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What Are The Symptoms Of REM Sleep Disorder?

I have REM sleep disorder symptoms.(hitting, knocking things over, trying to break my husbands arm) This past month my husband has told me that I got up and walked around the house and then came back to bed. Two nights ago he said that I sat up in bed and stared at him for a long time and then lit a cigarette, smoked it and laid back down. they next day there were ashes allover the bed. Is this a symptom of rem disorder or would it be something else
Tue, 21 Oct 2014
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Hi dear.

I had gone through your query.
IIts not a REM sleep disorder.

In REM sleep disorder you have loss of muscle tone so you are not able to move your arms and legs.

So walking, hitting etc can occur in NREM phase of the sleep.

Detail sleep EEG and sleep study is necessary to find exact phase and type of parasomnias.
Parasomnias defined as NREM sleep phase disorder.

It can be treated with benzodiazapine after proper evaluation.

So consult and get help from psychiatrist.

Still if you have a query then feel free to ask.

Happy to help you further.

Thank you.
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What Are The Symptoms Of REM Sleep Disorder?

Hi dear. I had gone through your query. IIts not a REM sleep disorder. In REM sleep disorder you have loss of muscle tone so you are not able to move your arms and legs. So walking, hitting etc can occur in NREM phase of the sleep. Detail sleep EEG and sleep study is necessary to find exact phase and type of parasomnias. Parasomnias defined as NREM sleep phase disorder. It can be treated with benzodiazapine after proper evaluation. So consult and get help from psychiatrist. Still if you have a query then feel free to ask. Happy to help you further. Thank you.