If you find that strange sensations in your legs keep you from sleeping or cause you to jump up and move around to relieve the discomfort, you may have Restless Legs Syndrome (RLS). RLS is a central nervous system disorder that can interfere with resting or falling asleep.
Various treatments help with RLS. For some people, self-help tips decrease the discomfort, and for others, more treatment is necessary. Regardless, you can find relief.

Although the symptoms are distinctive, many people dismiss the feelings as muscle aches or restlessness, and do not suspect that they have RLS. Thus, RLS is frequently misdiagnosed and often left untreated, resulting in restlessness, insomnia, and daytime sleepiness.

Many people have difficulty describing the sensations of RLS, although they may agree on an overwhelming urge to move the affected limbs. Some of the common descriptions of the feeling are:
• Creeping
• Crawling
• Tingling
• Pulling

Most people feel RLS sensations in their calves, but some people also feel them in the upper legs, feet, arms or hands. Many people diagnosed as adults with Restless Legs Syndrome look back upon childhood hyperactivity or “growing pains” and realize that these were actually symptoms of RLS. Sometimes a child is misdiagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, when the true diagnosis is Restless Legs Syndrome.