Sleep walking and sleep apnea
I remember having episodes of sleepwalking as a child. It really didn’t seem to bother me much until I woke up during a walk in the middle of the night in another room in the house. It was very disorienting to slowly realize that you don’t know where you are. My parents didn’t seem concerned, assuming that I would just outgrow it, and I did. I wondered whether my other sleep problem, sleep apnea, might have something to do with that. According to Science Daily “ Nearly 1 in 10 patients with obstructive sleep apnea also experience "parasomnia" symptoms such as sleepwalking, hallucinations and acting out their dreams,” which seems strange to me considering how little sleep folks with apnea get, but there is a study from Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine to back it up. Sleepwalking occurs during the “deep sleep” stage of sleep. The cause is unknown, but it might be caused by mental disorders, medications, fatigue, or alcohol. The majority of cases ha...