Nighthawk

I can't believe it! I just read these posts and realized that I am NOT crazy! I didn't know that this thing was even diagnosable (if that's even a word!?) This is exactly what I suffer from. At night I have a lot of trouble getting to sleep because my legs are 'crawling'. I can be so tired that I could fall asleep standing up, but if I lay down for longer than 20 seconds, I get the creepy feeling and have to get up. Sometimes it's so bad that I just sit on a chair and rock back and forth for hours!
Another strange thing is the muscle spasms, or whatever they are. Sometimes just as I'm falling asleep my arms or legs will just suddenly flail around for no reason! Heck, last week while I was falling asleep, my left arm jerked and I actually punched my cat!! (sorry Sabrina) It sounds funny but it's quite annoying. I joke with my girlfriend sometimes that when we go to bed she should put a straight jacket on me first. She said a couple of times I almost smacked her in the head while falling asleep!!
I've seen a couple different meds posted here that are supossed to help with RLS. Can anyone tell me which ones work the best? And does anyone else have the same problems that I have with both the RLS and the spasms? Feel free to e-mail me if you don't want to post.

Nighthawk
steveh@losch.net