stressbunny
03-11-10, 07:37
Last night I jerked awake several times before I eventually went to sleep, not unusual and not something I am that worried about as I know there are several posts on the subject.
What I am really frightened by is the morning problem I have. During REM, I wake acting out my dream...this is never that violent, just my hand turning a doorknob in my dream or my leg kicking out...today my shoulders wre moving and I was dreaming I was being shaken. This seems to me to be me moving as part of my dream rather than dreaming because I am twiching or moving.
I have health anxiety and if you read my threads in the past you will see I have worried about many illnesses, but I do not feel like this at the moment. I feel that all my previous concerns were due to early stage Parkinsons, shoulder/muscle probs etc.
I am frightened that I have Parkinsons (My mum has it, I am 40) and I have read that this REM behaviour can precede Parkinsons.
There is no test for Parkinsons other than diagnosis based on certain neuro tests, symptoms and ruling out other conditions. I have tested myself for some of the neuro responses that my mum has, and i feel I would probably pass them, and therefore do not want to go to the neurologist to be told I might get Parkinsons in the future or I am in very early stages...
What I am looking for is reassurrance is that other people have acted out a dream in this way or do so more when anxious....if not then I will go down the neuro path.
Please reply, I know it is a more unusual post.
Thanks
What I am really frightened by is the morning problem I have. During REM, I wake acting out my dream...this is never that violent, just my hand turning a doorknob in my dream or my leg kicking out...today my shoulders wre moving and I was dreaming I was being shaken. This seems to me to be me moving as part of my dream rather than dreaming because I am twiching or moving.
I have health anxiety and if you read my threads in the past you will see I have worried about many illnesses, but I do not feel like this at the moment. I feel that all my previous concerns were due to early stage Parkinsons, shoulder/muscle probs etc.
I am frightened that I have Parkinsons (My mum has it, I am 40) and I have read that this REM behaviour can precede Parkinsons.
There is no test for Parkinsons other than diagnosis based on certain neuro tests, symptoms and ruling out other conditions. I have tested myself for some of the neuro responses that my mum has, and i feel I would probably pass them, and therefore do not want to go to the neurologist to be told I might get Parkinsons in the future or I am in very early stages...
What I am looking for is reassurrance is that other people have acted out a dream in this way or do so more when anxious....if not then I will go down the neuro path.
Please reply, I know it is a more unusual post.
Thanks