Dream Enactment: Causes & Reasons

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Possible Causes for Dream Enactment

Fatal Familial Insomnia

Both disorders have clinical features of disrupted sleep (loss of sleep spindles and slow-wave sleep and enacted dreams during rapid-eye-movement sleep), autonomic hyperactivation [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Parasomnia Type Sleepwalking

However, sometimes sleep walking can cause harmful dream-enacting behaviors to the sleepwalker and others. ADVERTISEMENT [activebeat.com]

Once you are already asleep, parasomnias often present as abnormal dream-enacting behaviors. [floridachest.com]

Those that occur mainly during periods of REM sleep may result in dream-enacting behaviors. Parasomnia episodes may last just a few seconds or as long as 30 minutes. [soundsleephealth.com]

Sleep Disorders

Clonazepam is often effective, particularly for patients with violent dream-enactment behavior. [medlink.com]

METHODS: From 30 patients with PD, Dementia with Lewy Bodies/Dementia associated with PD, or MSA undergoing nocturnal video-polysomnography for presumed dream enactment behavior [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

RESULTS: Nine young patients (8 males 1 female) had a common pattern of abnormalities: similar 'claustrophobic' dream-like experiences and complex, vehement dream enactments [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

REM Sleep Behavior Disorder

In addition, violent movements of the limbs, and complex behaviors that can sometimes appear to involve the enactment of dreams, are associated with RBD. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by repeated episodes of dream enactment behavior and REM sleep without atonia (RSWA) during [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

However, females had less dream-enacting behaviors, especially in movement related dreams and falling out of bed. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Behavior Disorder

He also developed episodes of highly disruptive and violent nocturnal behavior with dream enactment at age 20 years, which often resulted in physical injuries either to himself [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder presents as dream enactment, often with patients thrashing, punching, and kicking while they are sleeping. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Idiopathic Hypersomnia

[…] variability and heart rate arousal response in idiopathic hypersomnia. ( 27810179 ) Sforza E...Pichot V 2016 24 The Prevalence and Characteristics of Primary Headache and Dream-Enacting [malacards.org]

Dementia with Lewy Bodies

One amnestic MCI patient had nocturnal dream enactment behavior, consistent with clinically probable REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), and converted to probable DLB with [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Abstract Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia, with abnormal dream-enacting behavior during the rapid eye movement (REM) sleep. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The presence/absence of nine kinds of sleep symptoms, such as dream enactment, were also evaluated in the DLB patients. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Neurodegenerative Disorder

BACKGROUND: Rapid-eye-movement (REM) sleep behaviour disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterised by dream-enacting behaviours related to unpleasant dreams and loss of muscle [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

A 57-year-old police officer and avid recreational hunter had a 5-year history of progressively severe and injurious dream-enacting behaviors. [journals.lww.com]

Introduction REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream-enacting behaviors associated with REM sleep without muscle atonia [1], [2], [3]. [journals.plos.org]

Parkinsonism

Those with RBD may demonstrate a temporary loss of muscle relaxation during REM sleep, while they could also exhibit movements and other dream enactment behaviour like shouting [barchester.com]

Bothersome dream-enacting behaviors often respond favorably to clonazepam, a sedative medication. [sleepfoundation.org]

Melatonin suppresses dream enactment, calming down the behaviors. [healthblog.uofmhealth.org]

Overlap Syndrome

Clonazepam is often effective, particularly for patients with violent dream-enactment behavior. [medlink.com]

[…] disorder typically demonstrates NREM sleep instability in combination with a lack of REM sleep atonia (at times with dream-enactment behaviors). • Treatment of parasomnia [medlink.com]

Conversely, subtle dream-enactment behavior is common among adult patients with NREM parasomnias as well as in the general population. • Polysomnography in parasomnia overlap [medlink.com]

Pure Autonomic Failure

Other dream enactments and vivid dreams also were more frequent in PAF, IPD and DLB compared with controls. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

The mean duration of autonomic symptoms was 11.2 years, and the mean duration of dream enactment was 3.75 years. [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Clinical manifestation of sleep disturbances, at least of RBD-like symptoms including nocturnal vocalization and other dream enactments, may occur in PAF, as in IPD and DLB [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Somnambulism

She had a history of enacted dreams almost every night for the last 8 years, that is, concomitant with the onset of SW. [doi.org]

RESULTS: Nine young patients (8 males 1 female) had a common pattern of abnormalities: similar 'claustrophobic' dream-like experiences and complex, vehement dream enactments [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Strangely, sleepwalkers are usually unaware of their activities, although they often remark that they were enacting in real life what they were dreaming of in their sleep. [bbc.co.uk]

Organic Hallucination

Parasomnias that occur during sleep, such as REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD), often involve vigorous and harmful dream-enacting behaviors. [sleepfoundation.org]

REM sleep behaviour disorder Predicted on theoretical grounds before it was described in man, this striking parasomnia is caused by loss of REM sleep atonia; sufferers enact [jnnp.bmj.com]

[…] their dreams, which are often aggressive, placing both themselves and their bed partners at considerable risk. 6 The diagnostic clue is that, once woken, sufferers can generally [jnnp.bmj.com]

Juvenile Paralysis Agitans of Hunt

Laboratory testing showed enhanced muscle activity in REM sleep consistent with a history of dream enactment behavior (i.e., REM sleep behavior disorder) and daytime sleepiness [neurology.org]

Narcolepsy-Cataplexy Syndrome

enactment with frequent dream recall (war scenes or aggression). [hindawi.com]

enactment episodes. [hindawi.com]

Introduction First described in 1986 [1], rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by repeated episodes of dream enactment behavior [hindawi.com]

Adult-Onset Autosomal Recessive Cerebellar Ataxia

For example: Postural dizziness, erectile dysfunction, urinary symptoms, and dream-enactment behavior (suspicious for Rapid eye movement behavior disorder or REMBD): Multiple [practicalneurology.com]

Autosomal Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia

Jankovic Rivera Syndrome

Introduction REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream-enacting behaviors associated with REM sleep without muscle atonia [1], [2], [3]. [journals.plos.org]

Patients’ Assessment In all instances the diagnosis of IRBD required history of dream-enacting behaviors, video-polysomnography detection of REM sleep with increased muscular [journals.plos.org]

Focal Epilepsy - Speech Disorder - Mental Retardation

The REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by actual motoric dream enactment during which the patient might kick, jump, or struggle against an imaginary attacker. [childneurologyfoundation.org]

When persistence of electromyographic activity is combined with physical dream enactment (i.e. screaming, yelling or flailing of limbs), patients are characterized as having [childneurologyfoundation.org]

Dissociative Fugue

For therapists dissociated self-states are among the everyday fare of clinical work and gain expression in dreams, projective identifications, and enactments. [books.google.com]

Ataxia-Oculomotor Apraxia Syndrome

Autosomal Recessive Spinocerebellar Ataxia 8

Breathing-Related Sleep Disorder

Dream-enacting behaviors can also occur among patients with OSA during arousals from NREM sleep and REM sleep, a clinical situation termed pseudo RBD (2). [sleepscience.org.br]

enactment behavior ( 12, 13 ). [atsjournals.org]

[…] last decade, several studies have documented a broad array of comorbid sleep disorders in subjects with PTSD, including insomnia, nightmares, SDB, and sleep arousal and dream [atsjournals.org]

Brain Stem Disorder

Dream-enacting behaviors include talking, yelling, punching, kicking, sitting, jumping out of bed, arm flailing, and grabbing. [emedicinehealth.com]

REM sleep behavior disorder Patients with REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) act out distinctly altered dreams that are vivid, intense, action-packed, and violent. [emedicinehealth.com]

Sleep Paralysis

In contrast, REM sleep behaviour disorder is characterized by verbalizations and actions consistent with dream enactment (e.g., fight or flight behaviours) that usually awaken [ncbi.nlm.nih.gov]

Our most vividly remembered dreams occur during the depths of rapid-eye movement (REM) sleep. [science.howstuffworks.com]

REM sleep behaviour disorder (in which dreams can be enacted because of an abnormal preservation of skeletal muscle tone in REM sleep) has been described in children and adolescents [doi.org]

Unverricht-Lundborg Syndrome

RBD dream enactment ranges in severity from benign hand gestures to violent thrashing, punching, and kicking. [beviriqewydy.ga]

INTRODUCTION — Rapid eye movement ( REM) sleep behavior disorder ( RBD) is a parasomnia characterized by dream- enactment behaviors that emerge during a loss of REM sleep [beviriqewydy.ga]

Striatonigral Degeneration

Patients that describe sleep disturbance including restlessness, jerking, dream-enactment (yelling, flailing), breathing issues (snoring and apnea), or just plain insomnia [movementdisorders.ufhealth.org]

Narcolepsy

Disrupted nighttime sleep, including multiple arousals Dream-enacting behaviors, in which patients may act out their dreams Other difficulties may result from one's continuing [columbianeurology.org]

Furthermore, significant body movement is seen within REM sleep episodes correlating with likely dream enactment (REM sleep behaviour disorder). [acnr.co.uk]

[…] abnormally quickly, within 10 minutes of sleep onset, and thereafter has numerous awakenings from REM sleep, explaining the reported experience of numerous disturbing and vivid dreams [acnr.co.uk]

Spinal Ataxia

Parkinson Disease

Bothersome dream-enacting behaviors often respond favorably to clonazepam, a sedative medication. [sleepfoundation.org]

There may also be a connection between REM sleep behavior disorder (dream–enacting behaviors during sleep) and the subsequent development of Parkinson’s disease. [sleepfoundation.org]