Sleeping habits

Nope haven't experienced it but maybe you should get it checked out.

My dad's friend had a girlfriend who did random stuff in her sleep. They broke up when he woke in the night to find her straddling him holding a knife above him - she was totally asleep and didn't remember any of it. Freaked him right out of course.

DH isn't that bad but does annoy me a little at times. it really doesn't happen that often but sometimes he does talk alot not that i can make out any of his mummbles. occasionally he does elbow me really hard, pushes me, knee's meor once he punched me.
it does hurt but not tooooo bad, but i do get worried when it happens but as I said it doesn't happen that often, in the 6 years we have been together its probally only happened 20-25 times

I am the worst sleeper!!
I feel so sorry for my DP, everyday he has a story to tell me about what I did the night before in my sleep.
I hit, slap and kick him, swear, sleep talk, push him out the bed...
This is EVERY NIGHT!
And I don't remember ANY of it, he sleeps on the couch for part of the night most nights.

AmStaff... my DP said my sleeping only started like this last year, it was when he returned home for good after being away for 3-4 mths (coming home for only a couple of days every few weeks)...
It was like subconsciously I was so used to sleeping my way I guess.

No solutions to stopping your DH's night time issues.
My DP is start nightshift as of Wednesday.. that's his solution to it
I'm hoping subconsciously something reprogrammes so my DP can have a decent night sleep when he decides to go off night shift.

Maybe try sleeping in seperate beds for a week or so? With your DH in the spare one so it's not the same comfort as your bed for him?

Edited by wishin41

I suffer from this sleep disorder (along with others)
Its called REM sleep behaviour disorder or parasomnia. Like Freckle said, for most people during REM sleep, they are paralysed. But for people who suffer from this disorder, paraliyzis(sp) is lost & they seem to act out there dreams.
I would see a Doc, he may send your DP for a MRI or CT scan or to a nurologist(sp)He may also prescibd meds to supress REM or increase deep sleep
Sometimes people with this develop demintia or parkinsonism years later

Hi, why not talk to your GP it may be worth a trip to the Sleep Clinic (I'm pretty sure they have one at Anglesea Clinic in Hamilton), I'm pretty sure the patient stays overnight for monitoring (not sure if there is one at the Hospital) I remember seeing a British programme not long ago on people who act out there dreams and some people got worse as time went on (one marriage even broke down as the woman was so scared). Good luck.

Wow that it is a bit scary! I would worry about if he gets violent one day and really hurts you? Could you try and tell him that you are worried about your own safety and that it would ease your mind if he took just the first step to see a doctor and see what their recommendations are?

The jumping out of bed and trying to save you stuff sounds like night terrors I have the same thing though haven't in the last 2 years. The worst time I thought I saw someone climbing through our bedroom window and screamed at the top of my lungs jumping behind DH. Other times I see spiders. It's kind of like hallucinating. But I seem to remember it and other people don't. Years ago I also used to punch DH sometimes in the middle of the night but don't think that's happened in awhile.   I thought I was going nuts a few years back when it was happening a lot and then I found lots of info about night terrors and for some reason it seems to have stopped (except the occassion imaginery spider).

What you say is similar to what my partner was doing. In a firm voice or even an exasperated one he'd say you're dreaming again and some how it would wake me up (because I'd actually be asleep at the time) and go back to sleep normally.

I also do that annoying thing where you're just about to drift off to sleep.... and you're kind of dreaming you're walking down stairs or something and I trip and jerk myself awake. God that is annoying as I do it most nights. The things our partners put up with (or you guys put up with)

My DH has a similar thing, that happens only rarely and when he is really stressed and tired. He wakes up in the middle of the night looking for our baby, who is usually asleep in her cot by my side of the bed and he freaks out thinking he either can't find her or that he is rocking her in his arms, when he isn't.

Once a few years ago he woke up and told me he was in love with his mum's best friend's daughter.. his mum's best friend has a son, lol.