Quote Originally Posted by XterraChic
so a co-worker and i were just having a conversation about sleep walking.. she is in her mid 30's and every once and awhile sleep walks.. like gets up out of the bed and roams the house.. she said it was worse when she was youger.. now she has two kids.. one is 7 and the other is 3.. the 7 year old has been doing it frequently.. the 3 year old has just shown signs of it.. her daycare teacher informed the mom (my co-worker) that she gets up in the middle of nap time and walks around.. with that glazed look on her face..

so my question is.. is sleep walking herititary? is there medication that can prevent this?

she said one time she had woken up standing at the front door.. unlocking it!!

i mean how far would it go? would she drive??

just interested in some knowledge from people who have this or anyone who has studied it! its very interesting!!
My parents told me that they caught me unlooking the door once. And im not sure but i think that I actually got outside and walked two houses down to my grandmothers then got a toy i liked from her garage (at this time no door) then went back home and went to sleep. Im not sure of it but I wasnt caught but i can remember it so vividly like i was half awake half asleep. Then some occurances where i would go to sleep with a shirt on then wakeup with one off and my door would be locked the whole time. Weird i know. But I guess it could go to driving i dont think anything past cranking up the car. But if it was a stick then it could get dangerous.