Causes of Sleepwalking

Contents

Sleepwalking: Introduction
Causes of Sleepwalking
List of Causes
Hidden causes
Causes of symptoms
Related cause information

Causes of Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking is adults may be caused by a drug reaction, mental disorder or seizure disorder, while in children the cause is often unknown. Anxiety and fatigue may affect sleepwalking. Sleepwalking also tends to run in families.

List of causes of Sleepwalking

Following is a list of causes or underlying conditions (see also Misdiagnosis of underlying causes of Sleepwalking) that could possibly cause Sleepwalking includes:

Alcohol consumption (see Alcohol use)
Sleep debt
Sleep deprivation
Anxiety
Gelineau's syndrome - sleep walking
Psychological factors
Genetic factors
Stress
High levels of stress
Anxiety or psychological factors
People with genetic factors (family history)

More causes:see full list of causes for Sleep walking

Sleepwalking Causes: Male-Female Gender Ratio

Gender of Patients for Sleepwalking: More boys than girls...more »

Sleepwalking: Related Medical Conditions

To research the causes of Sleepwalking, consider researching the causes of these these diseases that may be similar, or associated with Sleepwalking:

Somnabulism
Suicidal somnambulism
Automatism
Epilepsy
Psychosis
Behavioural disorder
Sleep disorder
Parasomnia

Sleepwalking: Causes and Types

Causes of Broader Categories of Sleepwalking: Review the causal information about the various more general categories of medical conditions:

Sleep conditions
more types...»

Sleepwalking as a symptom:

Conditions listing Sleepwalking as a symptom may also be potential underlying causes of Sleepwalking. Our database lists the following as having Sleepwalking as a symptom of that condition: