Worried sick about dreams

[Scared80]

I hope everyone had a lovely New Year’s Eve.

I know that this is probably the wrong section, but I’m worried sick and am posting for traffic.

The past few weeks I've suddenly started to respond to dreams, but it just happens when I wake up - so as soon I start to do a physical movement associated with my dream, it wakes me. In the past few days I've dreamt my husband was having an affair and woke up giving him a smack (I apologized immediately) I've backed my head away from someone who was getting too close to me in my dream, and I've also woken up when I've started to copy facial yoga movements in my dream!

Last night I was dreaming about having a group photo and couldn’t smile in this photo because it seemed physically hard, but when I woke up I was smiling.

Each time I start to do the moments I wake up, and remember doing them and also my dream.

Has anyone experienced this before?? I'm so worried because apparently about 90% of people with REM sleep disorder go on to develop Lewy body dementia or Parkinson’s.

please can someone help me.
Thank you

I've had REM sleep disorder for years. It can be a bloody nightmare, especially for DP - I've woken him up hundreds of times for ridiculous reasons, most often to bollock him about something I've dreamt he's done 😬

REM sleep disorder is a symptom of LBD, it's not true to say that people with REM develop LBD.

LBD can't be diagnosed until after death. If you have no other symptoms, I wouldn't worry about PD/LBD and would look for other explanations of your changing sleep - menopause, stress, altered bedroom environment?

Thank you for your reply.

I don’t ever wake my husband up, I always wake myself up when I am doing the action. As far as I know it doesn’t happen at any other time other than at the end of a dream.

Everywhere I’ve read states that REM disorder is now a well recognized precursor to Parkinsonian disorders..

I have always remembered my dreams in the morning since I was a kid, I dream so vividly. I do find it's worse though when I'm unwell or get too hot, even on my period.