Could this really be RBD? Help.

Starting this year I was had some violent dreams that caused me to wake. They usually involved arguing with someone, and sometimes physical confrontation. Upon waking, I saw myself sometimes kicking, punching, or hitting the bed. I'm not sure if it happened actually during REM, only in the process of waking, or only after waking. But this morning I believe I hit the wall next to my bed, causing me to wake, as I was doing a slapping motion in a dream.

I started doing research on "violent dreams" yesterday and was horrified to discover a connection between acting out dreams during REM sleep, often violent, and neurodegenerative diseases like Parkinson's or dementia, including Alzheimer’s. The name of the sleeping disorder, which I'm not certain I have but am concerned that I might, is called REM Behavior Disorder (RBD), characterized by loss of muscle atonia (paralysis) during REM sleep, resulting in acting out dreams as they happen.

Studies suggest anywhere from around a 30% to an 80% of development of such diseases not that many years after onset of symptoms of RBD. They say it usually happens in older males - the mean age is around 60. However, I am in my 20's. I'm not certain that I have RBD - because in most cases I only perceived myself doing these actions after waking up. FWIW, I also have an abnormal sleeping schedule that I seem to tend towards every so often, in which I sleep very late, or in the early morning, and wake up in the afternoon or evening. However, I usually get enough hours of sleep.

Based on what I have said, do you think that I am being paranoid or should I go get some advice and/or tests done asap, or maybe first record myself sleeping? If recording myself sleeping, do you have any recommendations as to good recording techniques, software, equipment, etc.? I am mainly concerned about the large file size that could occur. Thanks for any advice.

Some modifications to the above post:
* 'was had' -> 'had'
* 'caused' -> 'possibly caused'
* 'causing' -> 'possibly causing'
* 'connection' -> 'theorized connection'
* 'including' -> 'possibly including'
* 'Studies' -> 'Some studies'
* 'of development of' -> 'possibility of developing'
* '20's' -> '20s'
* disregard the sentence that starts with 'FWIW'
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