Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking:

Sleepwalking: Introduction

Sleepwalking: Sleepwalking is a parasomnia or sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness while he or she is asleep or in a sleep-like state. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Sleepwalking is available below.

Symptoms of Sleepwalking

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Walking during sleep
Tiredness
Waking in a place different to where a person went to sleep
It involves the person affected apparently shifting from his or her prior sleeping position and moving around and performing normal actions as if awake (cleaning, walking and other activities).
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Treatments for Sleepwalking

Don't wake the person - some sources advise not to wake the sleepwalker.
Wake the person gently - some sources advise waking and call the other advice a "myth".
Ensure they do not hurt themselves
Take child back to bed once awake
Hypnotherapy
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Home Diagnostic Testing

Home medical testing related to Sleepwalking:

Sleep Disorders: Home Testing
- Home Sleep Tests
- Sleep Apnea Diagnostic Tests
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Wrongly Diagnosed with Sleepwalking?

Misdiagnosis of Sleepwalking
Failure to diagnose Sleepwalking
Hidden causes of Sleepwalking (possibly wrongly diagnosed)
Undiagnosed: Sleepwalking

Sleepwalking: Related Patient Stories

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Sleepwalking: Deaths

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Alternative Treatments for Sleepwalking

Alternative treatments or home remedies that have been listed in various sources as possibly beneficial for Sleepwalking may include:

Sufficient sleep
Wake the person up
Install a portable gate
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Sleepwalking: Complications

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Causes of Sleepwalking

Alcohol consumption (see Alcohol use)
Sleep debt
Sleep deprivation
Anxiety
Gelineau's syndrome - sleep walking
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Disease Topics Related To Sleepwalking

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Somnabulism
Suicidal somnambulism
Automatism
Epilepsy
Psychosis
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Misdiagnosis and Sleepwalking

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