That has to be very frightening, Lanie.

I would think it might be due to medications.

Ambien will do this.

Neurontin sometimes in susceptible people. But not everyone.

Opiates rarely but possible.

OK Mrs. D...

Now I am worried about this, my Lindsay was just started on Ambian CR...do you have a link I can read? I better put a bell on her door.


Lanie, what meds are you taking now?

Ambien is well known for causing eating while asleep, driving cars, walking around. There has even been an attempt to blame it on a murder...even. (that was extreme and failed).

But it does affect something in our consciousness controlling areas of the brain.

http://www.lawyerseek.com/Practice/P...1/Ambien-P121/

It doesn't do this in everyone however. Just some.

Thank you Mrs D...for the information. Wow, it is amazing how they prescribe these drugs and never let you know. Lindsay's pm would not prescribe her a sleeping pill because she said she had a patient drive to the grocery store and buy 12 loaves of bread, also one overdosed on their pain meds. Thought it was weird. She was against it, but, neurologist at the hospital put her on it. Does lunesta also cause the same affects?

Thank you for sending the link. I appreciate your time.

Sandy

I haven't taken Ambien in months. Lyrica and Neurontin were taken off the table very early on due to severe negative side effects. At the direction of my doctor, I am currently reducing the cymbalta by 1/3, but that will take a couple of weeks to take effect. Other meds include Fentanyl, oxycodone, hydrocodone.

I don't have any problems falling asleep (as I'm always tired), but it is not restful sleep. I can transition from full consciousness to REM sleep in a few seconds, coming out of it just as quickly. The symptoms are classic narcolepsy, but so far none of the doctors have mentioned anything about a correlation between narcolepsy and CRPS. I have heard of a link between RLS (restless leg syndrome) and narcolepsy, and with CRPS in both feet and both hands, it certainly makes sense that the two are related.

Lanie