What are the common symptoms of restless legs syndrome?
The main symptoms appear to be the desire to move the legs in association with unusual or uncomfortable sensations deep within the legs. These sensations are often described as creeping, burning, tingling, cramping, aching, itching, pulling, crawling deep within the affected extremities. The sensations can occur anywhere in the leg, feet and may also occasionally be present in the trunk or genital area. These feelings may move from one part of the body to another or may affect only one side of the body. For example, one leg may have unusual sensations whereas the other does not. Symptoms often become more obvious whilst at rest and may be temporarily diminished by voluntary movements of the affected limb or limbs. RLS may also be provoked by prolonged periods of inactivity such as occurs during travel in a plane, train, or car. Most symptoms occur most frequently during the evening or the early part of the night, which is very annoying to say the least, but the good news is we usually
