REM: features REM:
Rapid pulse/ Respiratory rate
Erection
Mental activity increase/ Muscle paralysis

 

 

Parasomnias:

 

time of onset SLeep terrors and SLeepwalking
occur during SLow-wave sleep (stages 3 & 4).
NightmaRE occurs during REM sleep (and is REMembered).

 

 

 

Sleep stages:

 

features DElta waves during DEepest
sleep (stages 3 & 4, slow-wave).
dREaM during REMsleep.

 

 

 

 

Narcolepsy:

 

symptoms, epidemiology CHAP:
Cataplexy
Hallucinations
Attacks of sleep
Paralysis on waking
· Usual presentation is a young male, hence “chap”.

 

Published by Dr.Adel Serag

Dr. Adel Serag is a senior consultant psychiatrist , working clinical psychiatry over 30 years.

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