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memory loss and CPAP
Have had memory problems for quite a while. I am presently on CPAP for CSA and OSA. I seem to be a little better with my memory (at least my wife says I am sharper thinking and talking) just within the last month or so, which goes along with getting an ASV machine for CSA and getting the settings pretty much set to where they should be. Still have some problems with mask and keeping it on all night. My worst problem however, has been dreaming to such an extent that I actually "act out" my dreams. Example: I dream someone is chasing me and I actually leap up and fall out of bed and land on the floor. This has resulted in cut on head, possible broken ribs or at the very least rib bruising. I also yell out at night sometimes too. Could this be associated with CSA, OSA or is it just another in a myriad of things that attack me as I get older???
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Ron have you discussed this with your doctor. More often than not apnea covers other sleep problems. Once the apnea is corrected these other problems will emerge.
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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder Symptoms - Mayo Clinic
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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder
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Symptoms
REM sleep behavior disorder is characterized by physically acting out dreams. Sometimes, the dreams are pleasant, but more commonly they are nightmarish or violent and involve being chased or attacked. The dreamer's attempts at self-defense may result in screaming, yelling, hitting, grabbing, punching, kicking, jumping out of bed or other actions.
Episodes of REM sleep behavior disorder usually do NOT include walking, eating, drinking, sexual activity or going to the bathroom.
If awakened from a dream, the dreamer can usually recall the dream's content, which matches the acted-out behavior. (Unless awakened, however, dreamers typically are unaware they had an episode.)
REM sleep occurs more towards morning, so episodes of REM sleep behavior disorder frequently, but not always, occur later in the night.
The frequency of episodes varies. Most people with REM sleep behavior disorder have episodes about once a week. Others may have several episodes per night, several nights a week.
Episodes may be aggressive and can result in the dreamer or a bed partner being seriously injured.
People with REM sleep behavior disorder are no more violent when awake than an average person. REM sleep behavior disorder is not a psychiatric disorder.
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