Although somnambulism has no cure and ceases without any specific treatment, there are some strategies that can decrease its frequency, thus improving the sleep of the whole family.
To improve the quality of sleep of the child, the adolescent or adult and avoid the episodes of sleepwalking is advised to adopt some measures of sleep hygiene, so that the person can get enough rest, such as going to sleep at the same time, avoiding food and stimulating drinks and dealing with emotions because in some cases episodes of sleepwalking are related to feelings of insecurity, fear and anxiety. Check out the causes and how to diagnose sleepwalking.
Practical strategies for quitting somnambulism
Check out what you can do so that somnambulism does not happen again.
- Waking up the person before the episode happens
A good tip is to observe the time that the person wont sleep sleep and wake her a few minutes before the episode manifests itself. By adopting this strategy daily for a few weeks, somnambulism tends to cease altogether.
- Adopt strategies to wake up to pee at night
Many children are sleepwalking because they can not wake up completely to go to the bathroom to pee and in this case, she can urinate in other places of the house, thinking that she is in the bathroom. What you can do, in this case, is to take the child to pee before going to bed and avoid taking water, juice, milk or soup at dinner time.
Putting on a special pajama that has an alarm that promotes vibration when the wetting of the pee is also a good strategy to prevent the child from peeing in bed and having episodes of sleepwalking because of the urge to urinate. Check out 6 steps to help the child not to pee in bed.
- Taking calming and tranquilizers
Children and adolescents do not need to use medication, however, when the adult is affected and episodes of somnambulism are frequent and unpleasant, the doctor may indicate taking medicines to calm and sleep better. Soothing teas like passiflora or chamomile can also help.
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