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I used to wake up acting like I was operating a production machine in a factory that I used to work in. I was told that I did this several times over the course of a month. Needless to say I do not perform this task in my sleep anymore as moved from factory work to computer IT/consulting about 20 years ago.

Whew...that job was one monotnus task after another. I'm glad I woke up and went to college!



Another time I awoke after a deep sleep and found myself laying on top of my wife...NO...no...not that way but picture this: (keep in mind my wife had no knowledge of this until I told her the next day)

...wife laying on her stomach sleeping (still) and me laying on my back across her...now I wonder how I didn't crush that little woman. I weigh around 250 and my wife is maybe 110.

By the way, this was one of the best nights of sleep I had in a while back then. hmmm strange

I have not been one who does strange things in their sleep. My father did - he caused bodily and property harm a few times. My mother must have had nerves of steel.

A few years ago I did have an episode that I wasn't quite sure if I was awake or dreaming, and the next day I still wasn't sure. In my mind there was a blinking light within my ceiling light fixture. There was a guy living over me that gave me the creeps, and I was convinced he had placed a video camera in the ceiling. Every time I dozed and woke up I saw it blinking again. Determined to check it out in the morning and prove what I saw (nothing kept me from sleeping), during the night I had taped a red marker to the end of my broom handle, stood on the bed, and put big red X's in the multiple locations of the blinking lights. The next day I had my family come and dismantle the scribbled-on fixture - of course there were no hidden cameras. The apartments were divided by cement floors.

I'm guessing I was exhibiting listed side effects of my meds - lucid dreams and paranoia.

Kathy

Before treatment I used to jump up and take swings at someone or something I thought was standing over me and looking at me maliciously. I also used to think small animals were running across my legs and I would wake up and rip the covers off.

Well that explains why you were never able to wake up to observe yourself leaking treatment pressure last year ... you are just too weird

kteague wrote:I have not been one who does strange things in their sleep.

ROFLMAO!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're lying through your teeth here, Kathy! And I've seen the proof!

Or maybe it's just so prevalent it's not considered strange anymore?

Huggers,
B.

Okay, I have problems with recurring dreams. I had one for about a year that I called a waking dream. I'd be lying there trying to get to sleep, when I'd hear my roommate's car pull up, and I'd sit bolt upright in a panic, realizing I'd left the kitchen in a mess with dirty dishes everywhere, and that's a strict no-no with my roomate.

What's wrong with this scenario? I had moved out and was living alone, and 165 miles away from my FORMER roomate.

She died laughing when I told her this. For one thing, she would never DO ANYTHING if I left the Kitchen in a mess - she's very low key and non-confrontational. For another, it just goes to show you how bad I feel about my poor housekeeping skills.

I've been told I talk in my sleep. I haven't been told I say anything interesting, however.

Cheers,
B.

Before therapy, my restless legs were so bad, they would move like I was riding a bicycle or jerk like being electrocuted. I would wake up feeling so fatigued, like I worked out all night. I do have good muscle tone in my legs... guess from "riding a bike" all night for years.. lol!

LOL. So I have been told...

DreamStalker wrote:Well that explains why you were never able to wake up to observe yourself leaking treatment pressure last year ... you are just too weird

My wife has said that I haved asked for baked cookies and also brownies in my sleep.

Does anyone remeber the show Mad About You? Anyway there was one episode were the husband Paul kept waking up exhausted and with bruises everywhere. They thought he must be sleepwalking or something so they sent him for a variety of sleep test. They just monitered him while he slept on a video camera...no wires or anything attached. He slept like a baby. SO the monitered him and the wife Jamie together. Turns out in HER sleep she was rolling over and beating the CRAP out of him in his sleep. Neither one was ever waking up. It was one of my favorite episodes.

My cousin has always walked and talked in his sleep, my aunt found him in the park one morning, or at a friends house. Eventually he had to start taking drugs that make him sleep deeper because he was hitting his wife and they were worried about their kids.

My daughter used to sleep walk terribly as well, and even fell down the stairs at my folks while sleep walking. I was sure she would end up like my cousin. She eventually grew out of it though.

And my youngest son sleep-peed in the laundry basket once, boy was he confused when my husband pinched off the flow and carried him to the bathroom. I guess my sleep problems come naturally!

My wife says before therapy that I used to talk in my sleep. It really irritated her because I would talk about other women. And the sad part is,that any of the names I didn't recognize. She was convinced at one point I was having an affair because 3 nights in a row I said the same name. She said I also push her with my hand as I sleep. Nothing too hard but it has startled her a few times.

Allen

allen476 wrote:........ And the sad part is,that any of the names I didn't recognize. ...

Stick with that story no matter what.

Babs,

LOL! Guess I was focused on sleepwalking type activity and didn't even think of my sleepdancing, which was caused by higher doses of Mirapex. By the way, the wild rythmic flailing is gone since my dosage is decreased. Still have the normal PLMD, and the lesser dose isn't 100% effective, but it's tolerable. My grandson is still going to finish putting music to my home video, and I may just have to get over my vanity, because from what I've seen of what he's completed, it's gonna be too funny to not share.

Can't slip a thing past you, Babs!

Kathy

As a kid, I was a sleepwalker and sleeptalker. As an adult I was told I laughed in my sleep a lot. Not too weird, but somewhat unusual.

When I've slept in a strange room and there was a mirror I got up for a bathroom visit and have thought there was someone in the room. It was my reflection in the mirror, but it scared me.

Two nights ago my smoke alarm went off for no reason. I'm amazed at how quickly I responded and how rationally. This is kind of the opposite of what you are asking about, buy it reminded me of that incident.

I used to sleep through everything, including loud thunderstorms that woke everyone else up. On cpap, I can wake up more normally, a good thing. Not sure why the smoke alarm went off because the batteries are fine and there was no smoke in the house. I could not go back to sleep since it got my adrenalin going.