue Farmgirl
224 Posts
Sherry
Dayton
Nevada
USA
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Posted - Jun 12 2008 : 07:22:36 AM
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hi all... last year some time the "doctor column" in our newspaper brought up the "soap under the sheets" thing and so many people wrote in to say that they had tried it and it worked for them...for RLS and leg cramps...the column put in at least one letter per day about that for weeks...it sounds worth a try...I believe it was Dr. Gott's column...
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Montrose Girl
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm
1360 Posts
Laurie
Montrose
CO
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Posted - Jul 06 2008 : 08:52:00 AM
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One of the things that causes it is a lack of potassium. bananas and corn are both high in it and after reading another thread so is molassas. when mine flares up it is because I have not had enough. On the road hotels usually have bananas for breakfast, but I am trying to get more corn in my system.
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jul 23 2008 : 9:28:54 PM
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Lea:
I have slept with a bar of soap (any kind) in my bed for over three years. I haven't had restless legs since!!!!!! Also, when I get a cramp in my legs, I flex my toes upward toward me. The cramp goes away. wierd or not, both work for me.
Marly
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aimeeravae
True Blue Farmgirl
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Aimee
Deer River
MN
USA
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Posted - Jul 24 2008 : 09:37:27 AM
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The DH puts pressure on the cramping area and it seams to reduce the "pulling". Thats the only way I can describe it, like someone is pulling from the inside.
Aimee
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 06 2008 : 7:56:48 PM
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I am a true believer in the soap in the bed. Last night I changed the bed linen and forgot my bar of soap. This morning I had a cramp in my lower leg. It hurts so much I couldn't even move my leg. When things were better, the first thing I did was get the bar of soap, and back under the covers it went!
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KellyA
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelly
Johnsonville
NY
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 09:18:49 AM
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So this is where my mom found out about soap in the bed!! The other day I changed her (a rose) bed for her and out fell a bar of soap! Very unusual cure, but she thinks it is working! :-)
Kelly
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catscharm74
True Blue Farmgirl
4687 Posts
Heather
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 09:49:34 AM
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SO where do you stick the soap?? Under the bed, sheets??? Thanks because DH has restless legs bad...
Heather
Yee-Haw, I am a cowgirl!!!
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 3:15:14 PM
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I put the wrapped bar of soap between the fitted sheet and the top sheet. It is by my lower legs. It works for me. I hope it helps you.
Marly |
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Beverley
True Blue Farmgirl
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Beverley
atlanta
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 5:32:07 PM
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Ok Just how does a bar of soap put under the sheets help this? I am skeptical? Beverley
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 07 2008 : 9:07:43 PM
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Beverly:
I read an article in the local newspaper written by Dr. Gott, I don't know who the doctor is, but he mentioned the soap. I don't remember much about the article. But, I was having legs cramps so bad. I would have tried anything. The soap worked for me. I was skeptical, too, but I was more desperate! Try it.
Marly |
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