Another 4 AM revelation changes my life......

[treeguy64]

Some who have been in here for a while may remember my tales of bone shaking, teeth chattering chills that I've succumbed to since I was a child. Over the last thirty years, every incident has occurred at night. All have occurred when I was asleep, had a dream where I quickly moved my left arm outside the covers, woke up, and then went into the whole chill routine.

A week ago, a few days after my latest chills episode, I bolted upright in bed, at 4 AM, and knew I had the solution to my problem: I sleep on my right side. As such, my left arm (I'm a lefty) always finds a way to get out of the covers as I sleep, and move around during dreams, thanks to my RBD (REM Behavior Disorder). Recurring dreams of boxing and wrestling have my left arm going goofy, while I'm sound asleep. That arm gets cold, feels the draft from swift movement, and that triggers my chills, which wake me up.

OK, time to deal with that out of (my) control left arm. I decided I needed a sleeve on that arm. I sleep in sleeveless tops because I believe that binding one's body can cause numerous problems, especially where the flow of lymph is concerned. (It's a fact that in cultures where women do not wear bras, never sleeping in them, the incidence of breast cancer is far lower than bra wearing cultures)

Anyway, I never want to bind my armpits with sleeved pajamas, shirts, etc. However, I knew I needed a sleeve to keep my exposed left arm warm. I found a pair on Amazon. They are used for cut protection.

Bingo! I now sleep with my left arm in the sleeve. My left arm can be outside the covers, yet I stay warm. No more chills, ever again, hopefully. We'll see........

 

[AnnieA]

(It's a fact that in cultures where women do not wear bras, never sleeping in them, the incidence of breast cancer is far lower than bra wearing cultures)

Remember reading a study about that. Makes sense.

Bingo! I now sleep with my left arm in the sleeve. My left arm can be outside the covers, yet I stay warm. No more chills, ever again, hopefully. We'll see........

Hope you've solved your issue. Awaking to teeth chattering chills sounds very unfun.

 

[Gary O']

Interesting
Thought I was the only one that dreamt about being in the ring with my left outa control, swinging wildly at my opponent

I too sleep in just bed shorts
Otherwise I get all tangled up (wife sez I run in my sleep)

Sounds like you got this, TG

 

[treeguy64]

I have had RBD since I was a kid. It started at about eight. It's rare in those under forty. At eighteen, I had a dream I was making out with my gf, who went home for the holidays. I woke up to find my Afghan Hound snug in my embrace, my lips on her face! She was smiling. I yelled, and booted her out of the bed, post haste! Another time, in bed with my same gf, 6'1" and built like Raquel Welch, I dreamt I was in a boxing match. I swung a left to her head. She woke up and swung a right to mine that knocked me right onto the floor, waking me up. Don't box with your gf in your sleep, especially when she's got one mean right!

Interesting: I hunted down the lead researcher who did a large study on RBD, about twenty years ago. He implicated chocolate, of all things. I gave up chocolate, no easy thing for me to do, and my RBD became a once or twice a year thing, instead of a weekly occurrence. I offered to let him fly me up to his university, for study, but he had already moved on to other things. One bad thing: About one out of four with RBD go on to develop Parkinson's. The researcher did say that my case was highly atypical, given its very early onset, so he doubted I'd follow any predictable path

 

[Catlady]

(It's a fact that in cultures where women do not wear bras, never sleeping in them, the incidence of breast cancer is far lower than bra wearing cultures)

They just end up with droopy boobs, but it's much better than getting breast cancer for sure.

Glad you found a solution to your problem. What happens if you sleep on your left side, do you still have that problem? I usually sleep on my left side now, but I wake up in all kinds of positions.

 

[treeguy64]

They just end up with droopy boobs, but it's much better than getting breast cancer for sure.

Glad you found a solution to your problem. What happens if you sleep on your left side, do you still have that problem? I usually sleep on my left side now, but I wake up in all kinds of positions.

I never sleep on my left side, as I'm a lefty, and I think my brain knows it needs my left arm free so I can quickly pull my rod from under my mattress, in case of a break-in.

 

[DaveA]

I never sleep on my left side, as I'm a lefty, and I think my brain knows it needs my left arm free so I can quickly pull my rod from under my mattress, in case of a break-in.

Sounds like skipping the "Armed Citizen" column in the monthly issue of The Rifleman" should cure that problem, unless you're residing in a crime-ridden neighborhood.

 

[MarciKS]

Some who have been in here for a while may remember my tales of bone shaking, teeth chattering chills that I've succumbed to since I was a child. Over the last thirty years, every incident has occurred at night. All have occurred when I was asleep, had a dream where I quickly moved my left arm outside the covers, woke up, and then went into the whole chill routine.

A week ago, a few days after my latest chills episode, I bolted upright in bed, at 4 AM, and knew I had the solution to my problem: I sleep on my right side. As such, my left arm (I'm a lefty) always finds a way to get out of the covers as I sleep, and move around during dreams, thanks to my RBD (REM Behavior Disorder). Recurring dreams of boxing and wrestling have my left arm going goofy, while I'm sound asleep. That arm gets cold, feels the draft from swift movement, and that triggers my chills, which wake me up.

OK, time to deal with that out of (my) control left arm. I decided I needed a sleeve on that arm. I sleep in sleeveless tops because I believe that binding one's body can cause numerous problems, especially where the flow of lymph is concerned. (It's a fact that in cultures where women do not wear bras, never sleeping in them, the incidence of breast cancer is far lower than bra wearing cultures)

Anyway, I never want to bind my armpits with sleeved pajamas, shirts, etc. However, I knew I needed a sleeve to keep my exposed left arm warm. I found a pair on Amazon. They are used for cut protection.

Bingo! I now sleep with my left arm in the sleeve. My left arm can be outside the covers, yet I stay warm. No more chills, ever again, hopefully. We'll see........

So you never said...did this sleeve fix the problem permanently?