Hello. I find some interesting coincidental symptoms that you describe that are associated with what I’ve been experiencing.
I’m 74 years old, I’ve had a knee and hip replacement on the same leg, along with a shoulder replacement. I had an emergency aortic dissection repair surgery 17 years ago.
About two years ago, I began to experience what I thought might be Restless leg syndrome. I was awake almost through the night 5 to 7 nights a week. I consulted my primary care physician, underwent an MRI scan, and also consulted with a neurologist. By that time, I was at the end of my rope wondering if I would ever get another decent night’s sleep.
The neurologist diagnosed periodic limb movement disorder, not RLS.
I have since been prescribed Ropinerole and NIDRA leg band therapy. Both have provided some relief but not a night (or day) goes by that I don’t have symptoms. Therefore, a restful full night’s sleep is nonexistent.
My own Internet research has shown that PLMD was not an accurate diagnosis, since I experience symptoms during the day, and also before I go to sleep at night, when I’m fortunate enough to actually fall asleep.
It’s all been very frustrating, and I hope at some point I’ll be able to find something resembling a cure to these symptoms, so I am glad to have found this site.