When I first heard this I thought it was crazy dumb.

Some bad nights I put a bar of Irish spring soap in my sheets

Some bad nights I put a bar of Irish spring soap in my sheets….sometimes (not always), the cool touch of the bar on my feet seems to help..and I sleep very well..
When I first heard this I thought it was crazy dumb.. and never did it for 5 years..then in a desperate attempt to find anything..I tried this, and I do get some relieve some nights. It won’t work for everyone..but dosent hurt to try

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Discussion

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Bronwen Jinny Heath I would use a packet or frozen peas – they stay icy for a long time. So numb you feel nothing.

Gillian Callaghan You can buy soft reusable ice packs.

Karen Norvell And believe me I’m not making this up..lol what ever you try, if it works or not .your feet will smell good

Rick Johnston I use it for washing up. So cool and clean

Sue Wardrop there is alway a bar unde mine it dont work i just left it there

Sonya Keller I thought it was weird too…tried it a couple years back…it feels like it helps or unless my mind plays tricks with me….I still sleep with a bar of soap

Karen Norvell Cat Hill yes

Sonya Keller Yes…you put the bar of soap under your bedsheet and move the soap towards your legs, fall asleep and hopefully it’ll help some for you…you can YouTube it to understand it better, think they call it Soap Bed

Nan Dodson Temples I get to go he place where I’m willing to try anything. Still, I have a cabinet almost full of things others said worked for them, but didn’t for me. I’ve wasted a lot of money; I think these fake medicine manufacturers know how desperate we get, and take us to the cleaners!

Holly Paulus Haskins Nan Dodson Temples I know what you mean about waisted money on things that don’t work. If you can try Kratom, It’s worth looking into. It’s not legal in the UK and AUS. Im in the USA. It works for lots of us 100%. I’ve been using Kratom for 3 years in May. It stops My involuntary Movement from RLS. I have Severe Primary RLS 24 hours a day. Kratom was nothing short of a Mirical for me with no negative side effects and I buy mine on line so no prescription needed. If you live in the US you can buy samples on line for around 5$ to see if it’s going to work. That way you don’t end up waisting a lot of money on something that doesn’t work.

Nan Dodson Temples Holly Paulus Haskins I’d be willing to try it, but it is illegal in Arkansas. I briefly considered a PO box in LA, but decided not to.

Meredith Connelly I tried this and nothing but always willing to try something

Debbie Wattelet-McKee I heard use a bar of Ivory Soap!

Kati Lynn Trast Didn’t work for me 🙁. And now I hate the smell!

Karen Norvell I agree we try something and within a few weeks we are back pacing ….soòoo annoying..

Holly Paulus Haskins THE KINDERGARTEN VERSION OF WHY SOAP WORKS FOR RLS. I tried soap. SOAP Didn’t work for me at all. The fact that SOAP works for any body is one of the reasons why many doctors think that RLS is all in our heads and they don’t take RLS seriously. Many doctors wont prescribe Opiates or any other much needed medications because of claims like this, To a Doctor this [SOAP THERAPY] confirms what they have been taught in medical school and that is that this and many other unexplainable NEUROLOGICAL conditions are all in our head [No pun intended 😉] or imagined and can be controlled with Placebos and the Power of thought. Personally, I would love to be able to use mind over matter to control RLS but my brain knows better and is not easily fooled. Truthfully, They have done extensive research that Proves that if you ingest, absorb through your skin or breath a substance that cures your RLS, then what you had was a deficiency that mimicked RLS, Not the true Disease referred to as RLS. Also, I don’t know how many of you have been to a neurologist or heard of PING THERAPY but if you have not heard of this, PING explains why SOAP and other weird things seem to stop RLS for a short time only to have it come back at a later date as bad as ever. The Brain is essentially throwing a fit like a spoiled child. It dose not really know what it wants or needs to fix or stop it’s malfunction. The doctor sends a PING into the Brain and the Brain PAUSES or stops throwing the fit [ In Our Case that fit would be RLS ] as it annualizes the PING. The brain enjoy’s the PING and it Play’s a type of game until it gets tired of the NEW SENSORY and starts throwing a fit again, looking for NEW stimuli to fix it’s problem. Hence anything that causes a chemical or physical change in the brain and body including aroma therapy, Heat, Cold, Weighted Socks, Vibration and so on….. will often cause the Brain to PAUSE or temporally Stop malfunctioning while it adjusts to the NEW STIMULI. It’s an expensive ongoing proceeder and although they say they have some success in treating people with RLS they also admit that it’s not Permanent and doesn’t always work for everyone just like every thing else we try. 😢 I am personally disgusted with my self for being desperate enough to have tried soap but Im glad some people seem to feel like they get some improvement from it.

Karen Norvell I don’t believe this for one second
I will do and use anything to help me sleep..kindergarten version..pffftt.. I’m only statingcwhat has helped me..move on. You shouldn’t feel disgusted to try soap..I have managed and coped with it 20 years with no medication cause I know one day I may need it..you shouldn’t knock what works for one.. may not work for another..but I will continue to tell people what works for me. It may help one person ya just never know.

Holly Paulus Haskins I don’t think you read the entire post. It was not malicious. It explains why soap works for some people with out going into the big medical definitions so people like me can understand it easer. Im glad it seems to work for some people. Im a big advocate for what ever works.

Karen Norvell
I understand but it’s not kindergarten ..Jesus we suffer it sucks ..you don’t tell people it’s kindergarten jeeze..especially since I haven’t slept in 2 weeks..I’m grumpy

Holly Paulus Haskins I didn’t realize that the word Kindergarten would sound negative. It was meant to be in the place of the word Simple. I alway prefer The kindergarten version of things. Texting never seems to come across the way it sounds in your head, Im a joker by nature so words like that don’t bother me. Im sorry If I left the wrong impression. I guess I need to use more smily faces LOL.

Karen Norvell Im sorry i just took offence to it..

Sue Wardrop im with u cat the less tab u have to take the better but if nothing else works u have nochoice u need to get rid of the pain or it will drive u inane .i know i have managed to get back to morphine nightly i do have oxzapam to if it gets to bad im glad ive found this new dr who understands he comes from us and was pain managment over there mine knows i hate taking tabs so he is so good u do im in aus ive been waiting for app to see neurologist for 4yrs and they still cant tell me when ill get in

Karen Norvell Cat Hill interesting..I have lower back pain over the years..when my sciatica is acting up I have no RLS..just back pain.. but when my back settles..I have RLS

Brigitte Miller Excitotoxicity and inflammation makes it worse. Soap may absorb some of that from the feet. Makes sense to me, but never worked for me. Strict Clean Diet and supplements helped me along with Kratom

Elsie Underwood Why doesn’t this work for me and some others??!!! I’ve tried Irish Spring, Lavender, Ivory etc. None of them have done anything for me. I’ve even tried rubbing the bottom of my feet with the soap leaving a film of soap BEFORE getting under the covers and placing the bar at the foot of the bed. This is such a prevalent disorder….What could be causing it!!!

Holly Paulus Haskins Soap does NOT work for many of us. Try Kratom if you can. thats what i use.

Elsie Underwood Thanks Holly, I will look into it.

Karen Norvell Elsie Underwood put it in freezer and just before bed tuck it in sheets..I just touch it..and I’m out..somenights

Elsie Underwood Karen Norvell Hi Karen, are you talking about the soap into the freezer or the Kratom that I’m about to look further into?

Karen Norvell The soap..just try a few nights..if it dosent work..it dosent work.but dosent hurt to try..

Brigitte Miller Pings are just a distraction to the excitotoxic nerves….giving them something to react to however brief… before resuming their own overactive pathway of RLS sensations. Tinnitus is the same thing, just a different pathway. I have both, severely. Definitely NOT an imaginary figment in my head… AMA medicine is only good for acute health issues and trama. It doesn’t acknowledge anything else which is why pharmaceuticals don’t work long term. The whole modality works by suppressing symptoms which doesn’t work very well for chronic inflammatory processes.

Holly Paulus Haskins yah thats a little bit better description of how ping works than the one I gave. The doctor explained it a little differently to me. He said the brain was throwing a fit like a spoiled child LOL