Sleep Medicine Edition | Violent Dreams, Sleepwalking & Other Strange Nighttime Events
Mayo Clinic Talks
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How to Deal With Violent Dreams and Sleepwalking
It's important to separate out nightmares from REM sleep behavior disorder in which one actually acts out those nightmare experiences. Most of the nocturnal events are non-REMmon nature and not associated with a neurodegenerative disease. In the rare patient where we need to use pharmacotherapy, clonysopam is the medication of choice. But I think the final point I would like to leave with everyone is that safety is key when we're dealing with these nocturnal event.
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