@drwass2 Hi drwass2, If I can figure out how to start a separate thread in this sleep forum, I will start one on "non-medication measures that help with RLS." I think your experience with compression stockings is interesting and, no doubt, effective for you--maybe could be for other people--but discussion of it might get lost within longer threats without that subject title. Even with effective medication and my (prescription Nidra) I still occasionally still use my 4.5 pound Brookstone two-headed massager on my legs and I sleep with a sack of rice intended to lay my leg against--measures from my pre-effective medication days. If my symptoms were in my calves instead of thighs, (and I didn't Nidra on my calves already) I might try compression stockings. Best to you! I hope it keeps working for you!

@drwass2 Hello. Yes, RL keep me up all night (actually just one leg...is that possible??)--do you wear the stockings all nite? or just during the day?

@drwass2 Hi, for me compression stockings help or rather work one day but not the next. I still use them as they help...sometimes they just bug me so take them off and don't wear them for a few days or weeks, but they do help. My problem is my RLS starts early in the day. Sometimes my arms will bother me but not daily like my legs. Have discovered that if you don't move enough, it can trigger RLS, but you can move too much. Support socks work one day but not the next. Heat helps sometimes etc...so far, I've tried most everything that I have read in the forum here other than iron infusion and Nidra device. I have tried many medications over the years but have a reaction to them all.