Just wanted to say hi to everyone!

[Guest guest]

Hello group:

This is my first try at joining a group of any type. I am a little

nervous, so please bear with me.

My name is Louise, and I have suffered with rls for as long as I

can remember. Unfortunately I did not have a name for it until very

recently, so I have never availed myself of any of the options that are

available for rls sufferers.

I am now 58, and my symptoms are definitely getting worse. I need

sometimes 3-4 or more hours to just fall asleep, and then hope to goodness

that I don't wake during the night, because then it is another while before

I can fall back to sleep. I have a job that keeps me up until late at

night as it is, and then another job that requires me to get up early in

the morning. Needless to say I go through my days on little or no sleep.

It is beginning to take its toll.

I do know that joining this group will be a wonderful thing for me. I

have, just in the last few days, received a whole lot of useful

information. If you don't all mind, for the most part I am going to sit

back and take it all in. Except for my own life experiences, I don't have

suggestions to give to the group.

But of course know that I can associate with everything that everyone is

saying. I've lived through most of it.

Thanks for letting me talk. I already feel better. I did put my

picture on the cyberphote page. Myself, my youngest daughter , and my

grandaughter .

Goodbye for now, Louise