Re: MY rls is worse than YOUR rls!

[Guest guest]

Ah yes, here's one for you all to chew on. This person, as a child, had the

" fidgets " . It came and went and finally faded until years later she got

pregnant and the " fidgets " returned at a gallop. She endured it all through

her pregnancy, went through natural childbirth and still enduring she nursed

her infant. After some months the " fidgets " faded some but never entirely

went away. As the years sped by the symptoms grew stronger and finally grew

to be a major malady not only preventing any kind of meaningful sleep but

interrupting her daily life to the point where she couldn't attend church,

any kind of meeting, take a trip by air or auto without agony or even watch

a movie or an evening of TV, sit still long enough to read a couple of

chapters of a book etc.

She found out that RLS has affected at least three generations of her family

on the maternal side. So maybe it's inherited. OR MAYBE it could be

classified as trauma induced as she got it BIG TIME when she went through

the trauma of childbirth (and unless you're knocked out, believe me guys it

is a trauma!!!!!!!!!!). OR MAYBE it's a combination of both, inherited

(genetic) and made infinitely worse by trauma.

Whatever the cause I just wish that in my lifetime, research will come up

with some answers and we won't have to die guessing.

CHEERS!!

Jeanne and Mr. Biggles in Poultney VT