Originally posted by: conehead433
I've experienced sleepwalking recently and can say it hasn't been fun. I never sleepwalked as a child so I don't know why I started. For some bizarre reason I would usually only sleepwalk when I slept in my Home Theater room, which is very dark. Apparently I would get up to go the bathroom while I was asleep and would struggle to find the door to the rest of the house and the bathroom. I think I always kept my eyes closed because I could never see anything. I would feel my way around the walls of the room like a blind person sometimes spending an incredible amount of time trying to get to the door. At times I would be somewhat aware of my situation but wouldn't be able to do anything about it. Most of the time I would get up in the morning without any memory of the experience. On at least two occasions I fell down the stairs into the Home Theater room after successfully finding the bathroom. Once I knocked down a lamp and once I woke up to discover that I had knocked down the audio video rack. All the wires had pulled out of the receiver and I was lucky it and the DVD player still worked. Afterwards I more or less did away with the rack so I couldn't do the same thing again. And once I thought I was standing outside taking a piss but I was standing in my bedroom. Once I thought I was trapped in a room at a house I was wiring and couldn't find my way out. After bumping into an exercise ball and falling onto another bed I realized I was in my Home Theater room and actually woke up. It is a bizarre condition that may be in [art caused by drinking alcohol (possibly sometimes too much) and also it would seem that the need to relieve oneself has something to do with it as well. Doctors prescribe some kind of sedatives for the condition but I'm leery of taking any of them. My solution has been to sleep in my bedroom instead and I know I don't sleepwalk nearly as much although I still do occasionally. The bathroom is right off my bedroom so it's more familiar and I don't have to struggle to find it. Sometimes I'll take a combination of melatonin, passion flower and valerian root as sort of a natural sleep cocktail before I go to sleep and it seems that it may help. Although it can be amusing it also can be dangerous for the person who suffers from this condition. It's also very frustrating when you are aware that you're doing it but can't seem to do anything about it. I'm definitely never staying in a hotel room that has a balcony you can go out on. I hope the OP can get help for his girlfriend.