JustDave4now

Hey Exdancer,
A couple of questions, first have you ever had this before? or is this completely new? Have you ever done things in your sleep before, like get out of bed, move your legs like your running, jump up, or wake seeing things in your dreams. That your waking and seeing things, and finding your self acting out and trying to remove them makes me wonder. Do you wake up and find yourself standing ready to do something that makes sense at the moment, then latter you realize its foolish, but just part of a dream you were having?
Do others tell you that you laugh, talk, speak to others or flail like fighting when you sleep?

The reason I ask, is because this is a Sleep disorder called RBD, or R.E.M. Behavior Disorder, It is also triggered when we are stressed or ill too, so Lyme could make a slight case get really worse fast.
You see when you sleep, most people go into REM, which is the part of sleep when you dream. The body releases a chemical that does too things, first it paralyzes the body so it does not move and act out while dreaming, and a second chemical that makes the mind forget the dream and stop it from being retained in memory. But for people who have RBD, the body never becomes Paralyzed, and they flail and move about in thier dreams like it is real, often a spouse can be hurt in the flailing. They often remember thier dreams as well, and often are still in them often, even after first waking up for a few seconds. So If you are dreaming about snakes, even as your waking your still seeing snakes.
I only ask, because someone was nice enough to explain this to me one day. Now when you have lyme, and ill and stressed it will become worse and may become pronounced.

Now lets say you have never had this before. Well Mellatonin is something thats helps RBD people out allot. But on the bad side, with a few people it can actually cause some of the effects of RBD. Many people have the nightmare effect on the herb, so if you stop it, and it stops, then your golden.
For me, when I take the drug, (I have RBD since childhood) it gives me odd funny dreams but takes away the nightmares. Really odd ones, I once dreamed aliens came down and lended me thier space ship, so I buzzed around the solar system and visited all the planets, I will tell ya, saturn is really cool up close, hehe...

the dreams are really wierd but fun, but if the herb isn't helping or causeing nightmares then I would stop.

If you have done this for some time, look up RBD, it will help you understand why you do this..

my two pennies..

Good luck.