"But, like most couples, they want to sleep together."ĭue to undesirable side effects of the current standard treatment for RBD, clonazepam, Dr. "Many of them - if they've been hit enough times or have been bruised or injured - do move out of the bed," says Dr. Boeve describes the potential injuries from RBD as "pretty violent" and points out the issues faced by bed partners of RBD patients. As for their bed partners - they often get injured."ĭr. They can injure themselves by jumping out of bed, striking the bedposts or diving out of bed.
So, they try to defend themselves or fight against it, leading to punching and kicking. Usually, they're nightmarish, violent dreams with the person being chased or attacked by something or someone. In this disorder, for reasons we don't fully understand yet, that normal paralysis is lost, and people will appear to act out their dreams. "Therefore, when you have a dream, there's no excessive activity and no potential for injury. "Normally in REM sleep, almost every muscle in your body is paralyzed and you don't move," explains Dr. These behaviors can cause injury to these people or their bed partners. People who experience RBD appear to act out their dreams, in which screaming, yelling, hitting, kicking and jumping out of bed tend to occur. "Melatonin can be considered as one possible option for RBD," says Brad Boeve, M.D., Mayo Clinic neurologist and sleep specialist, and the study's principal investigator.
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