Sleepwalking, also known as sleep walking disorder, can be reasonably treated through general treatment, medication and psychotherapy.
1. General treatment: For patients with sleepwalking, the first thing they need to do is to eliminate the related triggering factors, such as excessive fatigue, stress, sleep deprivation, medication, etc.; during sleepwalking episodes, do not try to wake up and pay attention to protection from dangers and injuries.
2. Drug therapy: when the patient sleepwalking behavior is potentially dangerous or frequent episodes and trigger pain psychological, can be under the guidance of the doctor, the use of drugs to intervene. Such as commonly used long-acting agents benzodiazepines clonazepam or diazepam, etc.; can also be used amitriptyline, promethazine and other antidepressants for treatment.
3. Psychotherapy: hypnotherapy, relaxation exercises and other psychological behavioral treatments can be used by professional psychologists.
Specific treatment methods and the use of drugs, need to be under the guidance of a professional doctor, according to the patient’s condition to make a reasonable choice, do not blindly self-medication.