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A Bar of Soap
Posted by Marshagail (South U.S.) on 01/13/2024
★★★★★
I've used & recommended bar soap under the fitted sheet for many years with Xcellent results! I've also rubbed dry or slightly damp bar soap on legs & left on b4 bed along with the soap bar under the sheet for particularly bothersome cases. It Absolutely Works & people are consistently Stunned that such a simple remedy is so effective & quick-acting. Thank U EC for steering me in that direction long ago👊
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Kshelia (ID) on 12/23/2023
★★★★★
Okay.... I have been suffering with Restless Leg Syndrome for about 8 years brought on by medication I am on, (at least that's when it started). I was actually looking for a natural treatment to help my husband with something and decided to look one last time for something to help me with my legs. (Haven't really slept much/well in 8 years because of it). I scrolled through the remedies (many of which I'd tried on my own), and saw this ridiculous soap thing... I thought what could it hurt? Oh my gosh!!! I placed a bar of Dove soap beneath the bottom fitted sheet located just below my feet. The first night I had just minor restlessness in only my foot! Fell asleep pretty fast. So the second night I used my feet to inch the soap up to between my feet, basically a bit higher between my ankles... it's been about two and a half weeks now, maybe three, with no restless leg syndrome! First time in 8 years!!! I am overjoyed!
I definitely recommend trying this. I mean, what do you have to lose? I still can't believe it myself but it actually worked for me. I don't know how and though I'm curious I really don't care. All I know is I am able to finally sleep and am so very grateful to this wonderful website and all of the gracious people who care enough to share their experiences.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by TBizz (Arizona) on 08/11/2022
★★★★★
The bar of soap most definitely works and is not a myth! Just be sure the soap is NOT a product of Dial.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Lana (British Columbia) on 03/30/2021
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Bar of soap for RLS
I was searching around 2 or 4 am for something to help me.. the sensations were in my legs and my hands. I realized it was intense probably because I ate a bunch of brown sugar syrup earlier [craving] So won't do that again. Grabbed a bit of cashew as I was hungry...and grabbed a bar of soap. Incredible that it worked!! I noticed some on the thread put this to "placebo" affect which I find ridiculous. My whole body was going nuts and this put an end to it immediately. Had no idea if this would work or not but pretty grateful I have a go to now. Thanks Bar Soap!! [ It was just some bulk bar I get from the bulk store..maybe primrose or something which probably makes no difference at all.]
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Angela Marie (United States San Diego, CA) on 03/29/2020
★★★★★
Soap worked for me too! Just put some ivory soap in the fitted sheet at the bottom of the bed and no RLS!
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Athena (New Jersey) on 06/08/2019
★★★★★
SOAP -
I had an incident last night ..my legs just wouldn't stop moving. I've had RLS in the past. So, last night while in bed trying to sleep I just could not get to sleep because of my legs ... how horrible this thing is. Well around 4:15 a.m. I got up and came to my computer,,,opened Earth Clinic, looked up RLS and saw how so many people were getting unbelievable results with SOAP ??? So, I opened a new bar of Dove,, put it under the sheets by my feet,,,and.....dozed off in no time. Just cannot believe what a miracle with such a simple, clean, solution - oh dear Mother Nature how we love you. Everyone has cancer in this country (including me) because they have destroyed and contaminated You all for money!!! God bless you all and sleep well.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Bob (Denver, Co) on 09/30/2018
★★★★★
Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! A small piece of soap in each sock ended the restless leg almost immediately. Did not help me get back to sleep, but what a wonderful cure for the restless legs!
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Mbk (Amherst, Ny) on 05/15/2018
★★★★★
I am a neuroscientist and I suffer from Restless Leg Syndrome. I've racked my brain trying to figure out why it works, but it does. About 6 months ago my wife started putting 3 bars of Irish Spring soap under the sheets next to my legs and my RLS has subsided about 90% (Ivory sop didn't work). I think the effect may be olfactory - the soap has to be strong smelling), but I haven't tested it (putting the soap next to my head instead of my legs). I am the world's biggest skeptic and I'm flabbergasted, but really, it works.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Tracey (Texas) on 03/12/2018
★★★★★
OMG thank you! I seriously never thought to put it in my sock while I'm relaxing. It worked in seconds!
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Joe Balke (La Palma, Me) on 02/05/2018
★★★★★
Restless leg sufferer for 35 years. For the past five years I have had complete and total success with one or more of the following:
1. Bar of soap under the sheets in bed.
2. Rub the bar of soap on your legs, just gently stroke the bar on the legs a couple of times.
3. Aloe Vera on the legs. Sometimes this might take up to 3 applications.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Edgrolvr (Nantes, France) on 05/20/2017
★★★★★
I can't believe that this works, but it does. My husband often gets restless legs at night and after checking this site and seeing the soap suggestion, I figured "why not, " especially because we had two fresh unwrapped bars of Dove soap (it happens to be shea butter scented but I don't think it matters). My husband put one bar each in a pair of ski socks (ha, lots of room for a bar of soap) and put the socks on while he reclined on the couch. He said it worked within a couple of minutes. He's now used this remedy about 5 times since then and it works every time. He leaves the socks on for about 15 minutes and even after removing them, he has no problems for the rest of the night. Bizarre.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Joe B. (Reno, Nv) on 12/23/2016
★★★★★
I have had RLS for 30+ years. The following have worked for me, and my RLS will recur without one of these very convenient and inexpensive "cures":
1. Bar of soap in the bed by my legs...sometimes 2 bars. Brand doesn't seem to matter.
2. Massage calves with aloe vera or any type of body lotion(I prefer coconut oil). For some reason, icy hot doesn't work. Also massage small amount of lotion into lower back.
3. Carbonyl iron.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Maureen (East Sussex) on 10/18/2016
★★★★★
I tried Dove and it didn't work as it is a cream. So I tried something else and yes, it works. I too have suffered for many years and actually had a lie in this morning. Try it.
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Sonia (Cohutta) on 07/30/2016
★★★★★
Soap absolutely works, my husband has suffered with RLS for years, I read about soap and thought I'd give it a try without his knowledge to avoid the placebo effect. That was almost four weeks ago and he has not had an episode since. He filled his prescription for Requip on 7/8/16 and hasn't taken the first pill. He's NEVER gone this long, in fact he was taking a pill EVERY night. First I placed one bar of dial under the fitted sheet at the foot of the bed, the soap was YEARS old so after two days I added a fresh bar of Dove with it...they're both still there and working like magic. I was very skeptical and assumed it would NOT work but to my surprise it work even better than the Requip!!! So don't count this one out....it truly works and believe me I'm just as surprised as you are!!! I finally told him about it and he too was skeptical but it's still working so we're going with it!!!! There's a lot more to these old wives tales than we know or understand!!
A Bar of Soap
Posted by Grace (NH, US) on 09/27/2014
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I suffered with RLS for 12 years, for many of them I googled remedies and found that soap did work - well recently I googled and I found that not enough magnesium was the culprit! Well I have been eating foods and making shakes with all fresh veggies and fruit, nuts, seeds with high magnesium levels and this has CURED the problem. Good luck
