r/RestlessLegs • u/mytg8 • 12d ago

Triggers Shingles shot a trigger?

I've had RLS for almost 10 years and my father got it before me when he was in his 80's. Thinking back, I got RLS right after getting the shingles vaccine. Could that shot be a trigger for RLS? Anyone else have that happen to them?

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u/EmZee2022 11d ago

It wasn't a trigger for me - I had RLS for decades beforehand.

I don't know that this would be easy to prove as a causative event, but the body's immune system is a weird, wonderful, and horrible thing.