Nighttime Odd Behaviour during Sleep
TweetParasomnia 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.
- Don’t wake a sleepwalker
- Know the cause of night time headache
- Get check up done for Propriospinal Myoclonus
- Understand your sleepwalking nature
- Be cautious about the sleeping pills intake if you have the history of sleepwalking
- Do not opt for treatment for Confusional Arousals
- If you have evidence that you leave your bed while sleeping, go to your doctor immediately and discuss the sleep patterns
- Ask your partner to stay alert if you have a terror night
- Seek evaluation if you commonly experience sleepwalking or night terror as an adult
- Avoid alcohol, stress and less sleep if you are sleepwalking
- Hide car keys and secure the environment if you sleepwalk
- Get a family sleep history before seeing your physician
- Enjoy the mumbling
- In general do not worry about twitching or jerking
- Advance Kidney diseases and RLS together needs to be reported to doctor immediately
- See a doctor if you behave abnormally in the night
- Identify the cause of nocturnal eating
- Seek treatment if you are night eater
- Do not feel embarrassed to talk to your doctor about the sleep related sexual behaviours as well
- If you change your dreams, refer them to your doctor
- Speak to your doctor if you act out your dreams
- Get evaluated for Neurological problems if you act out of your dreams
- Make your bedroom a safe place
- Ask your dentist if you are suffering from Bruxism
- Wear a bite guard
- Change your body position
- Don’t worry about sleep paralysis
- Don’t worry about suffocation during sleep paralysis
- Describe all sleep related movements to your doctor
- Check if you have restless legs syndrome
- If you have RLS, ensure that you do not have iron deficiency
- If you have RLS and you are pregnant, you need to take iron supplement
- Check about the medication which can worsen the RLS
- Take care of the side effects of commonly used RLS treatment drugs
- Beware of augmentation
- Do not donate blood regularly of you have RLS
- Do not confuse leg cramps with RLS
- Let your partner know about RLS
- You might need to rock yourself to sleep
- Seek evaluation and treatment for cluster headache
- Headache onset late in like should be evaluated by doctor
- Sleep can be both friend or enemy, if you have migraine
Sometimes crying or laughing
are the only options left,
and laughing feels better right now.
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