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SimilarLee OP t1_j7h4w3e wrote

Reply to comment by electrowox in TIL that physically acting out your dreams (loss of REM sleep paralysis) is >80% accurate at predicting future brain maladies including Parkinson's, Lewy Body Dementia, and ALS by SimilarLee

Seriously, if you act out your dreams, you should talk to a doctor pronto.

This isn't something that's typically screened for in, say, annual physicals, but should be.

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electrowox t1_j7h5wwj wrote

Now you've moved me from my depressive mood into fearful studying of the subject. I've been diagnosed with ADHD as a child and as I got older, it rather developed into ADD, because the hyperactivity is gone. Could this be another factor? Our neighbour had ALS and damn that would be a good reason to commit suicide instead of drowning in your defunct lungs in your own paralysed body with full mental capacity still functional

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PuckSR t1_j7hdhav wrote

They no longer diagnose ADD and ADhD separately. From what people can tell, some kids just display more hyperactive behavior with ADD. But the brains work the same in all cases, so this just seems to be a symptom

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B0J0L0 t1_j7hlvx6 wrote

what do you mean by acting out? does tossing and turning count? my partner is always punching me in her sleep lol? im confused

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RuadhriO t1_j7jmqtz wrote

It means if you can lucid dream. It's like playing out your dreams like a video game rather than just watching it happen and not be able to control yourself.

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strahag t1_j7jo041 wrote

No. That is not at all what this post means. It is referring to when your physical body is reacting to what is occurring in your dreams.

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