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143: Dr David Cunnington (MD) - Sleep Specialist, Melbourne Sleep Disorders Centre

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How to Treat Restless Leg Syndrome

People with a tendency to perfectionism have the same risk of developing insomnia. People end up getting this rigidity of thinking around sleep which feeds into an anxiety about sleep and guarantees they get in the way of sleep overthink it. It happens during times of iron flux so people are chewing through a lot of iron so pregnancy it's a perfect example, most pregnant women will get restless legs at some point. Other illnesses such as high training where you chew through a lots of iron can also give people restless leg symptoms. About three and a hundred people get it every day and it drives them completely bananas.

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