Guest guest Posted May 19, 1999 Report Share Posted May 19, 1999 hennikj@... Hi, group. My name is Kathy, I'm 43. I was diagnosed with RLS in 1994 after a sleep study. I have no trouble going to sleep but would wake up totally exhausted because I would never get to stage 4 sleep due to RLS. My question to the group is: How many of you can still keep a job with RLS? I currently am on 12 weeks Family Medical Leave to take a break from my job. I am/was a confidential secretary/bookkeeper at a special center for emotionlly disturbed children - a high-stress place. My doctor has recommended that I not return to that position. My legs have just begun to bother me some during the day. I was also having whole-body jerks at bedtime until my doctors increased my Pamelor/Klonopin dosages. This seems to have helped. I also had times of almost falling asleep at the wheel driving to work. Very, very scary! From everything I've read in the group postings, this only seems to get worse with age. Not anything to look forward to. Is there a correlation with fibromyalgia? I've been to the RLS web site and several others. If anyone has anything to share, please let me know. Thanks in advance, Kathy and Mittens in sunny but humid Florida _______________________________________________________ Get your free, private email at http://mail.excite.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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