Restless legs syndrome: a cure is possible

Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS) is defined by the Restless Legs Syndrome International Study Group, which was established to create a medical diagnosis. The IRLS Study Group reduced symptoms to four essential criteria necessary for clinical diagnosis.

These criteria are:

1. The need to move the legs, usually accompanied or caused by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs.

2. Symptoms of restless leg syndrome worsen during rest or inactivity

3. Symptoms are partially or totally relieved by movement.

4. Restless leg syndrome is worse at night.

These criteria are the most frequent symptoms that something is not “right” in the mind, body and / or spirit of the person. However, since Western medicine only treats symptoms, the root cause of these symptoms is never addressed.

People with restless legs syndrome often have symptoms of emotional distress, such as depression and anxiety. Other risk factors include heavy smoking, unemployment, hypertension, gastroesophageal reflux disease, arthritis, and diabetes. Sleep apnea and insomnia appear to be other risk factors for restless leg syndrome, along with difficulty falling asleep (which takes more than 30 minutes), drowsy driving, and excessive daytime fatigue.

Subjects with self-reported restless legs syndrome also have a higher incidence of being late for work, missing work, making mistakes at work, and missing social events due to fatigue more frequently than those without restless legs syndrome.

Requip manufactured by GlaxoSmithKline is the most frequently prescribed antidote. The precise mechanism of action of Requip as a treatment for restless legs syndrome (also known as Ekbom syndrome) is unknown. Although the pathophysiology of RLS is largely unknown, neuropharmacological evidence suggests a primary involvement of the dopaminergic system. Positron emission tomography (PET) studies suggest that mild striatal presynaptic dopaminergic dysfunction may be involved in the pathogenesis of RLS.

In clinical trials for restless legs syndrome, the most common side effects of Requip were nausea, extreme drowsiness, vomiting, dizziness, and fatigue. In December 2004, a European Union expert panel launched an investigation of the drug after concerns were raised about the product’s long-term effectiveness and safety. Called Adartrel in Europe, the drug is sold in some countries, but it has not yet received full European approval. It seems irrelevant that the Requip drug has been approved, as the side effects seem worse than the problem. One is trade: the urge to move the legs, usually accompanied or caused by uncomfortable and unpleasant sensations in the legs with nausea, extreme drowsiness, vomiting, dizziness and fatigue.

THERE IS HOPE: After many years of working with RLS sufferers, I have learned that RLS can be easily cured with 100% long-term results and satisfaction with no side effects. While the western medical profession (allopathic medicine) says that there is NO known cause for RLS, there is a plausible explanation for the symptoms to occur and that is where the clues to the healing process lie.

I have had success helping clients with RLS simply by adding magnesium and calcium at bedtime because these minerals calm the muscles and nerves. A botanical calming such as valerian, passionflower, lemon balm, and skullcap can also be added to support sleep and relaxation. Red blood cell nutrients such as magnesium, calcium and potassium across many functional labs (provides a better indicator of nutrient status, compared to serum). In addition to indicating nutrient status, these minerals play an important role in regulating blood pressure and overall cardiovascular health.

I recommend an organic acid test (Pharmanex Lifepak Nano), which is an anti-aging nutritional program formulated to nourish and protect cells, tissues, and repair / replace cells. Identify imbalances that occur in the body that precede abnormal findings on a CBC or PM. Organic acids are products of metabolism that can sensitively identify nutrient deficiencies that lead to metabolic obstacles. Organic acids go beyond measuring nutrient concentrations by assessing whether the nutrient is working properly. Abnormal concentrations of organic acids in the urine can provide a functional marker for the metabolic effects of nutrient deficiencies, genetic polymorphisms, altered enzyme function, toxic exposure, neuroendocrine activity, and intestinal bacterial overgrowth. Organic acid tests can indicate functional need for specific nutrients, diet modification, antioxidant protection, detoxification, and other therapies.

There is some evidence that low iron levels in the brain may be associated with RLS. A w / diff CBC and iron panel (serum iron, ferritin,% saturation, TIBC, UIBC) can identify an iron deficiency.

Restless legs syndrome may be just a small part of the picture. It may be a simple nutrient deficiency in many cases, however it is important to further investigate the client’s health. This includes thoroughly reviewing the client’s history, delving into the cardiovascular system, and other inflammatory markers to provide an effective treatment plan.

In addition to the nutritional aspect, many of the people with RLS that I have worked with were also survivors of verbal, physical and / or sexual trauma. While this fact may not give reason to assume that other people with RLS are survivors of verbal, physical and / or sexual trauma, it is a strong indication that there is a high probability.

Let’s first look at the dynamics of verbal, physical, or sexual trauma. There are several inherent factors that cannot be underestimated in these traumatic acts. Behavior between an adult and a child is traditionally viewed from the perspective of the adult rather than that of the child. The adult reasons that because an adult does not experience adverse effects, neither will a child. This reasoning is flawed to the nth degree. There are several reasons why an experience can harm a child and not an adult.

First, the child generally does not have a frame of reference with which to reconcile the experience. Second, since the experience is usually orchestrated through an adult that the child knows and loves, the child has no one to talk to about his or her adverse experience, because the adult is unwilling to acknowledge the negative consequences of his or her adverse experience. behaviour. Thus, the child suffers in silence, bearing the guilt, shame, and humiliation of his reaction, which has been considered by an adult to be exceptionally inappropriate, unusual for the circumstance, and therefore unworthy of discussion.

The child’s only source of comfort and a way to reconcile experiences is the family. Therefore, when the family does not meet the emotional needs of the child, it is an insidious betrayal so deep that the child’s sense of trust is compromised and the child works mightily to fully regain what is a birthright.

The next layer of betrayal is the “ancient” tradition of using the blow as a form of discipline. It is rationalized that hitting “will teach the child a lesson” that he will never forget. This reasoning is flawed, because spanking creates commotion, rendering the mind unable to focus or retain logic instead of improving understanding. Also, hitting generates anger instead of respect. Thus, instead of generating learning and compliance, the child has learned to distrust adults. To maintain the relationship, the child pushes the anger deep into the psyche; The accompanying response to bodily boundary violations is to act in other ways that may include rebellion, violence, self-destructive behavior, etc. Furthermore, hitting is a violation of the body’s limits: the skin is the largest sense organ and, when compromised, causes incalculable damage.

Last but not least, hitting is hypocrisy: I love you, therefore I hit you. Love and pain cannot coexist simultaneously. Therefore, while beating the child, the adult is not being affectionate, he is hurting the child. This is very clear to the child, but it has become a distorted concept as adults have been indoctrinated in the rhetoric of “save the stick, spoil the child.”

During the act of verbal, physical or sexual trauma, the mind, body and spirit have suffered an attack. This assault is experienced with respect to the five senses: touch, hearing, smell, taste and sight. These sense organs retain the experience until it can be reconciled. Unfortunately, since the child rarely has the opportunity to reconcile the experience and have an understanding encounter between the adult and himself, the experience remains trapped in the system. So, for example: traumatizing buttock spanking gets caught on the buttocks and legs. Or because a child who is being verbally assaulted has a fight or flight reaction, but cannot fight or flee, the energy is trapped in the legs, which is the first line of defense to fight or flee. Since the child cannot do either, the energy is stored and is never released. Therefore, years later, when one is faced with a similar emotionally charged experience, the old experience resurfaces as RLS. This phenomenon is commonly called trapped energy.

These childhood experiences can be cured through a multifaceted seven-step process. Talk therapy is inadequate for uncovering emotional pain and healing trapped trauma to muscles and tissues. To fully appreciate the depth of this pain, I will quote one of my clients: “Even my blood hurts.” A multifaceted healing process focused specifically on trauma recovery and diligent work is the most effective; where the survivor can restore their identity and emotional and spiritual empowerment.