Screaming?

I hav now heard from two friends that I scream bloodymurder in my sleep... I have also been told that I make noises and talk. I can tell that I am screaming but am unable to stop it when it's happening. Its like I am not in control... Anyone else know why it happens/what it is/experienced it before?

How long into sleep is this? It could either be that you're not out of Theta wave activity (when your body is beginning to slip into sleep, which means you're visualizing more than dreaming and would offer the visual of dreaming but you might physically move as you respond to the imagery), or your waking physical connection is remaining through REM sleep (not uncommon at all, and is usually tied to people that chronically sleepwalk/other-physical-sleep-activities). If it's too much of an issue, you might try taking a sleep aid to push you beyond what state you linger in, be it REM or Theta. Be careful if you consider Ambien, as it causes hallucinations and can make certian psychological problems worse during sleep.

I, myself, have been known to jump in bed, singing at the top of my lungs. Once I also grabbed my s/o's butt and said "spread em" before rolling over and moving on to the next sleep-rambling.

I'd suggest asking your P-doc/therapist/GP, etc. You could have a kind of sleep disorder--there's many of them. I've known people to hit the person beside them in their sleep--hard--and have no memory of doing it; that's some sort of sleep issue/disturbance. Also some people have night terrors---I think they have vocal nightmares in their sleep?

I have Sleep Apnea. I don't do anything that interesting, But I have woken my boyfriend up countless times snoring (he's a sound sleeper), completely unaware I've done it. I've also woken up not breathing, on top of sleeping sleeping and sleeping and never feeling rested. My P-doc mentioned more than once I needed to get it checked out. I asked if I should be on a sleep med, he quickly said, "No." I think it's partially because a lot of ppl on sleep meds get addicted to them--and supposedly with some of them they prevent ppl from getting to the REM stage, defeating the purpose of the sleep med completely. I also think he simply saw--after years of appts--that my sleep issue wasn't getting better.

Of course I'm not saying you have a sleep disorder. But it'd be interesting to see if you can find the reason behind it.