Fortunately, abstaining from ice cream is not necessary. Placing the tongue hard against the palate may help, as will eating cold foods more slowly or warming food in the front of your mouth before swallowing.

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1. 1. elwynphils 03:50 AM 2/22/09

   I am a sleepwalker myself and I do sleepwalk frequently; I am 35 years old now. It started when I was ten years old and until now I still do sleepwalk. There were so many sleepwalks that I've done that were alarming like hurting myself. There was a time when we had a training and we were housed on a pad which has a veranda overlooking a lake. On the first night, I sleepwalked towards the door leading the veranda and My roommate was awakened when he heard some noise from me trying to open the locked door and he suddenly shouted at me to keep me to keep me awake and I realized what happened to me I was able to get out and alone in the veranda which is 50 feet high. He told me that my eyes was so glaring. There was also a time when I slept in the second deck and I've broken my knees 'coz I sleepwalked and fell. These are only two of my the many sleepwalk experiences of mine and I'm so worried about it. I want to offer myself for observation subject if you have studies about sleepwalking. You can reach me at +63918382118. I live in the Philippines. Thank you

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2. 2. teresaalthea 01:08 AM 6/2/09

   I was just told about my neighbors daughter who sleepwalks. she just got out of bed and went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator and opened the crisper and urinated in the crisper drawer. This just happened tonight

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3. 3. teresaalthea 01:13 AM 6/2/09

   My neighbor's 7 yr. old daughter just got out of bed-sleepwalking tonight. She went down to the refrigerator, opened the crisper drawer and urinated in the drawer. She woke up crying and apologizing.

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4. 4. Alexalexalex333 12:26 AM 8/24/10

   I'm worried that I am a sleepwalker! I noticed a few days ago that things like jewelry, pens, bobbypins, and other random objects that were on my desk were thrown all over my floor! I've never had a problem with sleepwalking before....

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5. 5. Xtrawdenair 03:44 PM 9/5/10

   I believe sleep walking is a state where another spirit takes control of the mind. This spirit, which perhaps knows everything about the person and their weakness(es) takes control and makes the body do whatever it wants. These spirits may cause the person to commit harmless or extremely evil acts. While on tour in Iraq as a soldier in the U S Army, I saw two cases in which two of my comrades were controlled in their sleep; one of them was my room mate. To make these stories short, my room mate woke up and started talking, I looked at him and saw in his eyes that he was not the person I knew. The other case, the soldier got up, in the middle of the night, suited up, with his rounds unloaded(thank God) and went a few feet from his sleeping area to fall asleep on a Humvee. Both these soldiers had no recollection of the events.
   
   Sleepwalking is the state of mind that is similar to drunkenness, rage,hypnotism etc. Sometimes these spirits are Vienna control of the body and sometimes they can just take control. Either way is dangerous. That's how harmless people commit random acts of violence.
   
   There is so much to say on this topic but I might discourage you with all this writing when all the other posts are so much shorter.

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6. 6. LukerGirl 11:04 PM 9/11/10

   I am 28 yrs old, a mother of two, I have been sleep walking. I do this about 3-5 times a yr that I can actually remember. The latest episodes have been with me taking medications in my sleep, I remember the dream and then counted the medication and realized it happened. Then the next night I dreamt I slept between mine and the neighbors garden...I didn't think anything of it, but when I realized I had taken the pills I thought i would check and yes the grass is matted down between the two gardens and some of their plants are pulled up...Before I had never left the house, that I remember, now I am worried! I could have over dosed and I could have really been hurt outside. what can I do to stop this? I need help. please if anyone has any information respond.

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7. 7. mauifamily 09:32 PM 5/3/12

   I did sleep walk when I was a child and then stopped till about 4 years ago when I started up again (36 yrs. old). I have recently started to take PharmaGaba and magnesium at night and have not had a sleep walking episode since. It has been three weeks. I usually would sleep walk a couple times a week. I hope this helps others get the sleep they need!
   

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