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"Somnambulism & noctambulism"
combined sleep and wakefulness
"sleep disorder"
Psychiatry
Sleep medicine
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sitting up in bed, walking to a bathroom
driving a motor vehicle
as benign as talking
violent gestures and grabbing at hallucinated objects
consuming food, and cleaning, or as hazardous as cooking
"Sleepwalkers often have little or no memory of the incident"
Eyes open, expression dim and glazed over.
May last from 30 seconds to 30 minutes.
During slow-wave sleep of non-rapid eye movement sleep cycles.
The first third of the night when slow-wave sleep is most prominent.
Once in a night, if at all.
dream content
dream-congruent motor behavior
impaired perception of the environment
impaired judgement, planning and problem-solving
Glassy-eyed stare or blank expression with dilated pupils.
Disoriented : confused and perplexed,
May talk while sleepwalking, but no sense.
"Sleepwalking and Sleep Terrors in Prepubertal Children"
Injuries at some point during sleepwalking
cuts, bruises...
Fractured bones, fall !
Embarrassment
Sleepwalking and blackouts are not the same !
Alcohol-induced blackout (drug-related amnesia),
conversations or driving a vehicle...
Brain, memories
Rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder, confusional arousals, night terrors.
psychological or pharmacological intervention
psychoanalysis, hypnosis, scheduled or anticipatory waking
anticholinergic, antiepileptics, antipsychotic, benzodiazepines
interrupt the sleepwalking episode
should not have easily accessible weapons
check on the person
door alarm
the ground floor of a home
Drama
Mary Hoare's painting Lady Macbeth, Sleepwalking
William Shakespeare's
Literature
Bram Stoker's novel Dracula
Historical cases :
Jules Lowe's case.
Brian Thomas's case.