Sleep Disorders

It is interesting. In the latest issue of Discover magazine (Dec. 2008) they discuss a sleep disorder called REM sleep Behavior Disorder (RBD). Some indictation of this disorder is activity during REM sleep such as vivid dreams that result in bodily movement, dreams of choking so real that the person wakes up coughing and in some cases may even try to hurt their bed partner if the dream invokes it. During REM sleep the body is supposed to be essentially paralyzed. The solution to RBD is a simple medicine called Clonazepam.