• Question: Is there any paticular reason that we sleep walk/talk, if so does vitamin A have anything to do with it?

    Asked by SD1901 to Anna on 16 Mar 2015. This question was also asked by potato.
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      Anna Ashton answered on 16 Mar 2015:

      Hey SD1901,

      That’s a good question and one that we don’t really know the answer to!
      We don’t really know what causes sleep walking and talking, you’re more likely to do it if your parents do though which suggests it’s caused by something in your genes.
      Also if you are prone to sleepwalking there are some things that could make you do it more, like extreme tiredness, alcohol and some medicines.

      As far as I know noone’s looked at whether vitamin A is linked to sleep walking, it’s possible! Vitamin A gets converted into a powerful molecule called retinoic acid, which is used in brain for controlling genes for lots of different things, so I wouldn’t rule it out.

      Thanks for the question 🙂

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