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RESTLESS LEG AND ARMS WHILE TRYING TO SLEEP

luv4lacrosse
luv4lacrosse CSN Member Posts: 1,410 Member
in Head and Neck Cancer #1
I am experiencing almost on a nightly basis a restless feeling or even a "funny bone" type feeling mostly in my left leg and left wrist. I typically experience this "jolting" in my ankle and knee and then up in my left wrist.

I can take a little liquid Oxy. and about 45 min. later it stops.

Can anyone offer any insight to this?

Best!

Mike
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  • Webhead68
    Webhead68 CSN Member Posts: 2
    #2
    Drove me crazy
    I had something similar going on with me and could not get more than an hours worth of sleep at a time. I felt like my whole body had bugs crawling and I was tingly all over. My Oncologist gave me a prescription for something to relax me and I can't remember the name. He called it Valium's little sister and it knocked me out in about a half hour and i slept for a good 5 to 6 hours. If I remember the medication name later I will post again.
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  • Scambuster
    Scambuster CSN Member Posts: 973
    #3
    L'Hermittes
    Mike,

    Sounds like it could be variation of L'Hermittes Syndrome and you are about at the rihgt time for it. If it is, it will pass.

    Scam
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  • D Lewis
    D Lewis CSN Member Posts: 1,581 Member
    #4
    Wow...
    Mike,

    You get to sleep? Still strugglings with the tingles myself.

    Deb
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  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse CSN Member Posts: 1,410 Member
    #5
    Scambuster said:

    L'Hermittes
    Mike,

    Sounds like it could be variation of L'Hermittes Syndrome and you are about at the rihgt time for it. If it is, it will pass.

    Scam

    JIMMY LEGS
    Scam, whatever it is, it will go away if I take an attivan or a little oxycodone before bedtime.

    I hope it passes soon as it drives me and my poor wife nuts.

    Mike
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  • NPCPaul
    NPCPaul CSN Member Posts: 8
    #6
    Took Ativan
    I had something similar. It felt like I had too much energy in my arms and legs. Very restless. I tried getting up and doing some jumping jacks, or did some stretching. When it started occurring on a regular basis, I started taking Ativan before bed. Put a tabled under my tongue 10 minutes before bedtime and it helped.
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  • luv4lacrosse
    luv4lacrosse CSN Member Posts: 1,410 Member
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    NPCPaul said:

    Took Ativan
    I had something similar. It felt like I had too much energy in my arms and legs. Very restless. I tried getting up and doing some jumping jacks, or did some stretching. When it started occurring on a regular basis, I started taking Ativan before bed. Put a tabled under my tongue 10 minutes before bedtime and it helped.

    ATTIVAN
    I am also taking Attivan, it seems to help.

    Mike
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