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What To Do For Restless Feet?

I have a restless foot (or nerve jumping in my right foot) 3 other members of my family have it. We were all born with it, my brother like my self have it 24/7 365 days a year, I can t sleep at night only get 4 or 5 hours every night i walk the floor for hours then during the day I m groggy and still have to go to work.my two sisters have it they would get it for a week then get rest bite for maybe a month. Anyway a specialist at a pain management clinic said he could get rid of it,he put a drip in the back of my hand and said it would numb the nerve and I d get ease. But the opposite has happened now it s in both feet the bottom half of my legs go mad I can t sit at work and I just hate life at the moment because of this. Nobody knows what it is can you help. I m 64 year old male and retiring soon and want to enjoy the last few years of my life because I haven t enjoyed the last 64 years can you help.im was on duloxetine 60mg a day then they stopped working,then I was on gabapentin they made me drowsy all the time but because of my restless foot even tho I was always sleepy I couldn t sleep.now I m on pregabalin and the dose is now 100mg but again they make me very sleepy.i don t want to give up work but I can t drive and work if I m drowsy all the time, please help sorry for the long letter but I wanted to give you as much details as possible. Is there a tablet like pregabalin I could take without the side effects. Thanks Jordan woods
Mon, 21 Nov 2016
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Try burger exercise
lay on your back elevate one leg and do (ankle pump) flex and extend your foot 15 times then drop it suddenly below bed side and keep it droped for 15 secound
repeat 3 times in a raw do it 4 times a day
goodluck
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What To Do For Restless Feet?

Try burger exercise lay on your back elevate one leg and do (ankle pump) flex and extend your foot 15 times then drop it suddenly below bed side and keep it droped for 15 secound repeat 3 times in a raw do it 4 times a day goodluck