{"id":36413,"date":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","date_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/disturbed-sleep-2\/"},"modified":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","modified_gmt":"2025-07-30T17:58:14","slug":"disturbed-sleep-2","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/disturbed-sleep-2\/","title":{"rendered":"disturbed sleep"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Hi Laurel\u2014 <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your husband almost definitely has a severe case of sleep apnea, and the sooner he is treated for it\u2014by use of a Nasal CPAP machine\u2014the sooner all these symptoms are going to go away. He is completely exhausted\u2014but the apnea keeps awakening him during sleep\u2014which is what causes his \u201cconfusional arousals.\u201d He actually, to me, doesn\u2019t sound as if he has REM Behavior disorder\u2014as he only is awakening from sleep and leaving the bed, as you note, 1-2 times per year. <\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Step #1 is to get that sleep apnea treated\u2014and pursue therapy for at least a month or so. If he keeps on having strange behaviors during sleep, then you can begin to think about other disorders. But I suspect most if not all of his symptoms are going to resolve with treatment of the apnea. For more information on sleep apnea, please visit the Sleep Disorders section and look under category heading Sleep Apnea. <br \/><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <br \/><span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Please write back if you or your husband have further questions about <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">the use of CPAP for<\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"> treatment of sleep apnea, or if your husband <\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><\/span><\/span> <span style=\"font-family: verdana,geneva;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">experiences any difficulties in adapting to the mask and air pressure level. I am excited for your husband to receive treatment for his sleep apnea. It is going to make an enormous difference in the quality of his\u2014and your\u2014life! Don\u2019t delay!<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Back to the <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/disturbed-sleep\/\" id=\"1425\" option=\"com_content\">original question<\/a><br \/>Back to <a href=\"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/articles\/snoring-sleep-apnea\/\" id=\"81\" option=\"com_content\">Snoring &amp; Sleep Apnea page<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[3226,3233],"class_list":["post-36413","articles","type-articles","status-publish","hentry","category-better-sleep-answer","category-sleep-apnea-better-sleep-answer"],"acf":{"article_id":"1436"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles\/36413","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/articles"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/articles"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36413"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/damwebserver.com\/dreamdoctor\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36413"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}