Expert claims restless legs syndrome causes suicidality. People with restless legs syndrome may be more likely to think about suicide or to actually make plans to take their own lives, compared to people without the troublesome condition, a new study suggests. Typically, people with restless legs syndrome say that when they're lying down, "they have a creepy-crawly feeling in their legs plus an irresistible urge to move," explained study co-author doctor and an associate professor of neurology at the Yale Medical School. "That urge to move prevents them from staying in bed." .
And that often means that patients with restless legs syndrome can't get a good night's sleep. It's entirely possible that the poor sleep is leading to depression and suicidality, Koo said. Koo's team can't say for sure that the syndrome causes people to think about suicide; they can only say there's a…
