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candystripper -> Sleep Psycholohist (3/3/2006 7:27:13 PM)
i have parasomnia. For a quick look, see: http://www.webmd.com/content/article/80/96443.htm Anyway, it basically sleep walking and stuff. i go see this sleep psychologist, who i expected to help me, amd ahe's basically a potted plant. So can anyone tell me, what is a sleep psychologist? If that's who i neeed to see next, how do i find a good one? anyone else ever even heard of parasomnia? ty....candysyripper

KatyLied -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/3/2006 7:38:46 PM)
Have you hear of "night terrors"? My brother had that during childhood. He disrupted everyone's sleep!

candystripper -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/3/2006 10:45:54 PM)
Yes, "night terrors" is part of parasomnia; i get them about twice a month. candystripper

ownedgirlie -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/3/2006 11:12:12 PM)
i googled sleep parasomnia. Found lots of links on it. Most sites described what it is; One site (www.emedicine.com) said it can be treated with medication. Not much on sleep psychologists, however, other than the fact they are in demand! From the descriptoins of parasomnia, it seems i had this as a child. i always thought it was stress related, because of my household growing up - i had night terrors, grinded my teeth horribly, sleep walked, talked in my sleep, terrible recurring nightmares... Lasted until i moved out of my house. i wonder if there is a connection between this condition and high stress...? It may be worth looking into for yourself...

candystripper -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 1:47:08 AM)
TY ownedgirlie. candystripper

maybemaybenot -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 3:12:53 AM)
You might want to start at a sleep disorder clinic. Either by making an appointment or an informational telephone call. I Googled clinics in your area, and there are quite a few. Most teaching hospitals now have one. mbmbn

KatyLied -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 3:41:30 AM)
When my brother had night terrors, he would run into different rooms of the house, screaming and pointing at objects. He would act like he couldn't see you, he was intent on pointing and screaming.

PenelopePitstop -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 5:10:32 AM)
Hi from across the pond, I suffer a sleep disorder called Ekbom's Syndrome, more commonly known as 'restless legs' syndrome. Parasomnia literally means "other sleep disorder" (I think, check me on this as I'm not specialist) but it basically means you may have a sleep disorder that doen't neatly fit into any of the usual categories. It seems to be a blanket term (possibly designed to make your medics more money? Hmmm.) anyway I rustled up a list of sleep organisations from web MD (apologies if you have already seen it): http://www.webmd.com/content/article/105/107661.htm

candystripper -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 5:56:31 AM)
TY, TY. candystripper

SimplyV -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 1:02:07 PM)
There are many causes to Parasomnia, and certain individuals only need one cause.. some need a combination. Stress, chemical disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress disorder.. to name a few. My sub has these sleep issues from time to time. He doesn't "act" like he doesn't see you as someone else states. He really in his head doesn't see you. If you make yourself a presence in his "dream state" (aka make it impossible for him NOT to acknowledge you) you will become one of the characters in his nightmare. Which means, you either get to be on the good side, or the evil side. Usually its the evil side. We have found that much of his sleep issues come from two sources. Seeing/hearing from one of his former abusers or an allergic reaction to something. He first started his sleepwalking after a very traumatic attack by one of his former abusers, for which he was prescribed somethign to help him sleep at night. He was allergic to the medication which manifested in him sleepwalking. To this day, he only sleepwalks when he is on a medication to which he's allergic. He does still get nightterrors and nightmares which wake him, and we're hoping those go away when he moves further away from his attackers. Finding the cause of the problem is the best way to stop it. Sometimes psychotherapy helps. Sometimes moving. Sometimes changing jobs. Sometimes changing diet. Just depends on what the cause is. It may take a lot of time and persistance. V

candystripper -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 1:36:48 PM)
TY for your compassion; may we all get better. candystripper

mossy -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 2:30:13 PM)
sleep disorder here and now for me candystripper....i have been given a sleep test, and was diagnosed with bruxisisms...anything from grinding my teeth to nightmares. They had given me trazadone for sleep about 6 years ago, but it totally knocks me out. It is also used as an antidepressant. i stopped taking it a few months ago along with everything else i was on, but now sleep doesn't come. As for sleepwalking, i used to sleepwalk as a youngster. It has returned in adulthood several times, when under extreme stress. You also know i believe that i was diagnosed with ptsd. Not sure if any of this helps. So sorry to hear that you are going through this, and my hope is soon it will right itself.

SimplyV -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 2:59:57 PM)
yes Trazodone was what my sub was on that made him sleepwalk.. he even began sleeptyping... sleepwriting.. and sleepphoning (er sleep answering the phone anyway).

kyraofMists -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/4/2006 3:42:30 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: SimplyV yes Trazodone was what my sub was on that made him sleepwalk.. he even began sleeptyping... sleepwriting.. and sleepphoning (er sleep answering the phone anyway). That is interesting... I am on trazodone for insomnia; if I don't take it, I don't sleep. I have once gone over 4 days with nothing more than an hour of sleep. I have found that I do some strange things in my sleep that I never used to do... talking on the phone, nightmares, dreams so vivid that they feel real, walking, talking. The higher my dosage the more it happens. I am currently on a 50 mg dose, but during the worst part of my insomnia I was on 150 mg and still only sleeping an hour or two. How did the doctors determine that it was an allergy to the drug? Knight's kyra

wetsub000 -> RE: Sleep Psycholohist (3/6/2006 1:11:01 AM)
Try the sleep disorders clinic. I went but didn't end up with a diagnosis; what I did get was some concrete advice on ways to improve biorythms, serotonin levels etc. I followed some of the basic advice and no longer have the same level of sleep problem.

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