I have been a sleepwalker since I can remember.
It started getting extreme in about 2010 or there abouts, as I still get notifications on Facebook memories.
The more tired I am, the more i sleepwalk and the more I sleepwalk the more tired I get. It really is a vicious cycle.
Also stress is a huge factor in my sleeping condition!
But at the moment I am currently in the midst of a separation which doesn't help.
So tonight I've literally ripped the front door handle off the door trying to get out of my house and have really hurt myself.
The night before I carried my 2 year old son out of the property and cried on the ground thinking he was going to die.
It is every night, sometimes once a night, sometimes anything up to 5 times!
If I try nap in the day, I'm up sleepwalking within 10 minutes of falling asleep. I'm so effing tired, I dont know what to do.
I've been put on really strong anti psychotic medication in the past and I still slept walked and the next day I just felt out of it with a medication hangover. So I pulled the plug on that.
I'm doing it when I'm in my light stages of sleep and my sleepwalking condition is called hypnogogic state, so I dream of something and I think it is real, I'm completely awake, but I am like I am hypnotized and I'm stuck in this state of mind and cant convince me otherwise.
At one stage I was jumping out of the windows in my old house, thinking the house was going to blow up! Was a 1.5 meter drop onto cement and I also really hurt myself doing that.
I dream a lot of the time that my son is going to die, I wake up traumatized! There is always a day, Friday he will die. I'm hysterical and while I'm holding him he is sleeping but it's like he is dead.
Other times I have to escape the house as I'm dreaming about fire, explosions, or things like electricity. I dread going to bed at night, I miss sleep so much.
I have 2 older kids and they have known me to do this their whole lives.
I dont want my son growing up knowing me to be like this....
Can anyone please make any suggestions?
I have imported over CBD oil from a well known reputable company after a tonne of research, it hasnt arrived yet but is meant to help with anxiety, depression and sleep conditions. But other than that I have nothing.
Have also tried sleeping tablets in past but got easily hooked on them and I dont want to be knocked out if something were to really happen and I just slept through it.
I also did a sleep study at a sleep clinic and the night I went I didn't sleepwalk so they couldn't even see what brain activity was going on during my night time adventures.
I will be making an appointment with my GP tomorrow but you never know if someone here may have ever experienced something similar.
I have never hurt my kids while doing this, I'm always trying to save them (in my mind from my dreams) but my concern is if I'm carrying my son and I fall, I could hurt him that way.
Please someone help me.
7 Replies
Okay, you need another sleep
Study. 5 consistant day. See your dr and get a plan happening. Your right, it’s dangerous and you need a solution
Goodness! Can your ex look after your child while you get this sorted? Even if it's just nights? If your child gets hurt you will end up with docs involved. Not trying to make you feel worse but it is really dangerous. Or perhaps have another adult stay with you until it's sorted and lock you in your room or something.
Ded look at getting another sleep study done
CBD oil is good. you could also try the other part of cannabis - THC - which is good for sleeping. it will put you and keep you asleep and it also disrupts the dreaming / nightmare cycle.
Isnt the medication hangover better than the sleepwalking events? How traumatizing for your child im sorry but the meds seem preferable to me
I don’t have much in the way of suggestions; just understanding. My partner sleepwalks and talks like this too. The more stressed or anxious he is the more he walks and talks, and he can have full conversations (that make no logical sense to anyone but him) and appear fully awake until he has his ‘re-entry’ moment and you realise that he was actually still asleep. The best I can think of is trying to manage your stress as much as possible. Seeing a counsellor may help, and as cliche as it sounds, eating as healthy a diet as possible, and maybe meditation to calm your mind may help.
Organising an adult to stay over for a few nights while you get caught up on some sleep may help. It’s easier said than done, I know, but this is a safety risk.
Reply from a lady on FB-
Belinda Crawford- My husband used to be a chronic sleep walker/talker. Used to be worse when he was stressed. He once woke me from my sleep trying to save me from a steal beam falling on me (we were building at the time). It wasn’t a beam it was the curtain rod in our bedroom. Scared the crap out of me. Hes sleepwalked all his life and done some crazy stuff like open doors and walk down the street (lived at the top of a steep hill at the time). Put his hand through a glass window as a kid. It all stopped when he had a tonsillectomy as an adult. Doesn’t do it anymore. Our daughter did it too not as bad but also stopped after her tonsillectomy. Good luck. I hope u find a solution soon.