Masturbation calms restless leg syndrome (the drug companies aren't going to like this)

[Snoutport]

I wonder how the drug companies are going to try to package and sell this cure?!

http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn20323-masturbation-calms-restless-leg-syndrome.html

From the article:

Too much of it will make you go blind – or so you might have been told. But for some, masturbation might have a real clinical benefit: it can ease restless leg syndrome (RLS). The insight could provide sweet relief for the 7 to 10 per cent of people in the US and Europe who suffer from the condition.

RLS is a distressing neurologic disorder characterised by an urge to move the legs. It is usually associated with unpleasant sensations in the lower limbs such as tingling, aching and itching.

The exact causes of RSL have yet to be pinpointed, but brain autopsies and imaging studies suggest one contributing factor is an imbalance of dopamine – a hormonal messenger that, among other things, activates the areas of the brain responsible for pleasure. It is suspected that dopamine imbalance is responsible for some of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. Let's shout this one from the rooftops!

Um........you go first!

:blush:

[Snoutport]

2. All this heavy news as of late.... i figured some good news was needed!

:0)

[The Doctor.]

19. Hey sweetheart...

I'm totally happy to go first.

You're welcome to come along.

Oh, and yer real cute, by the bye. ;)

[CaliforniaPeggy]

21. ...

;-)

[The Doctor.]

23. Hey...

I'll take what I can get.

I loves me an absolute and ageless babe. I should know... it's been almost 10,000 years since the last one.

Doin' anything later darlin'?


:evilgrin:

[sakabatou]

3. Thank god for the internet!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N4XtzU0yy8

[Orrex]

4. And we know that an ounce of prevention equals a pound of cure

So let's all get down to some serious preventing!

[Snoutport]

11. lol

[mysuzuki2]

12. Well, I've never had RLS

so you must be right.

[eppur_se_muova]

40. ... which is also serious pounding. :^D nt

[timtom]

51. Remember Firesign Theater?

A daily wank helps prevent prostate cancer.

What's not to like?

[Journeyman]

5. Well, there's a stroke of good luck . . .

[freshwest]

13. HAHA!

[devils chaplain]

6. It could probably calm a lot of neurological disorders, but some people are told it's bad. N/T

[Paradoxical]

35. Well, orgasm releases a lot of feel good chemicals.

Relieves stress. Clears nasal congestion.

It's basically a cure all.

[joshcryer]

7. Holy shit. I fucking knew it!

Hahahahahhahahahaaaa

I work really long days and when I'm standing 10+ hours doing heavy loads (lifting) my legs will not calm the fuck down at night. I know it's 99% in my head, and normally I can will it away, and it's hardly an "affliction." But, yeah.

Regular, normal, non-sexual exercise works, too. ;)

[wakemewhenitsover]

8. I love the last paragraph of the article...

"While the proverbial five-knuckle shuffle has already been shown to protect men against prostate cancer and ease hay fever, researchers have yet to discover any detrimental side effects to the visual system."

Five-knuckle shuffle... lol... that's my kind of scientific journal.

[Snoutport]

10. I'd never heard that before! lol...and from a scientist!

maybe science has gotten sexier since I was in college.

[freshwest]

14. Oh no! Years of indoctrination swept away! What will O'Donnell say?

[sakabatou]

22. So when John Cena says "Five Knuckle Shuffle..."

LOL

[themadstork]

9. Wonder if this works for general myoclonic jerks. Lately my arms/shoulders/neck have been

involuntarily contracting. Kinda funny looking.

Time to go test out the miracle cure! (Putting the "jerk" in myoclonic jerk!)

[freshwest]

15. "YES, I'M PARANOID--BUT AM I PARANOID ENOUGH?"

No, you are not.

:rofl:

:hi:

[cliffordu]

16. Well....

:rofl:

[Zanzoobar]

17. Jerk off twice and call me in the morning.

[cherokeeprogressive]

18. I've always wondered why my legs are so nice and calm....

Now I know!

[The Doctor.]

20. Damn Snouty....

You've set a record here for 'Totally Interesting Theatrical Stuff'.

Gotta give ya cred.

I'll think of ya then.

:evilgrin:

[Snoutport]

25. well, you know, it's hard to get a rise out of this group....

:0)

[cherokeeprogressive]

26. 'get a rise'... pun intended? LOL n/t

[Snoutport]

62. of course!!

[me b zola]

24. zomg, tmi, but here it goes

yeah, i already knew that from first hand experience :)

[SalmonChantedEvening]

48. BAHA

:rofl:

[Kablooie]

27. You mean the right and the left legs? Not just the middle one?

[global1]

28. How Might The Drug Companies Deal With This? Hmmm.....

they'll probably take over the free porn sites on the web and start charging for them.

[Snoutport]

73. LOL.... watch 20 minutes of Kaiser Porn and call me in the morning.

[MiddleFingerMom]

29. That's just gonna (snicker) exacerbate my "Restless Hand Syndrome". n/t

[MindPilot]

47. I always wondered about your screen name...

[Keith Bee]

30. HA!

No wonder I've never had RLS!

[guitar man]

31. Damn, there goes that leg, shaking again

I'll be back in a while! :silly:

[Unrepentant Fenian]

32. My doctor told me that I had to stop Masturbating...

I said "Why"?
He said "If you don't, I'll never finish your physical".

[Mnemosyne]

53. ...

:rofl:

[The Second Stone]

33. No it doesn't

stop restless leg syndrome. But I can assure you it makes it no worse.

[Paradoxical]

34. Masturbating also helps clear up congestion.

It helps clear your nasal passages.

http://www.drknp.com/research/masturbation-relieves-nasal-congestion

[Warren DeMontague]

37. On the freeway? nt

[Paradoxical]

39. ...

[Warren DeMontague]

41. Okay

maybe not so much.

[Warren DeMontague]

36. However, it has been implicated in restless WRIST syndrome.

and tennis elbow.

[mysuzuki2]

76. Not to mention carpal tunnel syndrome

[ohheckyeah]

38. I usually take a potassium capsule when I get

RLS but hey, whatever works. I'm not really attached to potassium as a treatment. :rofl:

[pipi_k]

60. I never tried potassium...

usually I just have a glass of tonic water with quinine.

Calms it within a few minutes.


Do you ever feel yours just beginning to start up? I can feel mine start in my lower spine. I've also gotten "restless arms" when the feeling doesn't go down into my legs, but up into my arms.



Anyway, though...I honestly can't imagine, anyone caring much about masturbation when their legs are feeling like an army of electrified worms is crawling around under the skin....

eek!

[ohheckyeah]

72. One to two 99 mg potassium capsule

always take care of it for me. I don't feel it in my lower spine but I feel it starting in my feet.

[Warren DeMontague]

42. You should assume that everything the Pope doesn't want you to do is, in some way

beneficial.

[SpartanDem]

43. I sure as hell won't be getting RLS

[customerserviceguy]

44. One would think that any sort of sexual behavior

that resulted in the release of dopamine would have the same effect, why single out masturbation as the primary 'treatment'?

[Warren DeMontague]

45. Because the room they conducted the study in was very small?

:shrug:

[customerserviceguy]

75. Good one

Although when I described just how small the back seat of my 1976 Gremlin was, for the purposes of having sex in said seat, I said that it was so small, I probably couldn't have sex with myself in it!

[Sky Masterson]

46. Yes!

:hide:

[MindPilot]

49. I'm angry that all those parents, teachers and clergy

who doomed us to a lifetime of of suffering from RLS, can just walk away like they were Bush administration officials or something.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

50. This kind of information sure comes in handy.

[PCIntern]

58. DUzy! n/t

[OneGrassRoot]

52. You're so handy to have around, Snoutport!!!

I love everything you share -- such a wide spectrum of info!

:applause:

And I applaud this finding!!!

:applause:

:yourock:

[titaniumsalute]

54. I don't have RLS but...

I wear glasses and have tendonitis. :shrug:

[TheCowsCameHome]

55. No wonder my legs are always going to sleep.

:+

[Stinky The Clown]

56. Stroking for the Cure™

[Earth_First]

78. Careful, Stinkg... "...for the cure" is a fiercely copywrited slogan

I cannot remmeber where I saw it, but I recently read/viewed a piece that said that the leading breast cancer non profit is rabidly litigating other orgs using "for the cure" in their own campaigns.

I'd hate to see you tangled up in that mess... ;-)

[Siouxmealso]

57. Another dirty little secret is

cigarette smoking improves dopamine imbalance and is actually known to be a major preventative of Parkinsons. People who smoke don't get Parkinsons and they probably don't get RSL either for the same reason.

Maybe we can do them simultaneously to double the benefit.

[DireStrike]

59. Do you have a source on that?

Especially the "don't get Parkinson's" part. I'm sure you mean, at best, that fewer smokers get Parkinson's.

[Tom Rinaldo]

63. This just confirms that RLS is the Devil's work

a clever ploy to drive people to sin.

[begin_within]

64. But I would say lung cancer is a pretty high price to pay for that.

[UTUSN]

61. So every day at the nursing home at 3 P.M., they put the wheelchair patients

outside for some fresh air and sun. So one old man said to his neighbor lady, "Do you want to be my girlfriend?!1"

Shocked, she said, "What?!1 What do you MEAN?!1 What are you talking about?!1"

He said, "Well, we're out here every day next to each other, so do you want to be my girlfriend?!1"

Starting to think it over, she said, "Well, I don't know, what would I have to do?!1"

He said, "We just hold hands. In my lap."

She said, "Well, O.K., it sounds all right." So they did and this went on for a couple of weeks.

Then one day he said, "I've got bad news for you. I've got a new girlfriend, over there."

The lady said, "What does SHE have that I don't?!1"

He said, "Parkinson's!1"

[zinnisking]

65. Nobody had 'restless legs' until them stupid commercials came out. It's manufactured bullshit.

My x-gf used to put on a show every night in bed by shaking her legs like they had a mind of their own. Then she would sigh as if she was so annoyed by her whimsical legs. It made me want to PUKE.


:puke: :puke: :puke:

[donheld]

74. Sweety I've had restless legs long before there was a term for it

you can doubt it all you like, but I know you're full of shit.

[pipi_k]

77. I've had RLS for over 20 years

My legs actually jump around all by themselves, even when I try to keep them still.

The only way to make it stop is to get up and walk and walk and walk.

Or drink my tonic with quinine.


I can assure you, it's not to "put on a show". It happens even when I'm alone.

[Arugula Latte]

79. Oh, I see. It's not real because you think people just like to make their legs shake to annoy others

Yes, that makes perfect sense.

I guess that's what my mom was doing for years when her leg would suddenly start shaking.

[swishyfeet]

66. What's the date on this article?

Is it possible you horny little monkeys are going all-in a little too quickly?
Or maybe you just don't want to hear the truth...?? LOL

I could be wrong though.

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Masturbation calms restless leg syndrome

00:01 01 April 2011 by Helen Thomson

[MellowDem]

67. Side effect:

You may go blind.

[grahamhgreen]

68. How bout more sex, would that work? Perfect reason for a hookup!

[originalpckelly]

69. In other news, scientists have discovered a link between RLS and Restless Penis Syndome...

and a new study suggests that masturbation also works for RPS.

[Bozita]

70. If you see a member of the trenchcoat/flasher crowd dancing in the streets, ...

... you'll know he found the scientific article mentioned in the OP.

[thelordofhell]

71. Let's see here

Marijuana helps prevent cancer and parkinson's
Masturbation helps prostate and restless legs

So I guess we're just supposed to smoke weed and jerk off all day?

I'm in