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Ah, scratch that.

Hmm... I think it tried to confuzzle you with elaborate and complicated explanations.

ah, then you have finally reached the pinacle of reasoning, in recognizing that people as a whole are nothing more than sheep *gets out a bbq* who wants mutton?

Watch "toxic sludge is good for you".

They explain many of the tricks in modern marketing.

I'm well past the "Sheeple" stage I already know that they're downright retarded.

But no matter how far along I get I'll always in some aspect be a sheep, there's just too much misinformation in the world.

eh, you're just not paranoid and cynical enough yet, then. the easiest way to get past the misinformation is to just read everything and come up with your own conclusions

My leg does that all the time. I've always just gone with it. I have no idea why anyone would even try to treat it. It's not harmful, non distacting--since, at least for me--it's always only happened when I wasn't paying attention to it.

Well, some people have it so bad it can keep them from sleeping, which *is* an issue.

could it be they are not talking about normal twitching legs but something more painful? My grand father has parkinson's and when his hands twitch it can cause him great pain, just a possability, but you are probably right.

Do you sometimes wake up in the morning, and still feel tired?

After eating a meal, do you occasionally still feel hungry?

When you sneeze, do you find it impossible to keep your eyes open?

You might have CES, Chronic Everyone Syndrome, a condition that can plague every man, woman, and child in America.

New medical breakthroughs have brought treatment for CES by Pfizer, with the new prescription drug Tanzecol. Side effects may include...


On a serious note, the drug industry infuriates me, but even worse is how the government continues to give better treatment to their industry than the actual people. And these prescription drug ads should be illegal, they're making people paranoid self-diagnosers, so that instead of going to a doctor when you really feel sick, you think you have a billion and one ailments that need to be medicated, and of course there's money to be made, so who's going to tell you otherwise? Feh.

actually the DO have a drug for that condition, the ads started running early this year.

I'm not kidding.

Little do drug companies know you can cure everything with all natural vitamin PORN

lol, well put. ^^

when I first loaded up the video URL, I thought the whole thing would be a joke

then I noticed its author... UCTV... University of California Television

it looks real too, even has a real grant from a real pharmaceutical company

so, it's dead serious... and completely wrong XD

I think the video was made by professors who think that students shaking their legs during lectures are a distraction XD

worst part is, if they actually make a serious effort to "treat" the "condition", they'll end up killing students, getting sued, and starting a national controversy

This is a nationwide campaign, it's been on the news and commercials are running all the time now.

So who is rallying against it with proof it's a lie, anyways?

nobody, of course. People won't learn until someone dies

oh god no...

I'm quite glad I don't have cable, but I do miss the BBC stations.

If I was a more reputable (and rich) scientist I would make a counter add much like the old anti-pot ones. "If you take this, you will kill people."

Hmmm.. Yeah, it always drives my family nuts when my legs start shaking. I mean, sure, the house shakes with them, but now I can tell them it's a natural bodily function! ... of course, so are farts, sneezes, yawns, and hiccups, but those are considered wrong, too...

Also, people making up 'syndromes' and 'conditions' for everyday things is nothing new... take ADHD. How many people do you know who weren't hyper as children? ... and ritalin tasted nasty.

I haven't seen it, and I don't intend to. I think that is misguided, and shows that a partial view of anatomy is only considered.

I'm going to tell you something that blows all of that out of the water. My mother also has Restless Leg Syndrome, in which her legs *involuntary* twitch. This isn't your bored gotta move legs type of fake RLS folks are saying above. This is when she sits or lays down and both legs twitch. With her arthritis, the RLS keeps her up at night and she *must* be medicated in order to get any sleep. The second problem is... she has high blood pressure, as verified by hospital medical rehab nurses.

Let us recap. High blood pressure, so that there's little or no chance of blood actually pooling. RLS twitching her legs. And arthritis making movement rather painful. All verified by medical insitutions.

RLS is just a natural effect. Yeah, right. Whole muscle contractions not under any conscous control is a natural effect, especially when arteries and veins contract and expand to assist in blood flow. These professors are taking lessons from Tom Cruise (who himself really needs medication).

You know, I'd be less upset about this if it weren't costing me money.

My old teacher told us about that way-back-when. You're 100% right, it's like blinking, you don't really think about it, it just seems to happen.

Mif, you in the medical pratice? Or just really knoloageable? If that is a word...

I study a myriad of different subjects. I also tend to be very good at pattern recognition.

That's cool. If that's the case, you'd be really good at music.

People will take everything too far. It's how they are. You can blame the drug companies, or the hypochrondriacs who buy their swill.

I just consider this all marketing, it's how our economy works, even if it's stupid an underhanded. If someone is sad enough to believe the drivel and hurts themselves, then it's their problem.. I can't exactly go to the doctor too much(cost of health insurance, beh) but when I do I always have long, informed talks with my doctor, I ask for clarification, hell sometimes he even gives me pamplets or tells me websites.. it's like any other service in america.. you need to be, if not friends, at least on equal footing with the people who 'serve' you.

Bleh, got side tracked, anyway.. down with idiocy. o.o *raises a small flag stating "vote for Murr Porn 2008*

Restless breast syndrome:

Your body's reaction to being moderately endowed for too long. *swell*

https://www.fearorlove.com Is a great place for a look at the truth about the sinister reality behind the lies we are fed but this sort of scam comes at no suprise to me. We are medicated for a HUGE variety of things we need genuine help with...Most sickening and heart killing in my opinion is being put on happy pills when our life goes to shit and our loved ones turn out to be our worst enemies instead of having those dark horrid emotions actually dealt with...But I'll end this post here because I HATE being the force that brings people down, there are enough of those out there already. Yiff and be happy!

I know a lot of people with this chronic condition.

They're called drummers.

I have to set the record straight on this one. FIRST OFF, your definition of RLS is WRONG. It couldnt be more wrong.

RLS is NOT when your sitting there bouncing a knee, spinning an ankle or just generally bouncing leg or foot movement. This definition is NOT RLS.

RLS is hard if not impossible to explain unless youve actually experienced it. The video describes it pretty good as a horrible sensation of nagging that makes you want to move your legs (your legs dont actually move or bounce subconciously). You can lay there and fight it all night without moving your legs once, but for only so long before you simply must stand up and walk around. A way ive found to stop my RLS is to stay laying down and just lift both legs up and stretch and flex every muscle in them as hard as i can untill they feel sore. That helps most of the time.

Its not a twitch, a bounce or just repetitive small uncontrolled motions of the legs. It is a terrible sensation (not painfull) but just this need that almost burns. Insisting you get up from your sleep or relaxation and work the muscles.

You are WRONG. How do i know? I have RLS. its terrible. Something i wouldnt wish on anyone.

if you think about it its the perfict way to send a person to the hospital to run up a $3.0000 bill for 2-4 years needed to fix the damage done to the leg+complications via fult of perscription drug.

Ah, simple exploitation: The American Way.

I have a friend with RLS and it's not the bouncy-leg thing. It's this perpetual need to get up and move around. His dad has it, too. Believe me, the guy is more figitty on his feet than anyone else I know... he'll shift position multiple times while sitting until eventually standing up then sitting back down. It's kinda amazing.

It might be a better idea to treat the cause than the symptom.

Thus far it still sounds like your body is telling that staying sedentary is bad for you.

Oh sure, I agree with that wholeheartedly, but you're making the argument that this syndrome is bunk and only exists to further the interests of pharmacists. I'm just saying that's not true.

the behaviour exists absolutely. However I disagree with the idea that it is a medical condition that requires medication. It's simply a symptom, and of something that is easy to fix as well.

Right, but that's what I'm saying. There IS actually a legitimate syndrome. Like, the body seems to erroneously send signals that you need to move around. I don't mean just move your legs up and down, twitch, whatever. I mean actually get up and walk around cause the muscles need to be moved. Some people can't sleep because of it, most people who have it figit tons while they sit. And, as far as I know, there's no known CAUSE of it except some crossed wiring.

Therein lies the problem, you're led to believe that the cause is unknown except for crossed wiring. 10-15% of people are not likely to have a consistent birth defectt that causes their neurons to function improperly.

This condition like most others can be treated with good diet and exercise. I used to have this problem when i was younger.

If your body says you should move, it's probably a sign that you should move. There is a lot wrong with the way our society is set up and we're led to believe there are no adverse health effects for either the foods we eat or our behaviours.

Sure, yeah, if all your body is calling for is exercise that makes sense. But I think in a lot of cases people might not have the time to really sink into that sort of thing (or think they don't), so it starts recurring. I mean, there IS a legitimate concern here, too - not everybody reacts this way, and it can get dibilitating. Anyway, I should stop commenting because I don't have the thing.