Patient's question:
Daughter is 26 months old. Recently, she has been talking in her sleep quite severely. She often suddenly talks between 3 and 4 a.m., sometimes accompanied by crying. After being turned over, she shows improvement, but she still talks after a while. What methods can be used to treat this?Doctor's answer:
Sleep talking is more common in children with neurosis and neurofunctional instability. Sleep talking often has a hereditary tendency. People often dream after falling asleep. During sleep, they may talk, sing, or laugh. Sometimes, sleep talking is coherent speech or a continuous narrative. In some cases, when someone is sleep talking, others may interrupt, and they respond as if they are having a conversation. Some people's sleep talking is not clearly articulated or consists only of fragmented, unformed words. Sleep talking is also known as somniloquy. Many people experience this. Somniloquy can occur at any stage of sleep. The content of sleep talking often resembles normal daytime thoughts. It is usually about things that occurred during the day. Frequent sleep talking is often caused by excessive heart fire, overheated liver fire, and mental tension.