My Health Journey With Restless Legs Syndrome
I developed restless legs syndrome, also known as Wilkin's Ekbom Disease, when I was 23 years old. It started when I had moved out with my then boyfriend, now ex husband. Every time I would try to rest at night, my legs would start itching uncontrollably. I thought I had some severe skin issue. I kept telling my parents, my doctor, and everyone else that when I tried to rest at night, my legs kept itching, especially my left leg. Obviously since at that time I interpreted the sensations as an "itch," I was trying anti-itch lotions, Benadryl, basically anything prescribed for skin itching, and of course, none of it worked. Unfortunately at that young age and with the lack of information at hand, I made no connection between my diet, my overall lifestyle, and this leg itching that I was experiencing. I thought it was some complex problem that would never go away. Well it turns out that I was totally right about it being a complex problem, because it has been hard to get m...