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Are you thinking of RBD (REM Behavior Disorder)? Gary On 8/10/07, Dr. David Deal <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > does anyone remember the specific term of a form of parasomnia that mainly > effects men. it does not include sleepwaking but does include 'violent' > episodes during sleep with kicking & fighting...alot of sleeptalking etc. > please do > not sound liked an uninformed physician and call it RLS. it is best > controlled by clonezepam. there is one leader in the field at john hopkins > but he > could be somewhere else in northeast of US. he IS the expert in > this particular > disorder. there was a women MD/PhD on the research channel > discussing aging & > sleep disorders. she called the disorder by its specific designation but > since i was reading a journal and on the computer at the same time i > missed the > term. unfortunately i can only do 2 things at once and have a bruised rear > from self-kicking myself for missing the terminology. you may injure your > relationship with your physician when you correct them or oyherwise let > them know > current findings. the way to avoid this is say," i know that it > is difficult > Thankfully the Southern Medical Journal has recently set up a new > bulletin for physicians/members only that keeps them up-to-date with all > current > clinical findings & info in the form of a newsletter. never cease a > medication > or direction unless you first inform your physician. > ddd > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL > at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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