: >I wrote this to Cathy but it is
: too general for the list I put it
: on so I thought I would put it
: here. I am battling them tonight
: so am typing while standing up.
: Hope this helps someone.
: > Cathy, Hope things are going
: better for you. I am writing
: because I have
: > restless legs so bad that I take
: medication for them. However,
: sometimes I
: > take my medicine too late and
: they have already started
: "twitching" so
: > I will tell you something to
: try. This may sound strange and I
: don't know why it works,
: > but if you take a bar of green
: palmolive soap and put it under
: your sheet where your feet can
: touch it, it will help a lot. I
: don't
: > know why. Once when I was
: visiting my sister in law my arms
: and legs both had that strange
: feeling and were jerking around.
: > I went downstairs and found a
: bar of green
: > soap, ( it wasn't Irish Spring
: as they had that too) and put it
: under the sheet and almost
: immediately
: > not only my legs but my arms(!)
: stopped their moving. I don't even
: think it was palmolive so try any
: soap you have, but
: > I think real soap not detergent
: is what you are supposed to use. I
: read
: > this in the newspaper one time
: and even my Doctor couldn't
: believe it
: > worked, but in a pinch I still
: go for soap. Nancytroi

Here is an interesting discussion of this

http://www.peoplespharmacy.com/2009/04/06/doctor-benefits/

My vote is to eat a hardboiled egg before bed

or try both and egg and soap

kathleen