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A member asked:

Son is 16 and was limp in his sleep and breathing shallowly and his eyes were rolling couldnt wake him up was this a seizure or rem behavior disorder?

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Likely normal REM: Sounds like normal deep sleep, with appropriate rem sleep activity, as this is not what is seen in the behavioural pattern.

Answered 9/17/2012

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