RBD Question of the Week❓💤💡 I am a sleepwalker, do I have RBD?

RBD Question of the Week❓💤💡

This week, we have NAPS Investigator, Dr. Aleksandar Videnovic at Harvard University and Massachusetts General Hospital to answer one of our most pressing RBD questions.

Q: I am a sleepwalker, do I have RBD?

A: Sleepwalking or somnambulism belongs to a group of sleep disorders known as parasomnias, just like RBD does. These disorders are characterized by unusual behaviors that occur in the context of sleep.

Sleepwalking is quite different from RBD. It happens during non-REM sleep as opposed to RBD that happens during REM sleep. Sometimes these two conditions co-exist, which is known as parasomnia overlap syndrome.