Welcome to Your Sleep Study Digital-Bonus Video-Parasomnias

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Video Summary

The speaker discusses their experience with sleep-related issues, specifically REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD). They describe how their sleep became frightening as they would unknowingly kick and grab at their wife during dreams, causing bruises and broken items. Their wife eventually started sleeping in a separate room due to fear of being harmed during sleep. RBD is classified as a parasomnia, a sleep disorder characterized by abnormal behavior during sleep. The speaker underwent a sleep study and started taking medication prescribed by their sleep doctor, which significantly improved their sleep and made them feel safer. The speaker also mentions that RBD is often associated with neurodegenerative diseases such as Parkinson's.

Keywords

sleep-related issues

REM sleep behavior disorder

parasomnia

abnormal behavior during sleep

neurodegenerative diseases