Living with REM Behavior Disorder

Well I did the sleep study and have been told I do have RBD. I saw the Board Certified sleep medicine Dr. on 1/21/08 and he tried to put me on Ambien CR, but the insurance said I had to do step thearpy first and try the reg. Ambien, which I am here to tell you does nothing so don’t waste your money. However, because some of my other meds, which have since been changed, he couldn’t perscribe the clonazepam.

Well the following Tuesday I saw my primary Dr. and he took me off the meds that would have interfered with the clonazepam cause I didn’t, nor did he, think they were helping with the anxiety and he put me on the clonazepam 2 times a day at .5mg. Well at first I was taking the clonazepam at morning and right before bed with the Ambien, but then I started needing to take what was given to me for anxiety (clonazepam) earlier than bed time to avoid being crazy while awake.

Last night was the first time I took the clonazepam half way through the day instead of at night like I had been and I still took the Ambien before bed. Well I accused my fiance of parking my truck in the middle of the road cause when I looked to the right of my bed where my dresser is It was as though I was looking out the sliding glass door which faces the road, which is in the living room) and then I looked back at him and asked if my mom or her husband had asked for my keys and he of course said no so I said to him why would someone want to break into my truck to park it in the middle of the road and then just went back to normal sleep or just sleep.

I’m not sure if I was halucinating or if it was a dream and I had my eyes open cause I just wasn’t awake all the way, however just like with every other incident I felt complelled to do and say things I was doing and saying like I wasn’t really in control. Then later on I proceeded to argue with a lady at the hospital who tried to tell me I had to pay for my lab work and pretty much cussed her out and told her she better submitt a claim to my insurance cause I was not paying the bill, because my insurance covers all lab work. I fell asleep last night about 8:30 and got up the first time at 2am cause I was frustrated cause I couldn’t sleep.

So I think my Dr.s have the solution to me getting sleep backwards. I’m going to suggest to them that the Ambien isn’t working and just make it so I have enough anxiety meds to make it through the day and enough to battle my nighttime fighting. which would make taking meds and the cost of paying for them easier for me and actually help me accomplish my goal of not continuously fighting and not slepp every night. Hope this can help, I waited so long to re-write so I had some personal exp. with the meds to include with the results and treatment they picked for me.