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Dec 22, 2008, 02:52 PM
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my husband is a really bad sleeper, has lots of nightmares and trouble getting to sleep. this morning he was having a dream/nightmare about fighting and he punched me in his sleep. it was on the arm but it was pretty hard.
this has never happened before so i don't know what to think. it's a one-time thing, right? i don't know if i'm overreacting but I feel strange about it. i don't want to wake up being strangled or something. what should we do?
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Dec 22, 2008, 03:05 PM
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He might want to see his doctor about having a sleep study done. Does he snore? He might have sleep apnea.
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Dec 22, 2008, 03:30 PM
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is he a Veteran by chance? it could be a result of ptsd.
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Dec 22, 2008, 03:56 PM
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My husband accidentally kicked his pregnant ex-wife in his sleep while dreaming (still feels bad)! He's not a vet or a violent/upset man at all (or a particularly restless sleeper). If something like that happened again, I'd ask the doctor about a sleep study too, or if you're really uncomfortable; you're important too!
http://health.discovery.com/centers/sleepdreams/expedition/dispatch11_pop.html
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Dec 22, 2008, 07:29 PM
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If he has a hard time sleeping, I would suggest that he sees a doctor. Once I woke up to my husband trying to break my arm, he was sound asleep and it was a one time thing. Interestingly enough he was fighting with a guy over me in his dream and to this day he feels bad. 
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Dec 22, 2008, 08:51 PM
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well that's good to hear that it's not so uncommon. he really should do a sleep study.. maybe someday i can persuade him.
he doesn't snore and is not a veteran. he's a skinny thing so i would guess he doesn't have sleep apnea. if he had a reason for PTSD i hope i would know about it by now.
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Dec 23, 2008, 02:02 PM
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There are other things that can be wrong with one's sleep besides apnea. I hope he will see a doctor and get the sleep study if the doc recommends it. There is one sleep disorder where whenever the person goes into REM, they act out their dreams. Usually when we are in REM, our bodies are paralyzed, but in this disorder, the paralysis does not work, so the person becomes agitated in sleep, may get up and sleep walk and destroy things, punch someone in bed with them, etc. I'm not saying this is your H, as I think you would have noticed it before this, but maybe a less severe problem. Or maybe it was just a one time thing.
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