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KYLinny
Farmgirl at Heart
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Linda
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:01:17 AM
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Blessings Aimee,
I absolutely love your "Motto to Live By" --- AMEN! Farmsister! I've been handicapped since 1994...been through a coma... been through all kinds of things. Through it all, what I've learned is that life is a precious gift and you have to live full-joy, grab for the gusto, it's all an adventure! What a ride, indeed! 
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Originally posted by aimeeravae
The DH puts pressure on the cramping area and it seams to reduce the "pulling". Thats the only way I can describe it, like someone is pulling from the inside.
Aimee
http://laplantewardklopf.blogspot.com/ Motto To Live By
"Life should NOT be a jouney to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO HOO, what a ride!"
Remember you are not alone. There is no place where the love of GOD cannot reach you.
blessings, prayers, and hugs,
Linny |
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one_dog_per_acre
True Blue Farmgirl
1572 Posts
Trish
Sandpoint
ID
USA
1572 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 09:08:15 AM
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I cured my problem with leg cramps with tonic and bananas. I wish I would have known about the soap when I was pregnant.
Trish
Farmgirl Sister #91
Make cupcakes not war!
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LivingWell4You
True Blue Farmgirl
1411 Posts
Karen
Hillsboro
MO
USA
1411 Posts |
Posted - Sep 04 2008 : 3:51:56 PM
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Okay, I'm going to have to try the Ivory soap thing after reading all these testimonies. I don't have restless legs every night but if I lay in bed awake long enough, it strikes. What has worked for me is to bend my knees so they're pointing to the ceiling and then let them fall to the sides. It seems to relieve the pressure/tension/whatever and I can sleep. Does anyone else do this?
God bless -
Karen
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keeperofthehome
True Blue Farmgirl
154 Posts
Suzanne
Atlanta
Georgia
USA
154 Posts |
Posted - Oct 02 2008 : 7:38:45 PM
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I have RLS as well. In researching it I found out that it can be a side effect of anemia and it's genetic. I am extremely anemic and since I've began taking a natural iron supplement (Floradix) my RLS has been much better. I have also stopped drinking teas with caffeine after 1pm. My Dad takes a prescription for his, but it doesn't help enough.
Blessings!
~Farrah
http://homesteadblogger.com/keeperofthehome/
http://oldfashionedhomekeeper.blogspot.com
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ClaireSky
True Blue Farmgirl
1792 Posts
Julie
Arcadia
WI
USA
1792 Posts |
Posted - Nov 01 2008 : 06:43:57 AM
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| At one point in my life I was taking a certain kind of diet pill. I developed RLS. I didn't realize at first that it was the diet pills causing the RLS. I stopped taking the diet pills and the RLS stopped. About 6 months later, I started the diet pills again. Same thing happened, I developed the RLS again. The diet pills went into the garbage. I haven't had any symptoms ever again. |
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Room To Grow
True Blue Farmgirl
974 Posts
Deborah
Kingston
Georgia
USA
974 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 12:06:51 PM
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Some meds actually cause RLS. My husband has had it since he started a medication about 4 yrs ago. They took him of the meds because it causes life threating side effects. And he developed all but 1. And now that he has been off this med. he has no effects of the RLS. But when he did he used icy hot and it worked. Maybe it can work for you.
Deborah
we have moved to our farm...and love it |
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KYLinny
Farmgirl at Heart
8 Posts
Linda
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
USA
8 Posts |
Posted - Dec 26 2008 : 12:54:06 PM
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HI! and thanks for the reminder about the meds. Would it be all right if you told what the med was that caused your hubby's RLS side effects?
I take a lot of meds and already have liver damage from going toxic on several of them, so I'm determined to get rid of the RLS and if I can save what's left of liver, all the better.
praying for your health and every blessing in the New Year,
KYLinny
Remember you are not alone. There is no place where the love of GOD cannot reach you.
blessings, prayers, and hugs,
Linny |
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happydaze
True Blue Farmgirl
136 Posts
lorraine
atlanta
ni
USA
136 Posts |
Posted - Jan 16 2009 : 5:28:59 PM
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| I use tonic water (still has quinine in it)for leg cramps and rehydrating in the summer heat..works great, my former big city doc told me this one |
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Diane B Carter
True Blue Farmgirl
1270 Posts
Diane
Blasdell
N.Y.
USA
1270 Posts |
Posted - Feb 14 2009 : 12:57:41 PM
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| Lea, My mother and I both suffer from RLS. We have a bar of soap under the bottom sheet near our feet. I have Caress and I think she has Irish Spring. I have changed the soap only once in the past year. We tell everyone to try it. It has worked well for both of us and for the cost why not try it. We love it. I even told my doctor about it and she said she just heard about it from some one else that day and said she would tell her patients about it. |
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a rose
True Blue Farmgirl
443 Posts
Linda
Waterford
NY
USA
443 Posts |
Posted - Feb 21 2009 : 1:38:47 PM
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The bar of soap works really well. Even found an article in a nursing magazine. No body kmows why it works but if does.
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KYLinny
Farmgirl at Heart
8 Posts
Linda
Ft. Thomas
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 21 2009 : 7:18:33 PM
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Linda Rose,
Are you a nurse? I was an RN, pedi spec., for more than 20yrs before becoming handicapped in 1994.
I've not found any scientist willing to go on record that soap works; all I know is that, as a sufferer of RLS, it works incredibly well. In fact, ever since I started using soap (I have a mitt full of soap chips and I also rub my bed sheets down with soap every night), the RLS episodes have lessened until I haven't had any in just over a month.
What a blessing... and what wonderful relief. I had no idea how much the RLS was messing up my entire life.
Thank you all for bringing this topic and this cure to light.
prayers, hugs, blessings,
KYlinny
Remember you are not alone. There is no place where the love of GOD cannot reach you.
blessings, prayers, and hugs,
Linny |
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suzifire
True Blue Farmgirl
95 Posts
Suzi
Denton
N.C.
USA
95 Posts |
Posted - Mar 23 2009 : 12:23:25 PM
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The soap thing WORKS!!!!! I have done it for years...it does not have to be Ivory, I use a lavender soap which helps with sleeping anyway....i tried it as a lark since Nothing else helped & I really had to get some sleep. How it works I don't know it seems impossible, I have a pharmacist friend who tried it and also said it worked for her.
"I want a world that is sane & just & clean & I am willing to do my part to make it so" |
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Thistle Cove Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
141 Posts
Sandra
Tazewell
VA
USA
141 Posts |
Posted - May 18 2009 : 4:40:27 PM
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Sounds like you may be low on potassium; try eating a banana or drinking orange juice every day. That should help.
Sandra @ Thistle Cove Farm ~ God's blessings on you, yours and the work of your hands & heart ~
www.thistlecovefarm.com
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
13055 Posts
Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Jun 08 2009 : 7:20:18 PM
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I, too, keep a bar of soap, wrapped, in my bed. I've been doing this for at least three years. Works like a charm for me. Can't explain why. I never eat chocolate or any kind of sugar after 5 PM. I know I'll be up all night. Hope the soap works for you. Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Alee
True Blue Farmgirl
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Alee
Worland
Wy
USA
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