RLS: anxiety?

December 1, 1998

Well folks, she's baaaaaaack!

I did just great for about two months, having only slight RLS that was very

easily controlled. But since Friday night, oh my gosh! We'd had the

proverbial Thanksgiving leftovers, and I was trying to sit still on the

couch and look at my son and daughter-in-laws photo album. WRONG!!! There

was nothing " still " about it. It's been pretty much a 24 hr thing since

then, with an hour or two break thrown in once in a while. I've had to go

through my " bag of tricks " more than once on occasion....burning my candle,

listening to music, stretching, teas, supplements,...never tried the

sucker, come to think of it. Hmmmmmm. I've just about overdosed on

Minesweeper...a computer game that still takes my mind off life faster than

anything.

Last night, I slept off and on until about 3:30a.m. Then, I decided it was

time to take drastic measures. It's a last resort, I know, but sometimes

it's just the only thing that works. Those of you who know me, can

probably guess what I did. Yep. I got up and went to my desk and paid

bills. It took me two hours to get through the 10 " high stack, but I feel

better, already.

Mark my words...there will be NO RLS tonight!!!!!! At least, that's the

plan. :-)

And I'm also going to make the address labels for my 80 Xmas cards,

today...that will help, too. This is when my RLS is always the worst, is

when I know a ton of stuff is needing to be done, but I haven't started on

it, yet. So, now I've started...and as far as I'm concerned, the RLS can

just go take a hike.

Best wishes to all,

Jill, 46

Payson, AZ

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