Does Treatment for RLS and PLMD Help ADD/ ADHD?
The relationship between RLS, PLMD, and ADD/ ADHD is clearly a complex one. Considerable evidence suggests that the treatment of sleep disorders in children, including impaired sleep resulting from RLS, can reduce, or in some cases eliminate, symptoms of ADD/ ADHD. Research in this area continues. In children who need medication to treat ADD/ ADHD in addition to treatment for RLS or PLMD, the usual stimulant-type medications (Ritalin, Dexedrine, others) have not been found to aggravate RLS or PLMD, as long as the stimulant effect has worn off by bedtime.
