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, I was having severe jaw pain and it turned out to be because I was grinding my teeth at night. I got fitted for a mouthguard which my dog promptly chomped to pieces.
That's funny because I call my nightguard my chew toy.
I just finished writing a script that focused on dreams, specifically researching things having to do with sleep paralysis. There’s a condition that happens to some people where their body doesn’t turn on sleep paralysis and people have acted out dreams, even driven places and killed people all while sleeping. It’s fairly rare for it to be that extreme but much more common where there’s kicking and thrashing. You shouldn’t be sleeping in the same bedroom if that’s happening, he could hurt you without even knowing it. I personally think sleeping in the same bed or bedroom as someone else is overrated (my GF and I prefer our own rooms) anyway, for exactly reasons like this. Sleep is alone time for peaceful and quiet recovery, not to be hit or thrashed
That's what I'm worried about; having recently dislocated my artificial hip. I've heard of what sleep-walkers have done and it's alarming! It's giving ME nightmares about him inadvertently choking me, or something. Of course, before all this started, we turned our guest bedroom into an office and gave away the 2nd bed, so it's the couch for him. He said today he read it CAN be due to irregular sleep hours too, since he often doesn't go to bed until 4 a.m. or even later.
He said he will work on this, plus cut down on drinking before bed which was another "risk" factor. I agree with you that sleeping together is highly overrated. I'm too "hot" to cuddle, so what's the point!
Your screenplay sounds fascinating.
Kara---his dad was in the invasion of Normandy, so maybe he's reliving that "memory", LOL.
From personal experience, I can say that my (also gentle and kind) grandfather experienced this--he would tell me about 'getting into fights' in his sleep, and lo and behold, he developed Parkinson's towards the end of his life. The article to which I linked above suggests (eh, asserts, really) that nearly everyone who experiences 'rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder' will develop a subsequent neurological condition of some kind, with about half arising within a decade of the onset of the sleep disorder. So, not to be the bearer of bad news, but....
Kara---his dad was in the invasion of Normandy, so maybe he's reliving that "memory", LOL.
That must have been a terrifying experience. His father's memories might very well have been coded into your husband's DNA, if I understood the articles correctly.
reply#13 by mrcnkwcz is correct:
I had an episode of this a few years back and my primary doctor suspected RBD so I was sent to a sleep disorder specialist who in turn had me do a sleep test where I was wired up and a lot of my body parts were monitored. In the end the sleep specialist only said I had "slight" sleep apenia.
Recently, this acting out of violent dream recurred and my wife was very upset about it and rightfully so as I either punched her or slapped her, along with kicking me feet. She pushed me out of the bed and I ended up sleeping in the other room the remainder of the night.
Googled rapid eye movement sleep disorder and Mayo Clinic recommends Melatonin, so I have been taking a little bit of that about an hour before bed and it seems to help alot. Also, some times I do notice minor tremors in a hand or arm muscle and most likely I will eventually develop Parkinson's, but I sure hope not. Life is hard enough as it is and at my age 67, I really don't need any more ailments.
I've been known to talk, cry out for help, and once, even walk in my sleep.
When my husband and I had been married a few months, I had a dream that I was fighting off 5 or 6 ninjas. I did a round-house kick, to take out multiple ninjas, and kicked my husband right in the back. His sleepy "oooowwww" woke me up.
I've found, speaking for myself, I have more vivid dreams if I sleep on my left side, toward my husband, then if I sleep on my right side. And often, THOSE dreams are bad ones.
When my husband and I had been married a few months, I had a dream that I was fighting off 5 or 6 ninjas. I did a round-house kick, to take out multiple ninjas, and kicked my husband right in the back. His sleepy "oooowwww" woke me up.
I've had periods of intense dreaming that made me physically act out in the past. Most of them were related to a new job when I was most anxious about the learning curve or there was some repetitive, high stress task I was struggling with. Operating a cash register while surrounded by impatient customers (I'd wake up counting invisible money). I'd wake myself up after sitting upright talking out loud, banging my hands against a wall, falling out of bed, almost sleepwalking sometimes. One of the worst was during a fishery research field job. We spent all day every day running a fast moving river in a jet boat, throwing out and pulling in large fish nets and sorting, identifying, killing, or throwing back dozens of fish. I was very concerned about the fish being out of water (basically drowning in the air) too long, so was very anxious about doing everything as quickly as possible. I'd dream I was pulling in endless nets and searching for every last stranded fish gasping for air. I'd wake up having pulled all the covers off the mattress, fumbling through blankets and sheets for that last dying fish, even fumbling around on the floor around the bed trying to find them. Every night for months. Job ended, so did the dreams.
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