I have restless leg syndrome also. My legs are always moving and in pain. Lately, I have been taking malic acid with magnesium and it is helping a lot. I no longer have the shin pain like I used to and I can get by with just wiggling a toe most days.

I have everything you have except the rash. Have you had your CPK level checked? What about an EMG?

The three meds you mentioned are all antidepressant I would check with your pharmasist to see if they should be taken at the same time.

I would ask your doctor to do a blood test to check your vitamin D, B, and Magnesium levels.

I had an ER doctor check my magnesium level back in febuary or march and it came back really low. He gave me a prescription for magnesium for a few days and now a take a supplement with calcium/magnesium/zinc and my pain level has gone way down. I take it in the early evening because it also works as a sleep aid.

The following is copied from Pheonix rising another web site that deals with CFS and FM

Muscle Relaxers Several physicians recommend using natural muscle relaxers to get the body in the mood for going to sleep. Dr. Rosenbaum recommends calcium (600-800 mg)/magnesium (300-500mg).

For the rash if your doctor isn't much help you might ask to see a dermatoligist.

Here is a link to the other web site.

Alot of us have both fibro (FM) and CFS

I think they are going to find this link to the xmrv virus in alot of us but it's still in the research phase.

Good luck with your doctor.

sorry I forgot to post the link

http://www.aboutmecfs.org/Rsrch/XMRVBuzz.aspx

I would google your meds to see if they cause involuntary muscle twitches and the like as that's probably what it's coming from. I was on Lamictal for a while and it caused muscles twitches so severe it was like having a frog under my skin. Another med I was on cause hand tremors. I've read that 25% of people on these types of meds develop permanent movement disorders from them.

The pain in the top of your feet could very easily be myofascial pain where the muscles get knots in them that refer pain elsewhere. The knots are called trigger points and have to be broken up in order for the pain to subside. Fortunately you can learn to do trigger point massage on yourself with a bit of time and effort.

Here's a link to a site dealing with myofascial trigger points and referred pain patterns in the lower leg and foot:

http://www.latrobe.edu.au/podiatry/myofasc/myofasc.html

A couple of other good sites are triggerpointbook.com and triggerpoints.net. The trigger point therapy workbook is well worth the cost if you have myofascial pain which goes hand-in-hand with fibro. You can get it cheaper through Amazon.com.

I find using an electric massager works better than a manual one as I can massage my body focusing on any spot that hurts [an active trigger point]. Since learning trigger point massage 5 years ago, I've gone from being in one degree or another of pain 24/7 to being pretty much painfree about 85% of the time.

Thanks for the suggestions. I have some things to research now. Will let you know how things go at the doctor.

I found a product from natures inventory, all are oils.

they have one for restless leg syndrome and I've used it and used it on my husbands's leg when his twitching would keep me awake.

Average is 15.00 per bottle, 10.00 when you wait for a sale.

Have also used the oils for joint aches and headaches. May be worth a try for you.

Some of what you said rings true for me. I don't have restless leg, but I do have hypermobility syndrome. Might want to look into that. It just means that all my joints open too far. Loosey goosey. The only way for someone with hypermobility to avoid pain in their joints is to move them every 15 minutes. I intuitively want to move them when they start to itch for a movement. I think this is my bodys way of warning me they've been sitting in one place too long.
Just a thought.