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Mike, from what I have been able to find sleepwalking is a parasomnia caused by arousals in slow wave sleep usually in the first third of the night. Apneac patients have lots of arousals making the chances for sleepwalking greater. So I guess by treating the apnea and thus eliminating or decreasing the arousals one can lower the risk of sleepwalking. Fascinating how it all slowly leads back to fixing the apnea.
that totally explains the connection between sleepwalking and apnea, which was not at all obvious to me. thanks, as always, Rock! You da man!
Rock Hinkle said:Mike, from what I have been able to find sleepwalking is a parasomnia caused by arousals in slow wave sleep usually in the first third of the night. Apneac patients have lots of arousals making the chances for sleepwalking greater. So I guess by treating the apnea and thus eliminating or decreasing the arousals one can lower the risk of sleepwalking. Fascinating how it all slowly leads back to fixing the apnea.
Thanks, Rock for your great explanation, which is along the lines of what I was thinking. Sometimes, when you're transitioning back and forth from sleep to wake, there's more of a chance that your sleep stages can get confused and get "stuck" in an intermediate stage.
There are reports of other various conditions such as cluster headaches and cathathrenia (moaning loudly while sleeping) resolving completely by treating an underlying sleep-breathing problem. Dr. Christian Guilleminault reported on both these conditions.
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