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By Mayo Clinic staffThere are no tests routinely performed for nightmares, but if your or your child's sleep is severely disturbed, your doctor may recommend an overnight sleep study to help determine if the nightmares are connected to another sleep disorder. During the study, technicians monitor your brain waves, heart rate, breathing and movement while you sleep.
- Nightmares and other disturbing parasomnias. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. http://www.aasmnet.org..ces/FactSheets/NightmareParasom.pdf. Accessed June 1, 2009.
- Nightmares. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. http://www.sleepeducation.com/Disorder.aspx?id=37. Accessed June 1, 2009.
- Sleepiness diary. National Sleep Foundation. Accessed June 2, 2009.
- Simard V, et al. Longitudinal study of bad dreams in preschool-aged children: Prevalence, demographic correlates, risk and protective factors. Sleep. 2008;31:62.
