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My husband has REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD)
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Decades ago the family doctor order a sleep study for Bill. Like so many times with suggested tests or therapies, he showed up, stayed for a few hours and demanded to go home. So that was that. Mayo did determine last spring that he suffered from RBD. What was the scary part is he always slept with a butcher knife in the bedside drawer and a heavy bat by the bed. I somehow was always able to side track him on buying a gun. They did end up giving him medication which helped. He was 89 when he pasted in December of 2022. His last year was especially terrible. And he refused anything that might have made it easier for him. It was heartbreaking watching.
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My husband says his doctor says he doesn't hae parkinson's. He got dignosed 30 years ago with REM sleep disorder after he kicked and punched me several times in the bed. Also he would get put of bed and act out and fallout of bed also. Now he shuffles along and he will fall backward too. His cognitive abilities are going down. Healmost fed his precious dog he loves so m uch onions with broth over his food the other night but I caught it. And my hubby knows you can't feed dogs onions. He is not thinking his best. He has been in the bed no kidding for 5 years. He is so sleepy all the time he says. He jusy can't wake up. And he has given up on doing most anything. He will not tell the doctor though. I keep saying I am going with himm but he takes off without me. What do u do about that I wonder?