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My husband has REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
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I have posted in the cognitive impairment group, (can’t remember correct name )but this group is where I’m at also.
So was memory loss part of your RBD experience also. My neurologist said he thinks I have RBD but put MCI as a diagnosis, he advised me to go back to the Pulmonary Dr. who I had a sleep study done with. This Dr. said on my report that I have
Severe periodic limb movement. I didn’t go into REM sleep during the study. No one said anything about follow up treatment. I know I have memory problems. It’s all confusing. I have an appointment with Pulmonologist May 7th. I find these these conversations interesting as I have never known anyone with RBD.
If this is too long feel free to cut it 😊
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There was no cognitive impairment, UNTIL, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's, 20 years after the RBD diagnosis. Now, there is some cognitive impairment, and with the progression of PD, there will probably be more. 20 years ago, before the RBD diagnosis, he visited a pulmonologist, and was diagnosed with sleep apnea. He didn't tolerate the c-pap very well, so, visited a sleep specialist. The sleep specialist told him he did NOT have sleep apnea, but did have RBD. A sleep study was done, by both the pulmonologist and the sleep specialist.