Sleepwalking

Have you ever sleepwalked?  I have.  It's also called somnambulism.  Yikes.

It's more common in children and thought to be due to lack of sleep, tiredness/fatigue and anxiety.

It's far less common in adults and is usually associated with alcohol, sedatives, sleep medication, seizures and mental disorders.

I can easily blame my child sleep walking on anxiety and the adult sleepwalking on alcohol (doh!).  What I find interesting is that scientists are currently finding links between migraines and sleepwalking.  Migraines are a neurological disorder (not just a bad headache).  Fascinating that it all could be linked together!

Info on sleepwalking: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/PMH0001811/

Sleepwalking and migraines: http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/sleepwalking/DS01009/DSECTION=causes