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REM Sleep Behavior Disorder could predict risk of Parkinson's
Recently a team of researchers from McGill University in Montreal, Canada decided to see if a sleep disorder called REM sleep behavior disorder (RBD) could be a good predictor of risk of developing Parkinson’s disease.
This sleep problem is called RBD because it occurs during the REM phase of sleep, in which a person’s body is unable to move, preventing the person from physically acting out their dreams and preventing them from potentially harming themselves or others.
People with RBD do not have this paralysis, which means that they end up acting out their dreams without any notion that they are doing so.
You can read more about the study, which found that RBD is a good predictor of PD, here: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/324630.php
The team is planning to expand their research to look at diverse populations around the world, because testing for RBD could be a more accessible and inexpensive way of screening for PD.
What do you think of this news?
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4 Replies
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About ten years before I was diagnosed with PD I developed RBD I didn’t know at the time they were related.
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Luckily I have not experienced that symptom. It sounds scary…
Has the melatonin and L-Theanine you mentioned in another post been helpful for your RBD?
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L-Theanine has helped to calm me down so I can fall asleep and the melatonin helps with the vivid dreams most of the time.
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thank you Marcus, that is good to know.
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