Blacking Out and Sleepwalking

[OMG!WTF!]

I used to wake up in the drive thru all the time. Hide the keys. It was a an inner ear issue with me.

[GGG]

I only pee in laundry baskets when I'm drunk.

[CaptainYooh]

Originally Posted by FlamesAddiction

...When I was a child, I used to sleepwalk rarely...

Have you become comfortably numb?

P.S. Just trying to cheer you up a bit.

[FlamesAddiction]

Thanks for all the advice. I try not to diagnose myself on websites because they always have worst case scenarios highlighted. I read things like early signs of Parkinsons to brain cancer.

I am beginning to wonder if something has been preventing me from REM sleep making me tired during the day until my brain couldn't handle it any more and shut down other functions. Like some kind of serotonin imbalance. As far as I can tell, my diet has been pretty consistent.

I have a regular doctors appointment soon so I will will bring it up.

[Huntingwhale]

I've always found sleepwalking fascinating. You here stories like OP's where they appear to be fully functioning, eyes open, often responding and motor skills intact. Yet somehow they are asleep and have no recollection of what is happening. That just seems unreal to someone like myself who is such a light sleeper, that I could walk around my house, go up and downstairs, eat/drink and have the presence of mind to pull my wiener out and pee.

If I lived with someone and they started doing this, I would automatically assume they are high on drugs. They say you aren't supposed to wake up someone who is sleeping walking because they might freak out since they will have no idea where they are. But I don't care. Someone wandering around my house for a couple hours sleepwalking doing random things would trip me the hell out, you'd better believe I'd be doing my best to wake their ass up.

[puffnstuff]

My daughter sleepwalks occasionally but only right after she falls asleep, within the first half hour or so. She wanders a little bit and talks/mumbles. All we have to do is say 'go back to bed' she nods and wanders back to bed.

[Wastedyouth]

Happened to an employee of mine. They never did find out why it happened now.

[getbak]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

I used to wake up in the drive thru all the time. Hide the keys. It was a an inner ear issue with me.

An inner ear issue? You mean like one of those mind-control bugs from Wrath of Khan crawled inside your ear?

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by getbak

An inner ear issue? You mean like one of those mind-control bugs from Wrath of Khan crawled inside your ear?

No and that would suck. It was a vestibular disorder brought on by meningitis I had in 2009. Wild dreams. Terrible nightmares. And crazy sleep walking, waking dreams. That sort of thing. Even seizures. It sucked. I quit eating fast food like around 2000 but must have subconsciously wanted it because I would literally wake up standing at the drive thru window in my boxer shorts and basketball shoes. Those poor poor Wendy's staff.

[topfiverecords]

Originally Posted by omg!wtf!

no and that would suck. It was a vestibular disorder brought on by meningitis i had in 2009. Wild dreams. Terrible nightmares. And crazy sleep walking, waking dreams. That sort of thing. Even seizures. It sucked. I quit eating fast food like around 2000 but must have subconsciously wanted it because i would literally wake up standing at the drive thru window in my boxer shorts and basketball shoes. Those poor poor wendy's staff.

omg!wtf!

[Reaper]

I have sleepwalked at various points in my life usually as a result of stress. When my brain was overwhelmed with math in junior high it was reported that I would get out of bed, sit on the edge of the bathtub, and sit there shaking my head. When I was in my 20s I woke up sitting on the door sill to the balcony with my feet outside. A blanket was hanged over the balcony railing that I did not remember putting there. The part that freaked me out the most was that I lived on the tenth floor at the time.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by Huntingwhale

They say you aren't supposed to wake up someone who is sleeping walking because they might freak out since they will have no idea where they are. But I don't care. Someone wandering around my house for a couple hours sleepwalking doing random things would trip me the hell out, you'd better believe I'd be doing my best to wake their ass up.

Good thing is, there's no harm in waking up someone who is sleep walking.

Give them a minute, let them gather themselves when you wake them up, then they should be good to go

[Cheese]

do you smell burnt toast?

[EVERLAST]

Don't forget to leave your tinfoil hat ON. It protects you from cellular signals and alien abduction if it isn't already too late.

[RougeUnderoos]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Good thing is, there's no harm in waking up someone who is sleep walking.

Give them a minute, let them gather themselves when you wake them up, then they should be good to go

Huh. That was just one of those things I'd heard since I was a kid and just believed it. It ain't true after all.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...may-kill-them/

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by STeeLy

Good thing is, there's no harm in waking up someone who is sleep walking.

Give them a minute, let them gather themselves when you wake them up, then they should be good to go

I prefer to do it from a safe distance with bear spray.

[STeeLy]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

I prefer to do it from a safe distance with bear spray.

Or an 11 foot pole if you wouldn't touch them with a 10 foot pole.

[blankall]

I would go to a doctor. The fact that this happened while you were awake and then you needed some intense recovery period after suggests something is pretty wrong. It sounds more like a psychotic episode than any kind of sleepwalking.

[blankall]

Originally Posted by OMG!WTF!

No and that would suck. It was a vestibular disorder brought on by meningitis I had in 2009. Wild dreams. Terrible nightmares. And crazy sleep walking, waking dreams. That sort of thing. Even seizures. It sucked. I quit eating fast food like around 2000 but must have subconsciously wanted it because I would literally wake up standing at the drive thru window in my boxer shorts and basketball shoes. Those poor poor Wendy's staff.

I'm assuming you would walk there?

[OMG!WTF!]

Originally Posted by blankall

I'm assuming you would walk there?

I drove a couple times too. I was a bit of a menace.