Jennifer Aniston: Sleepwalking Again

We have heard it before, and now we are hearing about it again -- Friends star Jennifer Aniston is out on the prowl -- in her sleep. 

Aniston is a sleepwalker. Back in 2006 she reportedly made it out of the house she shared with Brad Pitt.

She is quoted as saying:

"I sleepwalk. I set off our alarm once. I was outside. The alarm scared the **** out of me and I woke up, and I was out by the pool equipment in the back. I don't know what I was doing. I heard this yelling because he's terrified, he hears the alarm and I'm not there!"

Aniston's recent ventures into the world of somnambulism are thought to be brought on by stress from her break-up with actor and all around Swinger Vince Vaughn.

In truth, stress can bring about sleepwalking. It is not uncommon to have patients explain to me that they were sleepwalkers as children, and then, during times of sleep deprivation and stress, it comes back.

The treatment? Get more sleep and it should subside. If this is not the case and you sleepwalk all the time, then there are a few things to do:

1. Safety first:  make sure there are gates on the stairs.


2. Put a door alarm on the bedroom door.


3. Move furniture with sharp corners, and key lock the door and hide the key.


4. Consider seeing a sleep specialist and ask about the medication Klonopin.

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