Recently i've been sleep walking a lot and doing mad shit like almost throwing things out windows because they're apparently covered in flies. I mentioned the other day that I suppose that's what having some dementias may be like. When it's happening I'm aware that what I'm seeing is insane but no part of me is aware that I'm asleep.

I'm dreading the day I wander outside.

Does this mean “if I am mentally awake in my dreams or when I’m sleeping I actually move according to what is happening to me in my dream?”

Damn...this sucks. I act out my dreams constantly, and talk in my sleep. One time, I was sleeping on my back, and had a dream I was fighting. Threw a hard right hook into the pillow almost clocking my wife in the head.

Another time, I went into our closet and pulled stuff off the shelves looking for my "steak seasoning" apparently. I'm a chef and was dreaming that I was at work digging through a spice rack, completely asleep.

They no longer diagnose ADD and ADhD separately. From what people can tell, some kids just display more hyperactive behavior with ADD. But the brains work the same in all cases, so this just seems to be a symptom

So i lucid dream a lot but the paralysis very much affects me still and while i have control in my dreams irl im a dead log. I...should be fine right? Am i interpreting this correctly?

Sleepwalkers are also great at predicting when you're going to be shanked by a dude who sleeps in a cabinet

What would mitigating these things entail? Aren't they incurable?

"Live your dreams", they told me!

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Yeah it’s a big part of at least one of his specials and a movie he wrote/starred in.

Or as Kramer once called it, having the “Jimmy legs”. https://youtu.be/NF_jThhciOQ

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Now you've moved me from my depressive mood into fearful studying of the subject. I've been diagnosed with ADHD as a child and as I got older, it rather developed into ADD, because the hyperactivity is gone. Could this be another factor? Our neighbour had ALS and damn that would be a good reason to commit suicide instead of drowning in your defunct lungs in your own paralysed body with full mental capacity still functional

It's not a given, but there is a genetic component of this stuff. You may do well to research synucleinopathies, and learn how you can avoid or postpone those types of outcomes via changes in habits, diet, and environment.

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I've actually seen his one-man show in New york, and I do remember a part about sleepwalking and physically acting out dreams (in Walla Walla).

Seriously, if you act out your dreams, you should talk to a doctor pronto.

This isn't something that's typically screened for in, say, annual physicals, but should be.

Correct. This risk factor relates to physically acting out your dreams.

Damn, my dad had this....he developed both Parkinson's and eventually dementia. I hope I don't get it

As if Birbigs didn’t have it bad enough already.

Oh like sleep walking or kicking around a bunch while in bed/moving arms? If that is the case I am in the clear for now.

I copy/pasted the "Results" section of the study and asked ChatGPT to explain like I'm 5:

>A group of doctors did a study to see what might cause Parkinson's disease in people who have a sleep problem called REM sleep behavior disorder. They followed 89 people with the sleep problem for 10 years to see what happened to them. They also checked different things about their health, like their sense of smell, how well they see colors, and if they had any trouble moving.

>After 10 years, they found that about 66% of the people with the sleep problem had developed Parkinson's disease or another similar problem. They also found that some things, like getting older, having a poor sense of smell, and not being able to see colors well, made it more likely for people to develop Parkinson's.

Both Parkinson's and Alzheimer's have different but noteworthy genetic components, so it's worth researching either way

Edit: if you read the headline and you're like "oh, ffffuuuu", please read /u/onewobblywheel 's insightful comment about how some combination of diet, habit, or environment could move the needle for you to at least postpone and potentially halt disease progression. Whether or not that person's strategies apply to you, is immaterial. The point is is that not every future is chiseled in stone, and if this applies to you, early stage therapies and modifications may be worth pursuing.

It means if you act out your dreams, meaning if you physically move around as if your dream were real life: you should probably talk to a specialist about mitigating the high likelihood of future diseases related to specific brain pathologies.

Edit. All of these disorders are synucleinopathies, either caused by or related to the over accumulation of the alpha-synuclein protein in neuronal synapses. One early presentation of this diverse group of brain-based Illnesses is REM Brain Disorder, in which the patient is able to break through the typical paralysis that the dreaming body experiences. This allows the non paralyzed sleeper to act out their dreams physically, and often violently.

Retrospective analysis has discovered that at least four-in-five, and potentially up to 98%, of people who experience physical dreaming eventually develop parkinson's, als, lewy body dementia, or other brain based illness.

Sooo, I am but a simple man. If someone much smarter than me can explain this in layman terms, it would be much appreciated. Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s has run in a few members of my extended family, info on it would be helpful.

So you're saying I'll die earlier and in a horrible way? Hooray!