ZERO TOLERANCE

I've messed around with this RLS long enough. I'm tired of it getting the better of me. So I've changed my whole reaction to it.

It used to be, when the RLS kicked in, I'd start worrying. The longer I sat there, trying to stay still, the more worried I became and the worse the RLS was. I soon felt victimized and went into a slow panic.

NOW, when I feel it start, I get mad. I do NOT have the patience to try to wait it out. I've found it's best if I start immediately, using some of the techniques I've discovered. If I wait and entertain the cramps for a while, they WILL win.

Think of it as a stray dog that keeps trying to come in your front door...or sneak in the BACK door, for that matter. If you consider it a mild intrusion and try to finish your movie or go back to sleep...that dog will STAY in your house and continue to annoy you. You need to meet it AT the door, and aggressively turn it away. It should NOT get the idea it belongs in your house (or body, in the case of RLS).

I've seen SOME sign of my brain learning. The more often I stop the RLS immediately, and the more quickly I stop it, the less often it seems to come back. But if I let it get 'hold, and start to hurt, the pain and tension in my body lasts for days and it will continue to plague me with repeated RLS episodes.

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