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In a message dated 01/16/2000 9:35:01 PM Mountain Standard Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << . I almost had my neck broken - or choked. It frightened both of us. In truth, awake or asleep he should know that I hate grocery stores. >> Nita, and Colleen Pettit: your reports of near-violence struck home. I am the Parkie in this family, my spouse has a sleep disorder....trying to recall its name....in which dreams are actually acted out. His thrashing about usually results in banging a fist into the mattress. Naturally I go straight up, or out of the bed, wake him up to turn over, and then he begins again. The sleep disorder specialist I was seeing for my own disorder advised me that my husband's behavior is not uncommon following a CVA or stroke. He had a stroke in l989! This is a serious problem and can result in injury to anyone close enough to be struck, strangled, etc. He is not taking any meds for PD, and as yet has not agreed to evaluation for this sleep disorder. Meanwhile, I have succeeded in having a spare bed established in another room for those nights I feel threatened. Another interesting point: dreams usually involve movement of the eyes only. The rest of the body is paralyzed. When one "acts out" the dream, something is not right. Wish I could remember the name of this thing. Guess my main point is that perhaps the medications under attack in your situations may or may not be responsible for the sleep behavior! Clare Wilson