Anyone else miserable in the summer evenings??
I’ve had RLS off and on for years, I didn’t pay much mind before to what would trigger it, but the last few years it’s become clear that heat and humidity trigger it badly. I feel it from my feet to my hips, sometimes even my arms! Like I need to wiggle all my limbs. Sometimes it’s an antsy feeling, sometimes it gets so bad it’s a painful throbbing. At its most annoying, my heel starts itching too. The consistency and spread of the feeling feels almost nerve-like. I also have histamine issues and feel that it could all be a systemic response to a histamine flare triggered by heat (I also get histamine flares to heat from working out).
Does anyone else have this same experience and some tricks to be able to sleep during the summer?? It’s mostly in the evenings but some days if I’m relaxing and not up and about, it can be ALL day.
I’ve tried magnesium, calming gummies with L-theanine & GABA, tying socks around the arch of my feet as a compress (this works until it gets hot!), for the itch I’ve tried moisturizing even when my skin isn’t dry, using a foot file, etc - the itch seems more nerve like, I’ve tried cold rolling on my legs and feet and though it feels good while I do it, if the space is hot, it comes back. I’m just at a loss…
And in terms of considering any type of medication, who prescribes it? Who do I see? Does it even work?
Thanks for any help or suggestions for relief!