Sleepwalking is scary. What are the symptoms of sleepwalking?

I wonder if you have ever seen someone sleepwalking. I saw one once and it was really scary. Sleepwalking refers to a strange phenomenon where a person gets out of bed automatically during sleep and then goes back to bed to continue sleeping. Sleepwalking is usually in a semi-awake state. What are the symptoms of sleepwalking?

Sleepwalking symptoms

1. Frequent walking during sleep, usually in the first third stage of the main sleep phase.

2. When sleepwalking, the patient's facial expression is dull and he or she basically does not respond to the stimulation of others. It is also difficult to forcibly awaken the sleepwalker.

3. When waking up (either after the sleepwalking ends or on the next morning), the patient has forgotten most of what happened during the sleepwalking.

4. Within a few minutes of waking up from sleepwalking, the patient's psychological activities and behaviors are not damaged (although the patient may be confused and disoriented at the first moment of waking up).

5. There are no organic factors such as epilepsy involved in the initiation and progress of sleepwalking, but the patient may suffer from epilepsy and not receive normal treatment.

Sleepwalking Treatment

When treating sleepwalking, psychological therapy and drug therapy must be carried out simultaneously. Negative mental factors should be removed, anxiety, fear and tension should be eliminated, the environment should be improved, and the patient should pay attention to the combination of work and rest and physical exercise; at the same time, appropriate doses of sedatives and sleeping pills should be used according to their different ages, such as diazepam, mefenamic acid, and chlordiazepoxide. According to reports, patients taking imipramine orally before going to bed under the guidance of doctors also have better effects. Waking him up in time when sleepwalking just occurs is also an effective measure.