Nearly everyone with Restless Legs Syndrome have a tough time describing their symptoms. Victims struggle to express in a lot of ways what they are going through especially to those who have not heard of this little-known condition. Victims attempt to explain it in plain words so that they can make skeptical doctors believe that what they’re feeling is real. Some give a shot at acting them out in an effort to portray an accurate sketch. Is Restless Leg Syndrome real? A number of people have symptoms that are severe enough to be disruptive or even to render them inoperative. For some with milder problems though these symptoms can be dismissed as muscle aches or restlessness or are considered merely short-lived episodes of normal life and are therefore bearable.

These four major indicators are required to be present before a correct diagnosis for Restless Leg Syndrome can be formed:

• There is an uncontrollable need to move the legs because of bothersome sensations. Most patients generally describe these sensations as: strange, uncomfortable, irksome itching, burning, pulling feelings, pricking needles or like ants creeping or crawling deep inside the legs. These sensations can stretch out to the arms, hands, upper legs, and feet.
• The strong need to move is relieved only by movement. Whether the patient feels partial or complete relief, the relief obtained is at all times only short-lived. Motion or activity needs to be continuous. Most common leg movements that give instant but temporary relief are: walking back and forth, repositioning and shifting the legs, stretching, and biking.
• Symptoms start off or get worse for the duration of rest or inactivity. Extended episodes of sitting or lying down can set off the symptoms. Whether taking a nap, watching TV, reading, or knitting the urge to move is forceful. Symptoms become more bothersome the more relaxing the stance and the more prolonged the extent of inactivity.
• Gravity of the symptoms intensify during the early evening or late at night. Symptoms refuse to go away in unpredictable intervals. Some endure the symptoms the whole day and night, some feel it only during sleep time, but the majority of victims suffer the most unpleasant attacks all through the night and find ease only in the morning.

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