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Q: Been Sleep Walking a Lot Recently. Doing Strange Things...
asked by: shadybab on October 18th, 2006
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Hi,
i have been sleep walking a lot recently. When I wake up in the morning I have no recollection of sleepwalking the night before. But when I wake up the next day, I see the aftermath of what I did in my sleep. I.E., one morning I woke up and my closet light was on. This was definitely not on when I went to sleep as I sleep in the pitch dark. I walked in to the closet and noticed that I had urinated in my laundry hamper.

So even thought I don't remember ever getting up (or being conscious) after I initially fell asleep, it is obvious that I got up and did things in my sleep. A couple of days later, I went to bed in my bedroom and woke up the next day on my couch...

A week later I flew to california, and while sleeping at my friend's apartment I got up and opened the blinds in her room. This time I woke up in the middle of it and felt very uncomfortable and strange when I woke up standing at the window.

And finally, last night I went to bed and woke up to the sound of a fan that I had never even known about before. I had at one point, slept walked in to my laundry room and turned on a fan that I didn't even know about prior to this incident. I also changed the temperature on the thermostat from 80 to 95 and threw some of my couch cushions on the floor.

My question is, at what point do I need to see a doctor about this?
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EyeOn
replied on October 19th, 2006
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Http://ehealthforum.Com/health/topic75368. Html

check out the thread. Sleep paralysis is the opposite of sleepwalking. I made a comment about the differences.


You should make an appointment with a sleep doctor. If you have hmo, go see your regular doctor and have him or her recommend a sleep study at a nearby sleep clinic. That'll be your foot in the door with a sleep doctor.


The dangers to sleepwalking is that you can hurt yourself or others. Take precautions to protect yourself mostly. Put child locks on drawers with knives before going to bed and make sure the floors are clear of anything you might be able to trip over. Lock doors.


Do you live with anyone?


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shadybab
replied on October 21st, 2006
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No I live by myself. I did a test to see how I would respond in my sleep. I closed my bedroom door, taped it closed in a few places, and then put my chair in front of it. I went to bed and when I woke up the door was open and my chair was back where it belonged. This kind of scares me because it looks like I have been doing this every night since about a week or two ago.
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