I have had RLS since I was a kid, I didn't know how to describe what was going on so I would say my legs hurt and wake up in the middle of the night with leg pain. Someone would rub my legs until I fell asleep or we would go for a walk. I never knew what it was until I had a sleep study done in my early teens and was dx with RLS. All the women on my Mom's side has RLS. I was on RX for parkinsons for a short time and then neurontin recently. Then my aunt found these pills called Leg Cramp, you can get them at any drug store by the vitimins, yellow box. THey are a calcium/vitamin D mixture that work wonders. You can also try a bar a soap under the sheets that works for me also, and I know there are many here on the boards that swear by it. Good luck.
