Guest guest Posted December 31, 1998 Report Share Posted December 31, 1998 Hello, all. New reader of rlssupport. I've had mild symptoms since my teens, but last spring they escalated to interfere with sleep. I've been trying non-pharmaceutical response (except that I take a clomazopin once a week if I haven't been able to sleep). In response to the message about alternatives, wanted to report early success with a form of biofeedback that uses flashing lights through an EEG program. After one treatment, the symptoms disappeared completely. After seven, the result seemed to stick, so that I had no symptoms for a week after the last treatment. Am now working with the provider to get some research grant money. If there is anyone in the Philadelphia area who wants to participate, let me know! I now have the program on my computer at home and am giving myself a treatment every morning for one month to see how long the relief will last. One other note, had read in the support group mail about magnesium helping with symptoms. I had the opposite reaction. My first stop at getting help was to a homeopathist. I didn't know about any magnesium RLS connection, but she asked because in her research, magnesium exacerabated restless symptoms. It turned out I was getting a lot of magnesium in the calcium I was taking and in the Melatonin I had tried at night. SO I cut the mag out of both and reduced the RLS symptoms from a 8.5 on a scale of 10 to about a 6, meaning I could get to sleep and wasn't up for hours in the middle of the night, though still had enough symptoms to disturb sleep. Anyway, assume people will be interested in the eeg stuff, and will keep you posted as our " research " progresses. Rory, 43, Philadelphia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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