Sleepwalking | ADHD Information

I always hope for the best, but sometimes the worst happens. I screw up or forget things that need to be done at  work that are of utmost importance. I can't pay attention to the boring paperwork. Then something happens like today. I sleep-walk and turn my alarm off. It's not the same get up and walk around kind of sleepwalking. I clearly recall waking to the alarm and hitting snooze like 20 times as usual. But this time, for some reason, I woke up 15 minutes too late to catch the bus & then realized the alarm was turned comepletely off. I rewind my past half hour trying to recall turning it off and I just can't. Finally I give up trying to figure it out and decide to call in sick instead of taking the pay cut. I have sick time and I need the money badly. I call in sick. Hoping to justify my actions I try to lay back down in bed and try to "feel" sick. Now I am wide awake and not feeling any pain.

I was told sleepwalking stops after age 15, so why do I still do it?

[QUOTE=sonya_h]I remember my mom waking me up for school.  Then I remember waking up, going to the bathroom, and washing my face, brushing my teeth, and then my mom starts yelling my name, and hollering at me, and I'm "WHAT???".....it's only then that I realize I had only DREAMED I had gotten up and done all those things...I would actually have fallen back asleep would still be in the bed...[/QUOTE]

OMG yes!!!! I've done that so many times. It was almost a guarantee if I was starting a new job, or going on a vacation the next day. I've even had it happen before wedding days where I was a bridesmaid. I'd dream that I had gotten up, gotten ready, and then suddenly I'm waking for real. Arrg! When it happens, sometimes later I can't remember what the "dream" was, and what REALLY was.
bcgirl197838497.6026967593I dunno, I've done that quite a few times myself. I don't think it's really sleepwalking. I think it's just being in a partially awake state where in your dream it's ok to turn off the alarm, even though it isn't in real life. I often have dreams that it's Saturday even when it's like Wednesday.I remember my mom waking me up for school.  Then I remember waking up, going to the bathroom, and washing my face, brushing my teeth, and then my mom starts yelling my name, and hollering at me, and I'm "WHAT???".....it's only then that I realize I had only DREAMED I had gotten up and done all those things...I would actually have fallen back asleep would still be in the bed...I've done this lots of times. I've even hit the snooze in my sleep. My alarm is set for 6:30, and my routine is to hit snooze twice. I've often woken to the alarm at 6:39 and not remembered for the life of me hitting snooze the first time.