> I've heard this term used also for something that I get just as I'm starting to come "on" my medications...I'm stiff and nothing moves, then my feet start wiggling...then ankles and knees. They are my "happy feet" because it means a blessed "on time" is about to occur. With my restless legs I literally step or dance into full body movement.<
Trust me...RLS is not "happy feet." There is nothing happy about it. I
have RLS as well as Pksns, and there are many times when it's a toss-up
as to which is worse...
A snippet from my archives:
Subject: Re: RLS symptoms
Date: Mon, 28 Oct 1996 00:56:26 -0500
At 08:22 25/10/96 -0400, Kathie Tollifson wrote:
>Autopsies have shown high concentrations of iron in the parkinsonian brain,
This just gets better and better...iron deficiency seems to be a cause
of RLS, but it would appear that Parkinsonians should avoid iron
supplements, and/or foods containing iron. Talk about a Catch-22.....
>Our Young Onset group is actually researching ways to reduce the possibility of iron entering the brain i.e. the possibility that Vit C facilitates this....
I hope your findings will be reported to the list.
>I had very good success with NADH for RLS, it took a little while, but I have little to no trouble with RLS now. It used to make nights a horror. NADH is relatively harmless, and is helping many of us.
I know there must be a lot of information in our archives about NADH, so
that will be my next stop. Since I haven't seen any of the reports you
mention about iron in the parkinsonian brain, do you have anything you
could send me?
Judith
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Judith Richards, London, Ontario, Canada
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