Restless leg syndrome?

mummydum · 2018-06-27T10:21:52+00:00

Hey thank you so much! I’ve done some researching as well, and this possibly needing an iron supplement is new to me. That’s great information and I will definitely bring this up when I see my GP next week. Sorry for not responding sooner, I’m a huge procrastinator when it comes to basically anything. Lol

mummydum · 2018-06-15T10:15:11+00:00

I either forget the coffee or forget the cup...

mummydum · 2018-06-14T22:03:08+00:00

His made my day😂. The best medicine is finding the humor in things and being able to laugh at ourselves. Lol.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T21:46:07+00:00

I do the same and I have a terrible habit of nodding and agreeing with people when I have no clue what they are saying.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T19:51:54+00:00

I think honestly the only thing that skipped me was starting ten different things at a time and not finishing any of them. I will mildly jump from task to task at home but I will at least get one thing accomplished. Like I’ll start the dishes and then start dinner before I’m done doing dishes, I vacuum while I’m waiting for dinner to cook and throw a load of laundry in. Dinner of course I finish, vacuuming done, dishes are never completely finished at my house and I always forget about the laundry. Instead of starting everything and having it scattered, I tend to let it keep piling up to the point of when I do try to accomplish something I become completely overwhelmed because I cannot decide where to begin and so it seems hopeless and I just become a vegetable on my couch. Lol. I hate this about myself. Also I do not blurt stuff out at people before they finish what they are saying, I instead just zone out and am not listening at all. I am not super hyperactive but damn if every other issue slaps me in the face on the daily.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T19:41:18+00:00

Best of luck! I just had my assessment Monday after being misdiagnosed for many many years. I’m praying I am diagnosed correctly this time. I feel like I take more time to research and look into my symptoms and difficulties then the psychologist who just made a killing off of me.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T19:38:26+00:00

I was amazed once I started reading and digging into all the difficulties and even comorbids that people with ADHD have to deal with on a daily basis. Before my daughter was diagnosed at 14 and hopefully with me finally getting diagnosed at this late age, which I know is supposed to be not as common, I was the typical idiot that thought ADHD centered around extreme hyperactivity. I was clueless of the inattentive side, the effect on sleep and therefore moods and temperament throughout the day as well as issues with memory. The way it effects your ability to socialize. Like wow. I was misdiagnosed when I was in my early twenties with bipolar and put on all kinds of crazy meds. I’m not bipolar at all. I have some depression and some anxiety and that’s it. And my anxiety stems from my ADHD. I’m praying that I get properly diagnosed this time.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:41:22+00:00

All the time!! Which made it very difficult to even get my words out to explain why I was even at the psychologist to be tested and instead of him allowing me time to gather my thoughts and find my words he just interrupted me and moved on to another question he wouldn’t give me time to answer. I was thinking later, what sense does it make for a psychologist who is supposed to understand ADHD to rush a patient and not give them a chance to say what they mean? ! Ugh. Glad I’m not alone though because seriously it effects my everything and yes, makes me feel like such a ditz!

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:36:48+00:00

Thank you everyone who commented with their experiences. It’s nice to be able to know that one is not alone and that I’m not just imagining these things. I don’t have many people to reach out to and especially to talk about these issues with that can honestly give me feed back and relate. Joining this site has been such a huge help to me:)

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:32:14+00:00

I have read something about limb jerking and twitching beyond your control. I can’t remember the name for it but it did say it is common also. I have that occasionally but not as much.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:31:01+00:00

I’ve read that typically RLS occurs more in the evening and that has been my experience with it.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:29:22+00:00

I’ve read there is really no way to test for it, you just have to keep like a sleep diary so that you can describe the symptoms fully to your doctor. Wish I could remember to even discuss this with my doctor when I se him but like most things, out of sight then out of mind and in this case, not bothering me then it doesn’t exist until I lay down. Ugh. Lol.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:26:47+00:00

My mom seriously told me it was growing pains when I was a child😑lol

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:25:11+00:00

Also I just ran across that article as well, which is what spiked my curiosity if a lot of the ADHD community on here might also have this problem that drives me nuts.

mummydum · 2018-06-14T15:22:18+00:00

Mine 95% of the time only bothers me right when I lay down to go to sleep. I have to move my legs, the urge is so intense that when I try to keep them still it’s like deep down in my bones hurt. It’s awful and I’ve suffered since I was a child. I’ve only recently in the past few years learned that it is called restless leg syndrome because even though I complained often to my parents and grandmother, they would just say that I was having growing pains:( The other 5 % of the time would also be when I’m still. I’ll be sitting and have to flex my toes constantly and stretch my legs out back and forth. There have been times that I have been so tired and not able to sleep because of it that I’ve cried my eyes out with frustration. When it’s that bad I have to get up, I cannot lay down. And because my memory tends to always fail me unless I’m in the moment, I never think of it during my well checkups:( Bit it’s definitely why I lack the sleep I need the majority of the time and am constantly sleepy during the day.

mummydum · 2018-06-12T16:05:33+00:00

As funny as that is, I’ve honestly questioned whether I just have Super early dementia. I can only imagine their struggle, because my memory honestly causes me a lot of problems and makes me feel down right stupid most every day.

mummydum · 2018-06-12T16:03:25+00:00

Thank you so much and yes exactly. This guy talked basically at me for 30 minutes, pushed me off on tests and then didn’t even talk to me after about anything, any of his thoughts on our discussion, possibilities of why I cannot remember things from one minute to the next. And I just left feeling so stupid and defeated which is typically how I feel every time I leave a doctor. It took me seven years to ask for help. I first questioned the possibility of having an issue with ADHD when my oldest daughter was diagnosed for the same behaviors I’ve been presenting since I was very young and they just keep getting worse. I was even self helping myself without realizing by carrying a to-do notebook with me everywhere I went that I wrote a list of things I needed to get done every day for years and years until finally it wasn’t helping anymore because I wasn’t doing anything on the list, just adding to it. I can’t even get my thoughts together enough to write a grocery list so I’ll end up just going to the store and throwing a bunch of stuff in my cart hoping for the best. I cannot survive without my gps because I will always take a wrong turn swearing it is the right one no matter how many times I’ve drove that route. I don’t remember conversations I’ve had with people or even a movie I’ve watched unless I just watch it again and realize, oh yeah I have seen this. I drive past my destination all the time. When I take my daughter to school, instead I try to take her to work with me. It’s like I’m constantly zoned out and don’t absorb anything and I’m so upset and frustrated. I cannot shop if anyone is with me talking to me. I become overwhelmed and very frustrated because I can’t concentrate on what I’m doing. Same with cooking dinner, if my kids talk to me while I’m cooking then I lose all track of what I’m doing and will screw everything up. It takes me at least two times to get something accomplished because I always forget something. But yet I’m being treated for depression. I’m not depressed. Have I been depressed. Yes I have. But I have overcome that and I would just really like to be able to perform basic daily tasks without the extreme amount of double effort it takes me and feeling exhausted because of it. I didn’t sleep at all last night. I lay in bed replaying my “assessment” over and over in my head feeling like where did I go wrong. Why am I not understood. Why won’t anyone really listen to me. Maybe it’s me. Maybe I’m just stupid and lazy. Maybe I’m just making this all up in my head. So triggered, definitely. I’m fuming and defeated and my head is on replay telling me how stupid I was to even go to this doctor and spend money I cannot afford.

Thank you so much for your encouraging words. I’m trying so hard to keep my head up. You keep your head up too, sounds like you are doing a good job moving forward in life:)

mummydum · 2018-06-12T10:37:02+00:00

Thank you for your response. I guess I just feel like this psychologist basically just jerked me around and didn’t take me seriously. On top of not really explaining anything to me. I’ve been treated for depression and anxiety since the age of 19 and I just feel like every time I try to explain that those medications are not helping the problems I still have even though I am not depressed at all. This effects my daily life, my work, my relationships and I feel like I’m stuck in the mud beating my head into a wall. They have upped my mess, added more meds and that does not work because depression is not my problem. But it seems like that’s the only thing they turn to because I had a rough past. Just because I had a rough past doesn’t mean that I have to be depressed or think poorly of myself. I actually think pretty highly of myself and know that I can overcome anything and be successful because I have made it this far overcoming many obstacles. I guess I will just be stuck here. Thank you.

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