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By Mayo Clinic staffUnless you live alone and are completely unaware of your nocturnal wanderings, chances are you'll make the diagnosis of sleepwalking for yourself. If your child sleepwalks, you'll know it.
Your doctor may do a physical or psychological exam to identify any conditions that may be contributing to the sleepwalking, such as an abnormal heart rhythm, a seizure disorder or panic attacks. In some cases, observation or tests in an overnight sleep lab may be recommended.
- Sleepwalking. National Sleep Foundation. Accessed May 26, 2009.
- Sleepwalking. Sleepeducation.com. http://www.sleepeducation.com/Disorder.aspx?id=14. Accessed May 26, 2009.
- Sleepwalking & sleeptalking. American Academy of Sleep Medicine. http://www.aasmnet.org./FactSheets/SleepwalkingTalking.pdf. Accessed May 26, 2009.
- National sleep disorders research plan. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. National Institutes of Health. http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/prof/sleep/res_plan/section5/section5a.html. Accessed May 27. 2009.
- Guilleminault C, et al. Sleepwalking and sleep terrors in prepubertal children: What triggers them? Pediatrics. 2003;111;e17.
