Is Your RLS Hereditary? - Restless Leg Syndrome Message Board

Mo · 11-13-2000, 05:33 PM

I would be interested to hear from RLS suffers who can trace their condition though their family. In my case 2 out of 3 of my siblings suffer from RLS in varying degrees but neither of my parents have every had RLS.
Maybe it has skipped a generation? Look forward to hearing your comments.

jacie · 11-20-2000, 05:45 PM

Mine definitely is. I have it, my mother has it and her father had it. My brother gets it occasionally.

Pony · 11-24-2000, 06:52 PM

My hubby suffers greatly from this syndrome. He loses so much sleep.
One of his 3 brothers is also a sufferer. History of parents unknown.
Come to think of it, my 1st hubby also had this problem! Could I be a carrier? Sorry... Anyway, he had no sibs, but I don't remember in-laws mentioning that either one suffered when ex spoke of it in conversation.
You may be on to something w/this generation skip.

snowlady · 12-09-2000, 04:56 PM

I have suspected that I inherited this from my father. In his senior years he complained of these exact symtoms. He was a diabetic though and I don't know if that may have been the cause, or if it was connected in any way.

Kathryn · 12-12-2000, 05:18 PM

Of 4 of us siblings, 2 of us have it including myself. I consider mine to be worse. I remember my sister at around 7 yrs of age or so, and my mother walking her in the dead of night all through the house to ease her legs. I never went through that until my late 20's and it's gotten progressively worse in the past 25 years or so. I take Klonopin and sometimes in extreme events, I take Sinemet with it. It's the only way I would get any sleep. I also noticed it to go into my arms at times. It can be so annoying.