Sleep walking

[bbjjre]

Would sleepwalking be considered a medical or is it an emotional condition? I have noticed my two year daughter has begun to sleepwalk, well just sitting up in bed and talking and laughing etc... but she is definitely asleep. I am a chronic sleepwalker but I had no idea that this could be passed on!

 

[David Baxter PhD]

I don't know if it's necessarily either. I'm neither a child psychologist nor an expert in sleep disorders but my general understanding is that it does have a physical and possibly a genetic basis in most cases.

More information:

Sleepwalking Causes

Sleepwalking - Overview - sleepdisorderchannel

Sleep Education.com

http://www.medicinenet.com/sleepwalking/article.htm

Sleepwalking

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000808.htm

 

[bbjjre]

thanks for the links.

 

[lallieth]

Here is another you may find useful

Sleepwalking in Children -- familydoctor.org