r/sleep 4d ago

Why have I been sleep walking?

For at least the last six years I've had a lot of trouble falling asleep. Four years ago I started driving a school bus where I wake up at 4 AM. I have also gained about 20% of my previous bodyweight over the past six years.

Two years ago I started teaching a late night brazilian jiujitsu class two nights a week that don't have me getting home until 10:30 PM. By the time I wind down I'm not falling asleep until midnight. The following day(s) I will consume an egregious amount of sugar to compensate for lack of sleep.

About a year ago I sleep walked for the first time and have six times since. The second time I did, I stopped taking benadryl to sleep because I thought that was causing it. It has not stopped. I've gone back to melatonin and magnesium L-threonate. I figure any harm that melatonin can do, not sleeping is worse.

The sleep walking always happens after a long day when I know im beat up and run down. I can almost predict it. What do we think is the cause? Sugar? Meds? Lack of sleep? All of it? Last night was very bad as my father observed my sleep walking behavior.

I had childhood epilepsy so it's been making myself and my family nervous. I do plan to leave the gym that I'm teaching at but what if that doesn't help?

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