Itchy Legs in Lucid?

**TriGoon** · 04-24-2010 02:44 AM

So I've had a few more lucids.

I'm having one problem that's coming up multiple times. Itchy legs. o.o

I get lucid, start doing what I want, then out of nowhere my legs get super itchy. I can feel it in the dream, my legs just explode in itchyness, and I always wake up right away to scratch them.

It's getting really annoying. Not only does it happen in lucids to take me out of them, but after I end a lucid in a different way it sometimes happens then too.

I'm not sure what I could do other than fight the urge to scratch really hard, but it's so strong I'm not sure I could stand it even if I tried.

Anyone else have this problem? Or have advice? Something to do with my mind testing to see if i'm really sleeping or something? And yes, it's only during/after lucids, not during/after normal dreams.

*sigh*

**J.D.** · 04-24-2010 03:34 PM

My guess is it's when your legs get sweaty and the hairs get stuck to them. Add a bit of rubbing from the duvet = itchiness. Happens to me every now and again.

**TriGoon** · 04-25-2010 09:02 AM

Originally Posted by J.D.

My guess is it's when your legs get sweaty and the hairs get stuck to them. Add a bit of rubbing from the duvet = itchiness. Happens to me every now and again.

Seems odd to me that it happens nearly every Lucid, either during to wake me up, or just after when i wake up when it finishes.

And because I end up scratching my legs every time, I would have noticed them being sweaty. They weren't, lol.

hintss, i'll probably honestly try to remember to try yours. It seems this is just a random lucid-only deal, so maybe dealing with it in the lucid before it happens might help. From now on, when I lucid, I'll definatly have a bottle in my pocket ready.

I dunno what restless leg syndrome is, so I guess it's not that. I don't really like taking anything, I'm more of an au-naturalle type of guy, but if it continues to be a problem I might have to test it out.

Was hoping there might be others with it, because it's so consistent for me so far. Ah well, thanks for the input guys. ^^

**hintss** · 04-26-2010 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by TriGoon

Seems odd to me that it happens nearly every Lucid, either during to wake me up, or just after when i wake up when it finishes.

And because I end up scratching my legs every time, I would have noticed them being sweaty. They weren't, lol.

hintss, i'll probably honestly try to remember to try yours. It seems this is just a random lucid-only deal, so maybe dealing with it in the lucid before it happens might help. From now on, when I lucid, I'll definatly have a bottle in my pocket ready.

I dunno what restless leg syndrome is, so I guess it's not that. I don't really like taking anything, I'm more of an au-naturalle type of guy, but if it continues to be a problem I might have to test it out.

Was hoping there might be others with it, because it's so consistent for me so far. Ah well, thanks for the input guys. ^^

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Restless_legs_syndrome

**ClouD** · 04-27-2010 02:46 AM

Try jumping into water.

**hintss** · 04-25-2010 06:35 AM

would materialising anti-itch lotion and appling it at the beggining of the dream help?

**buckybadger010** · 04-25-2010 06:49 AM

Itching sensations can be a sign of restless legs syndrome, but if you haven't shown any other symptoms, then it's probably not the issue. If none of the other suggestions seem to work, perhaps try a Benadryl at bedtime to control the itching--Benadryl usually makes my dreams more vivid and would perhaps simultaneously tackle the sensation within the dream.

**Sowilu** · 10-28-2012 11:22 PM

I've had the exact same problem for a really long time now! It started about 4 years ago, during a period when I was doing a lot of lucid dreaming. Since then I can't have lucid dreams in the same way because I wake up fro the itchiness. It definitely has nothing to do with sweaty legs.. It's really annoying though and has caused me to stop. Have you found a solution yet?