Hi Donna - How frightening that must have been to wake up outside with no clothes on. From what I was able to find on a number of patient support forums you're not alone in dealing with both epilepsy and sleepwalking.
The EmpowHer reference page on sleep walking provides a lot of helpful information: https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/sleepwalking
There is a more detailed clinical explanation in this report from MedScape's clinical reference service: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1188854-overview
The university of Alabama did a study of sleep walking and epilepsy. The report states: Recent studies of epilepsy show that clinical manifestations of nearly all seizure disorders are linked to sleep physiology.In nearly 80 percent of cases, seizures occur predominantly during sleep or on arousal from sleep...Simple parasomnias, such as sleepwalking and sleep talking, tend to be more common in children and occur less frequently as the brain’s sleep mechanism matures,although they can resurface during periods of psychological stress.
http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=17528
Please let us know if this information is helpful and keep us posted on your progress. Hopefully if you do walk outside in your sleep in the future you will have clothes on, but more importantly, you will remain safe.
Take care, Pat
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Hi Donna - How frightening that must have been to wake up outside with no clothes on. From what I was able to find on a number of patient support forums you're not alone in dealing with both epilepsy and sleepwalking.
The EmpowHer reference page on sleep walking provides a lot of helpful information: https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/sleepwalking
There is a more detailed clinical explanation in this report from MedScape's clinical reference service: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/1188854-overview
The university of Alabama did a study of sleep walking and epilepsy. The report states: Recent studies of epilepsy show that clinical manifestations of nearly all seizure disorders are linked to sleep physiology.In nearly 80 percent of cases, seizures occur predominantly during sleep or on arousal from sleep...Simple parasomnias, such as sleepwalking and sleep talking, tend to be more common in children and occur less frequently as the brain’s sleep mechanism matures,although they can resurface during periods of psychological stress.
http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=17528
Please let us know if this information is helpful and keep us posted on your progress. Hopefully if you do walk outside in your sleep in the future you will have clothes on, but more importantly, you will remain safe.
March 31, 2010 - 5:27pmTake care, Pat
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