Re: The caffeine connection

January 9, 1999

i've also found an interim solution to rls symptoms - just get pneumonia

and be on tons of additional medication and look out the window at a

forecasted total of a foot of snow failing gracefully to the already frozen

icy ground and the twitches magically fade away.

JACK

wheeeeeeeeeezey in western nys

At 06:14 AM 1/9/99 -0500, you wrote:

>From: isbills@... (Shirley H Isbill)

>

>Hello group,

>My legs have been bad for the last week, (they were fine over the

>Christmas week) but I have found yet another quirky source of relief -

>coffee! I remember someone mentioning that their doctor suggested this

>to them, and everyone thought it sounded nuts, but guess what? It works

>for me. This is a last resort at night, because I will still not sleep,

>but at least I won't be twitching and miserable. And sooner or later

>exhaustion takes over and I do sleep some. Another last resort is

>tylenol and codeine. The problem with this, other than the obvious

>addiction risk, is that one worked fine at first, and now it takes two

>for relief to happen. This is the story of my life when it comes to this

>category of drugs, and the main reason I won't go the zanex etc. route.

>Caffeine is a drug also, but presumably of a more benign nature.

>Just thought I'd share this for anyone who is getting really frustrated

>and angry with increased symptoms. I have a fresh pot brewing now!

>ne, wired but twitchless, 58, Lawrenceville, NJ

>

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