Nighttime Odd Behaviour during Sleep

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Parasomnia is the word given to all the abnormal behaviour once can see or witness during night time, like sleepwalking, mumbling, terror nights, etc. Most of the action happens when the person is sleeping and he/she themselves are not aware of what is going on.
Many of the parasomnias are very disturbing for the person living with a parasomniac. The action of sleepwalking, talking in sleep, etc can be very stressful for anyone involved in the family. Refer to the below tips for more information on abnormal night behaviours.

1. Don’t wake a sleepwalker
2. Know the cause of night time headache
3. Get check up done for Propriospinal Myoclonus
4. Understand your sleepwalking nature
5. Be cautious about the sleeping pills intake if you have the history of sleepwalking
6. Do not opt for treatment for Confusional Arousals
7. If you have evidence that you leave your bed while sleeping, go to your doctor immediately and discuss the sleep patterns
8. Ask your partner to stay alert if you have a terror night
9. Seek evaluation if you commonly experience sleepwalking or night terror as an adult
10. Avoid alcohol, stress and less sleep if you are sleepwalking
11. Hide car keys and secure the environment if you sleepwalk
12. Get a family sleep history before seeing your physician
13. Enjoy the mumbling
14. In general do not worry about twitching or jerking
15. Advance Kidney diseases and RLS together needs to be reported to doctor immediately
16. See a doctor if you behave abnormally in the night
17. Identify the cause of nocturnal eating
18. Seek treatment if you are night eater
19. Do not feel embarrassed to talk to your doctor about the sleep related sexual behaviours as well
20. If you change your dreams, refer them to your doctor
21. Speak to your doctor if you act out your dreams
22. Get evaluated for Neurological problems if you act out of your dreams
23. Make your bedroom a safe place
24. Ask your dentist if you are suffering from Bruxism
25. Wear a bite guard
26. Change your body position
27. Don’t worry about sleep paralysis
28. Don’t worry about suffocation during sleep paralysis
29. Describe all sleep related movements to your doctor
30. Check if you have restless legs syndrome
31. If you have RLS, ensure that you do not have iron deficiency
32. If you have RLS and you are pregnant, you need to take iron supplement
33. Check about the medication which can worsen the RLS
34. Take care of the side effects of commonly used RLS treatment drugs
35. Beware of augmentation
36. Do not donate blood regularly of you have RLS
37. Do not confuse leg cramps with RLS
38. Let your partner know about RLS
39. You might need to rock yourself to sleep
40. Seek evaluation and treatment for cluster headache
41. Headache onset late in like should be evaluated by doctor
42. Sleep can be both friend or enemy, if you have migraine