UPDATE: He has since seen many, MANY doctors, all of which are very intrigued by his symptoms but all of them have been stumped by his condition. We are sent from specialist to specialist, We are told there is clearly something going on, he is now 2 1/2 and was diagnosed with RLS (restless leg syndrome… youngest in the world apparently) and started on medications for it. They appear to do nothing at all, so the doctor isnt sure if its the right diagnosis. A Pediatric Neurologist started him on a low dose muscle relaxer at night only and suddenly he is a different kid at night (stil a late night child but once asleep he will stay asleep) he is the same in the day but we can deal with the non-stop moving during awake hours. He is generally happy but has a lot of frustration from speech His speech is delayed he only has about 10 words to date, doctors believe it may be related to the movement disorder (still undiagnosed) we are currently working on it and seeing some improvement This is typical how he is when he wakes in the middle of the night, he is alseep if you look at him but clearly in pain. We massage his legs or use pressure seems to help slightly, on bad nights it doesnt help at all. We have tried Tylenol/Motrin at bedtime and there is no difference. My son is 8 months old now, and has been a terrible sleeper since he was born, seemed very uncomfortable in his own body, he was hospitalized when he was a few weeks old and they figured out he had GERD reflux which …
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