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Increased Lucid Dreaming Frequency in Narcolepsy

Author(s) -

Michael Rak,

P. Beitinger,

Axel Steiger,

Michael Schredl,

Martin Dresler

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

sleep

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.222

H-Index - 207

eISSN - 1550-9109

pISSN - 0161-8105

DOI - 10.5665/sleep.4676

Subject(s) - narcolepsy , lucid dream , psychology , dream , rem sleep behavior disorder , sleep paralysis , psychiatry , polysomnography , medicine , cataplexy , neurology , electroencephalography , psychotherapist , ganoderma lucidum , ganoderma , traditional medicine

Nightmares are a frequent symptom in narcolepsy. Lucid dreaming, i.e., the phenomenon of becoming aware of the dreaming state during dreaming, has been demonstrated to be of therapeutic value for recurrent nightmares. Data on lucid dreaming in narcolepsy patients, however, is sparse. The aim of this study was to evaluate the frequency of recalled dreams (DF), nightmares (NF), and lucid dreams (LDF) in narcolepsy patients compared to healthy controls. In addition, we explored if dream lucidity provides relief during nightmares in narcolepsy patients.

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