RLS - any non-medication treatments????

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Re: RLS - any non-medication treatments????

Post by WearyOne » Mon Dec 01, 2008 12:51 am

ca_hosehead wrote: <snip>
-- Iron supplements. (I did not test low for iron before or after the supplements.) There was some effect right away and then it gradually got better over several months. Don't go crazy with it as you can overdose (iron levels can go too high, which can cause problems).

Hard to pinpoint which one did it. It got gradually better over about 3-4 months while I was doing all of these.
Oh, I forgot about the iron! There's also something called ferritin that has to do with iron. Even if your iron is fine, if your ferritin is low, or even in the low part of the range, it could be a contributing factor. If you take iron with Vit C, it helps the iron absorption rate.

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