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I don't know about the research business but it is common with PWP. I can vouch that my wife has punched me very hard on more than one occasion (she was sleeping she claims). I often watch her move and act out her dreams. She even speaks. I have found out that you can influence the dreams by speaking to the person or touching them while it is happening. If it seems like she is having a bad dream I try a gentle touch to her cheek just to influence the dream in another direction or speaking softly in reassuring terms. I won't wake her during the dream for fear of hallucinations during the first waking moments of the incident. No she is not strong and can't get out of bed by herself so there is little danger of wandering in her sleep. She doesn't even punch real hard expect the one time she hit me in the nose. Observations and suggestions: Parkinson meds are the culprits Stay out of the way of punches Don't wake PWP during bad dreams Talk to the person and see if they feed back to you, influence a good dream Don't talk politics, religion or ethics during this dream state you never know how a PWP will react to that Talk about it in the morning and laugh about what may have been said if the person is verbal during the dream state Regards Frank ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diane Nicolaou" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 1:09 PM Subject: subject of interest > John, > Can you find any research on REM sleep disorders and Parkinsons? (nighttime halucinations, "acting out" dreams)? > I think this is not a common Parkinsonian effect but at least for one person it is. > Thanks, > Diane > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn