Do You Sleep Walk Or / And Talk In Your Sleep

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I was just wondering how common sleep walking / talking in your sleep is with people with ASD.

Do you think there is any correlation between sleep walking / talking and ASD or any of the comorbids associated with ASD?

I talk in my sleep.

I talk in my sleep a lot. I woke up talking about food one time.

I'm told that I occasionally talk and walk in my sleep. And that once in the middle of the night, I randomly shouted "I HATE TRUCKS!"

I think that ASD can make people more prone to just about anything, so why not sleep walking/talking? After all, a common ASD co-morbid is sleep issues.

I have had many philosophical debates in my sleep. Many of my debates are reflections of the day and how to better manage the next day.

Other people have told me I talk in my sleep. My friend told me I was talking about a robot being in the garden and how I wanted to investigate.

I used to sleep walk when I was taking Seroquel XR (quetiapine). Once I emptied a linen cupboard shelf of towels and put them all on the computer chair. The next morning I saw what I had done. I had a vague memory of doing it. I put the towels back quickly before my flatmate could see what I had done. I didn't want to have to explain myself.

Another time I got up and ranted at my flatmate (who was still up watching tv) about how I didn't want our two cats to be uncomfortable. Eventually I went back to bed.

Other things happened but those two examples come easily to my mind.

I haven't done any sleep walking since stopping that medication. I'm very glad about that.

Have episodes of sleepwalking when stressed.
Took the notorious Stillnox too which was to blame for people sleepdriving, sleepshopping and walking the streets nude, so who knows what I've been responsible for?

Used to sleep walk as a child. I don't think that I do that anymore.
I mutter and 'laugh' in my sleep, rarely talk intelligible words though.

No I don't do any of that. My boyfriend says I sometimes squeak or sigh in my sleep but that's it. I never snore either.

I used to have hullucinations when half asleep, like being convinced there is a huge spider in my bed, and I would run up and switch the light on to have a look. Then after a few seconds I would realise I was just imagining it. This started happening every night. But it stopped happening abruptly when I went on antidepressants, and it hasn't happened since. (But I didn't go on antidepressants because of that though).

According to my family, I do talk in my sleep quite a lot. In fact, I once woke up to myself talking in my sleep.

I don't think I've ever sleep walked/talked but I do have sleep issues occasionally ( my mind won't switch off ) however my GF does both on a regular basis and I highly suspect ASD in her and I wondered if there might be a link.

I have been told that I talk in my sleep by my family