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Scared, but trying not to panic

Posted by Debbie on July 06, 1999 at 19:19:42:

My husband has been a sleepwalker from childhood according to his parents. There are tons of "funny" stories of him waking up in strange places or having conversations with his mom that he had no recollection of. We've been married 8 weeks and I've experienced a few "episodes" where he wakes up disoriented, or maybe standing in another room with all the lights on and not know how he got there. Last night, however, things were VERY different. Somewhere around 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning, he threw all the covers off like he was just hot or something. When I asked him if he wanted some water, he flipped over, took his pillow and pushed me down in the bed with it, then swatted at me a few times, and finally grabbing my arm and leg and trying to throw me out of the bed. The whole time he was saying over and over, "get away, get away". After calling his name several times, he let go of me and got out of bed and walked out of the room, even closing the door behind him. I was terrified. I turned on the light in our bedroom, knowing he was obviously sleepwalking or having a nightmare, but not having a clue on how to handle it. When he returned to the room, he was "awake", but had no memory of what had happened. He was amazed to learn the details today of what he had done. He's been under an enourmous amount of stress lately, and believes that has a lot to do with it. He is open to going to a sleep center, but we can't go for three weeks. (he is currently uninsured). How am I supposed to get through the next three weeks???? Should we sleep in separate rooms? Is there a threat to my 18 month old baby??? I need real, honest, help.

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