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"People who suffer from restless leg syndrome (RLS) often have debilitating psychiatric disorders, including depression and anxiety, investigators reported today at big medical convention in Montreal."

But there is hope...

"Restless legs syndrome is one of the leading causes of insomnia, affecting more than five to 10 percent of the white population, according to background information in the article."

http://cmbi.bjmu.edu.cn/news/0504/61.htm

I have never known anyone with this disorder; if 5-10 % of whites have it then I should have encountered this by now. Be that as it may.. I too hope there is relief. I suffer from chronic insomnia but it is not from RLS.. so I can empathize with the insomnia component.

"All brain cells need iron. They get it from transport molecules that carry iron from the blood. Normal brain cells have doorways that let these transporters into the cell. Patients with restless leg syndrome lacked these portals, known as transferrin receptors."

http://www.webmd.com/content/article/66/79743.htm

Another scourge to be eradicated by medicine.

Sincerely,