I am a guy and I have had RLS off and on my entire life. I actually had no idea that there was a name for it until I saw some article online making fun of big pharma for their "invented" disease, ironically. And for the record, I bike 20-30 miles daily so I'm not some lardass playing WoW all day.

I think part of the reason why people can't understand it ("You feel like you need to move your legs? You must be lazy!") is because it's so hard to explain in words. I don't know how to describe the sensation, it's kind of like ice water running through the veins in your legs. Only you can make it go away immediately by kicking... but that only makes it come back worse. It's terrible. The longer you try to hold out without moving your legs, the more unbearable it gets (kind of like pressure building only it's the most uncomfortable sensation in the world). Getting up and walking around just makes it worse.

When I was a kid sometime I would wake up in the middle of the night kicking my legs and screaming it was so unbearable. I think I have mostly grown out of it as I get older but I still have nights ocassionally where it comes back. It's a terrible thing to have, I can't believe people derive pleasure from insulting others unfortunate enough to have it.