I have suffered with restless leg syndrome since before there was an official name for it.  I just thought it was insomnia.  When I was in my twenties I would lay awake at night, and fight it, in my thirties, I would try everything from standing out in zero degree weather hoping my legs would freeze until I fell asleep, to warm baths, cold baths, shaving, lotion, massaging, etc.  Nothing worked.  Finally in my late thirties it got so bad that I wanted to commit suicide.  I had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, which was a result of the RLS.  I went to the doctor again, armed with internet...