Everythings19
Greenlighter
- Joined
- Dec 17, 2017
- Messages
- 23
2nd post here. A big thank you to everyone for their contributions to this site. I’ve used it in the past but finally joined last night.
Man, it was a long night last night. Spent it on the bathroom floor. Didn’t wanna wake the wife, lol. If it hadn’t been for music I think I woulda gone even more nuts. Headphones cranked. Thank you YouTube. Found music that seemed to help with RLS, shook my feet to the beat. Rock, discovered “Nightwish”, and electronica. Some music worked better than others. Music, bathroom floor, Pedialyte, water, and some Jack Daniels (but not much). Fml, lol. If only I knew then what I know now. Such is life.
Our bathroom has a separate shower and tub. Would spend some time with my feet hanging under the showerhead with hot water. Then 2 pairs of socks with feet on top of the toilet lid. Then hanging feet into tub with Epsom salts. Repeat process.
Hoping I can actually get some sleep tonight. Been 4 days with about 5 hours of sleep now. Had been on prescription opiates since ‘09 for severe spine and nerve damage. Switching docs and staying away from opiates. Tapered for 2 weeks (a bit too rapidly towards the end), about 3.5 days of RLS. Utterly scared of going forward. The pain is... argh. Pain and being so used to taking pills to make the hurt go away is really messing with me. I just want my damn life back, at least a portion of it.
Thank you to everyone here for all of the helpful posts.
Man, it was a long night last night. Spent it on the bathroom floor. Didn’t wanna wake the wife, lol. If it hadn’t been for music I think I woulda gone even more nuts. Headphones cranked. Thank you YouTube. Found music that seemed to help with RLS, shook my feet to the beat. Rock, discovered “Nightwish”, and electronica. Some music worked better than others. Music, bathroom floor, Pedialyte, water, and some Jack Daniels (but not much). Fml, lol. If only I knew then what I know now. Such is life.
Our bathroom has a separate shower and tub. Would spend some time with my feet hanging under the showerhead with hot water. Then 2 pairs of socks with feet on top of the toilet lid. Then hanging feet into tub with Epsom salts. Repeat process.
Hoping I can actually get some sleep tonight. Been 4 days with about 5 hours of sleep now. Had been on prescription opiates since ‘09 for severe spine and nerve damage. Switching docs and staying away from opiates. Tapered for 2 weeks (a bit too rapidly towards the end), about 3.5 days of RLS. Utterly scared of going forward. The pain is... argh. Pain and being so used to taking pills to make the hurt go away is really messing with me. I just want my damn life back, at least a portion of it.
Thank you to everyone here for all of the helpful posts.