Sleep-Walking

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I was told this morning that apparently I picked up the phone when my sister called this morning - let out a big sigh & hung up the phone. Thing is, I have no recollection of this whatsoever... I can only conclude that I was sleep-walking. Is that even possible at my age though? (I'm 27) - I thought that [for the most part] sleep-walking only occurred at a young age?... There are exceptions, but it's not common as far as I know.

When I was youngster sleep-walking was a bit more common; I remember waking up in the kitchen, with fridge open & me eating. There was also the time I woke up on the living room floor, on the sofa, oh, & on the bathroom floor once.

I just wonder what causes something like this & if any variables, such as working out late last night (again) & thus sleeping from 4:00 am & waking up at 9:00 in the morning has anything to do with. I am fascinated by the human body.

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"from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

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Don't have any solutions for you sadly, but if you were really worn out, you should have slept better.

I do have a story. Goes to show that sleep-walking can occur at any age.

While I was in USCG Recruit Training, one of our guys woke up in the middle of the night. Or we thought he woke up in the middle of the night. Another recruit ran into him on the outboard end of the racks walking to the stern of the squadbay toward the firewell. When the other recruit asked his buddy what he was doing up, he stopped at position of attention, stared blankly at the bulkhead behind his fellow recruit and said, "I have to make sure the fire extinguisher is still there." He then proceeded to sleepwalk to the fire extinguisher, feel it up, then jumped back into the rack and passed out.

"If at first you don't succeed... well, so much for skydiving." - aviation cliche

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Yeras ago on a skiing holiday I'm told I (sleep) walked into the apartment across the hall from ours, pissed in the sink, then tried to get into bed with one of the people sleeping in there. And it wasn't even a woman.

This was recounted to my friends at breakfast the next day after the dudes whose apartment it was had asked me if I was allright this morning? Apart from monumentally hungover I was like WTF? I refused to believe it but the look on the two guys whose apartment it was kind of convinced me, as did my friend who pointed out why would they make this up?

That would have to rank as one of my most embarassing moments, luckily I don't remember any of it.

I've also cut a telephone wire in my sleep when I was younger, the ringing used to piss me off.

but what do I know

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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/sleepdisorders.html

See Parasomnias.

Sleep disorders are pretty common, in both children and adults, and also very under-diagnosed. Could have been a one-time thing, but if you start to feel like you're always tired or you sleep 7-9 hours a night but never feel rested, it might be worth talking to your doctor about a sleep study. Those things can uncover some fascinating stuff.

(I used to work for a sleep medicine company ... I'm hardly an expert, but I did learn a little about it when I worked there, and got to go through a test myself).

"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke

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copious amounts of alcohol disrupt sleep patterns and does not help, at least thats my experience.

but what do I know

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copious amounts of alcohol disrupt sleep patterns and does not help, at least thats my experience.

Funny you mention that... I did have the last of my egg-nog (of all things! - give me a break, it was the only thing I had) but there wasn't much left; I only took 3 good swigs.

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"from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

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Egg-nog in May?!? I think you have bigger problems than sleep walking.

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Don't have any solutions for you sadly, but if you were really worn out, you should have slept better.

I do have a story. Goes to show that sleep-walking can occur at any age.

While I was in USCG Recruit Training, one of our guys woke up in the middle of the night. Or we thought he woke up in the middle of the night. Another recruit ran into him on the outboard end of the racks walking to the stern of the squadbay toward the firewell. When the other recruit asked his buddy what he was doing up, he stopped at position of attention, stared blankly at the bulkhead behind his fellow recruit and said, "I have to make sure the fire extinguisher is still there." He then proceeded to sleepwalk to the fire extinguisher, feel it up, then jumped back into the rack and passed out.

HAHA funny bootcamp story.

At USMC bootcamp the drill instructors always woke us up screaming at us to get "on line." Meaning to stand at attention in front of our racks facing inward of the squad bay. Anyway this particular morning a recruit who had a top rack jumped out of bed and went running toward what he thought was the line. Unfortunately he jumped out of bed backwards and ended up running full bore into the bulkhead. It took everything I had not to bust out laughing and remain at attention.

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Egg-nog in May?!? I think you have bigger problems than sleep walking.

Christmas in July...Egg-nog in May..c'mon...

Dialogue/commentary between Divot, Twardo & myself -

"from your first Oshkosh when the three of us were riding to or from one of

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Yeras ago on a skiing holiday I'm told I (sleep) walked into the apartment across the hall from ours, pissed in the sink, then tried to get into bed with one of the people sleeping in there. And it wasn't even a woman.

This was recounted to my friends at breakfast the next day after the dudes whose apartment it was had asked me if I was allright this morning? Apart from monumentally hungover I was like WTF? I refused to believe it but the look on the two guys whose apartment it was kind of convinced me, as did my friend who pointed out why would they make this up?

That would have to rank as one of my most embarassing moments, luckily I don't remember any of it.

At least it was the sink and not their hamper.

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Yeras ago on a skiing holiday I'm told I (sleep) walked into the apartment across the hall from ours, pissed in the sink, then tried to get into bed with one of the people sleeping in there. And it wasn't even a woman.

This was recounted to my friends at breakfast the next day after the dudes whose apartment it was had asked me if I was allright this morning? Apart from monumentally hungover I was like WTF? I refused to believe it but the look on the two guys whose apartment it was kind of convinced me, as did my friend who pointed out why would they make this up?

That would have to rank as one of my most embarassing moments, luckily I don't remember any of it.

At least it was the sink and not their hamper.

or one of their beds

but what do I know