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Sleeprunning outside, acting out of dreams, excessive sleepiness, etc.

Posted by Taralyn on July 06, 1999 at 22:31:39:

Please help! I am in urgant need of help. I have tried to make an appointment with a sleep center and I can't get in until November. I am quite frustrated because I am leaving for college this month and I don't know what to do.
Here are my symptoms:

Sleeprunning/walking and acting out dreams: While on a trip to California I had a sleep running episode. I undid a bolt and lock and proceeded to run around the outside of the hotel. The confusing thing is that I remembered something of what I saw, I just don't remember leaving. I could see things sort of distortedly, but I couldn't feel or actually realize what I was doing. My friend found me right after I woke up to the realizationt that I was running. It was a very traumatic experience for me. This has happened several times where I have remembered the dream, but not known that I was acting it out until I wake up in my closet or hallway or somewhere. I am scared because this time I actually went outside. I am currently tieing my ankle to the bedpost. My mom says that I have sleep walked since I was little.

2. When I was little I wet the bed and grinded my teeth. I took medication for about a year to sleep lighter.

3. I experience lucid dreaming quite often.

4. I have excessive sleepiness. When I wake up I am usually still tired or I ache. While observing me sleep on a family vacation my mother said that I either talked or tossed and turned all night long. The problem is, although I am very active in my life, I already sleep a lot and am always tired no matter how little or how much sleep I get. I nap, but even then I experiene dreams.

5. Sometimes I wake up with a dry mouth or headaches.

6. Quite often I get out of bed thinking I need to do something and start getting ready for thing in my sleep not realizing what I am doing until 10-15 minutes later.

If anyone has information or can help..please don't hesitate to email me. I am very worried and don't want to get hurt or lost in my sleep. I don't smoke or drink alcohol. Although I am busy, I am pretty laid back and don't stress out a lot. I am happy and don't experience depression. I am not on medication of any kind. I just can't figure out what is wrong. I have looked into narcolepsy, parasomnia, REM behavior disorder and everything else and I just don't know what to do. Please help! I am desperate. Thank you!

Taralyn

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