Handling hypochondria without SSRIs

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Interesting twist: Been hearing the commercials for a new medication for Restless Legs Syndrome lately. Now, somewhere Jello Biafra is singing "TV invents a disease you think you have," and that goes double for a hypochondriac, but I _have_ been noticing twitchiness in my feet and lower legs more often over the last few months, particularly at bedtime. It happened once in a blue moon before that, but it has seemed more common lately; last night, it annoyed me for about half an hour as I was trying to go to sleep.

The commercial was a mild moment of clarity, one of those "Wait, this happens to other people too?" epiphanies. As the guide goes:
* It's a Physical Quirk if it's just something that happens to you.
* It's One Of Those Things if you talk to other people and they get it too.
* It's a Syndrome once an Expert gives it an official name.
* It's a Disease once Big Pharma creates a medication for it.

So I look it up, and what do I find? Along with expected triggers like stress, caffeine, fatigue and anxiety (all of which apply to me at intervals), assorted reports suggest that RLS can be aggravated by SSRIs and certain other medications. (SSRIs like Zoloft won't cause RLS in and of themselves, but they may cause it to be more frequent and/or noticeable).

Well, shit. So much for the "No side effects from Zoloft so far" status, though it's far from debilitating or something for which I'd seek additional medication.