By Rachel Nowak. Sleep medicine experts have successfully treated a rare case of a woman having sex with strangers while sleepwalking. The behaviour had disrupted the lives of the woman and her partner. At night while asleep, the middle-aged sleepwalker — who lives in Australia and cannot be identified for reasons of confidentiality — left her house and had sexual intercourse with strangers. The behaviour continued for several months and the woman had no memory of her nocturnal activities. Circumstantial evidence, such as condoms found scattered around the house, alerted the couple to the problem. On one occasion, her partner awoke to find her missing, went searching for her and found her engaged in the sex act.

To formulate the first classification of sleep related disorders and abnormal sexual behaviors and experiences. A computerized literature search was conducted, and other sources, such as textbooks, were searched. Kleine-Levin syndrome 78 cases and parasomnias 31 cases were most frequently reported. Parasomnias and sleep related seizures had overlapping and divergent clinical features. Thirty-one cases of parasomnias 25 males; mean age, 32 years and 7 cases of sleep related seizures 4 males; mean age, 38 years were identified.

OHSU is open and providing safe care — in person and through virtual visits. Please call your clinic or see MyChart for details. As a reproductive psychiatrist and certified sexual health therapist, Dr. Cirino helps women who are struggling with emotional or mental health barriers to a healthy sex life. Studies have shown that sex is extremely beneficial to our health.