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Don't know except that it no longer happens. I will tackle the problem, if it occurs again. We really think that in this case it was due to the medications. Nita Clare Wilson wrote: > 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