My RLS mostly went away on its own after 2 years of hell (1 year update)
Hi everyone. About a year ago I made a post about how my RLS symptoms reduced on their own by about 80-90% over the course of a couple months. When I made that post, I had this recovery for about 6 months, so this is more of an 18 month success so far.
I don't really know what triggered my RLS, I am thinking it has to do with long Covid, but can't be sure. From 2022 to early 2024, I had daily symptoms at all hours of the day. I was miserable and it affected my quality of life a lot during this time. I did have episodes before this time going back to early childhood, but the episodes lasted a few days and went away. But was the first time I had a major flare-up.
I don't really know what caused it to go away so abruptly and stay away for 18 months now. Typical treatments like medications, iron, magnesium, and others did nothing for me. The only thing I can say is that I am better at dealing with anxiety. I also have had a 75% reduction in my decade long battle with chronic neck, back, and finger pain around the same time, but this is due to me starting to sleep on the floor.
When I made the first post a year ago, some people were rather spiteful, telling me it will come back, but so far it has been getting even better since that post a year ago. My point is to keep having hope, because things can always change. It does not have to get worse over time.
EDIT: After I had my improvement, I did start taking Wellbutrin, which maybe seems to be helping in preventing flare ups, as it helps me with more traditional chronic pain, but can easily be a coincidence as my RLS was starting to really improve well before starting Wellbutrin