Restless Pen Syndrome

[dougo]

There's a TV commercial for Requip, a drug to treat Restless Leg Syndrome, that features a woman doing a crossword puzzle. Apparently the drug has some weird side effects:

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[st-rev.livejournal.com]

For me it manifests not so much as an urge to move the limbs (I get it in my arms too sometimes) as severe, and rather peculiar, pain that is relieved briefly by movement. Been getting it worse and worse for I dunno how many years, but last year I was getting it basically every night for hours. Spent more than one night not sleeping at all, lying in bed flinging my arms back and forth and crying.

If my former shrink hadn't identified it correctly, I might have killed myself by now.