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Sleep-walking type behavior

  • 15-01-2020 10:11AM
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 166,012 ✭✭✭✭


    I've never had a sleeping-walking problem, although about 15 years ago I had maybe three episodes of waking in the middle of the night, going to the kitchen, getting a drink and a packet of biscuits and eating the whole packet. I would then regularly fall asleep while standing up and 'micro-waking' when I finished each biscuit, so I could get another one.

    Over the last few months, I've regularly woken up while already sitting up on the edge of the bed, putting on my slippers (wrong feet) and dressing gown (putting arm out where there is no arm in the dressing gown). I once got the impression I ha been doing it for an extended period.

    I once woke up sitting on the floor by the bedroom door.

    Another time, I was convinced there was someone outside the bedroom door, I got out of bed and stood up only to collapse, bounce off the bed and land on the floor. There was no one there, I had been asleep the whole time.

    Two weeks ago, I woke up in the morning to find stuff flung around the room. The next night my glasses were missing from the bedside locker, yet to be found. I'm really short sighted, so I always leave them on the bedside locker.

    Last night, I fell out of bed while dreaming, for the second time. Again stuff sent flying. Prior to these episodes I've only ever fallen out of bed once, but woke quick enough to stop hitting the floor.

    At times, I've found scratches on my hands, face and ankles that I can't explain.

    I've been to the doctor, he doesn't know what to do.

    What do I do?


Comments

  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,444 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    Hi OP. Ask him to refer you to a sleep clinic. As well as being very disconcerting, disordered sleep can have serious health implications so don't be fobbed off.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 16,698 Mod ✭✭✭✭Silverfish


    Have you a carbon monoxide alarm?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Yep, referral to a sleep clinic is what your GP should be doing.

    Silverfish also raises a good point. On reddit there was a thread where a guy had all sorts of unexplained goings on in his house, stuff being moved around, notes being left for him, things being done on his computer. He knew he wasn't crazy, but he thought maybe his landlord was breaking in and trying to mess with his head.

    One response asked if he had a carbon monoxide alarm. The poster said that, "I did buy one but it started beeping as soon as I took it out of the box, so I assumed it was broken". Turned out, yes, it was a carbon monoxide leak. It is a "silent killer", but it can also not kill you and instead bring on a form of intoxication that you aren't even aware of.

    It's probably unlikely, but for the sake of the €5 it costs to buy an alarm, it could save your life. Do you feel tired, hazy, headaches, nausea when you wake up? And if so, does it go away when you're out of the house?


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