But if your doctor has already recommended one of these types of medication for you, continue to take it as directed until your doctor agrees it is safe for you to stop. Many sleep clinics encourage new patients to bring a family member, roommate, or friend to the first visit. An overnight stay in a sleep lab is usually not necessary, except to rule out other sleep disorders. The onset typically occurs in prepubertal children. It is more common in children than in adolescents and adults.
Boys are more likely to sleepwalk than girls.
Sleepwalking can have a genetic tendency. If a child begins to sleepwalk at the age of 9, it often lasts into adulthood. For some, the episodes of sleepwalking occur less than once per month and do not result in harm to the patient or others. Others experince episodes more than once per month, but not nightly, and do not result in harm to the patient or others. In its most severe form, the episodes occur almost nightly or are associated with physical injury.