I'm relieved to hear that there is a name for it and others that understand as well. Whenever I mentioned it to anyone, they would have no idea what I was talking about. RLS is like an orgasm -- if you've experienced it, you *KNOW* it.

Strange thing is, I've only experienced it a handful of times in my life. But man, when it hits, it's the most unrelenting feeling. I'd be so tired, so frustrated, but the discomfort would absolutely force me out of bed, to walk in place, in circles -- to just keep the muscles moving. That description that someone posted of feeling the discomfort comparable to reeeally bad poison oak is pretty accurate. It makes me feel like I'm gonna lose my mind. Constant movement is the only thing that would make that horrible feeling stop -- but it's only gone while in constant movement of your leg muscles.

I wonder why I have had this condition only on rare occasions, and others here in this tribe have it so often. For me, it's like *real* migraines in that I've had, but only (luckily) twice in my life (when I was much younger). I hope to never experience RLS again, but if and when I do, I'll be sure to consider facts such as my nutrition and general health habits at the time. Obviously I'm not a candidate for that medication mentioned in that commercial (that's the first time that I realized that I wasn't alone with this) because I have only suffered RLS on rare occasion.