Diabetes and RLS

[MartinJ]

Hi,
I have had type 2 diabetes now for over 10 years. At about the same time I started developing Restless Leg Syndrome which is now severe and am trying various medications to allevaite the problem. When I last sa my sleep consultant at Gouys he recommended I monitor my blood sugar levels as the Hba1c reading was hgh at 10%. I bought myself a meter and the readings are contsantly in the high range. I have requested the strips and lancets be put on my prescription but my doctor has refused, stating NICE recommendations, which I pointed out were general recommendations and each case has to be looked at seperately. Obviously theyb are trying to cut costs! Any one else had this problenm or RLS?

 

[trophywench]

Well hundreds of Type 2s can't get a meter on the NHS BUT why doesn't your consultant write to your GP and ask him to prescribe one for you? But anyway I should imagine the consultant would like you to have as near as possible non diabetic levels of BG so as yours seems to be double what it should be, I should think you need to make some dietary and exercise changes to try and reduce it. Or have you already done that?

A lot of ladies get RLS around the menopause and thereafter - I was lucky and didn't. I dunno if I've ever known a chap that's had it before though. OTOH I haven't tried to sleep with many!

 

[merrymunky]

I’ve suffered with RLS since I was a teen, many, many years before diabetes was ever a problem for me. Now I’m pregnant it’s exacerbated the condition. Mine is usually triggered by over tiredness. Nothing has ever cured it other than moving the legs.

 

[falcon123]

A friend developed this in his sixties. After trying various treatments Gabapentin cured the problem.