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Sleep and teenagers: 12-18 years
Lack of sleep can make it harder for your child to behave well, regulate emotions, pay attention and do well at school, and get along with others. Being tired all the time can even contribute to mental health issues like anxiety and depression.
Most teenagers need 8-10 hours of sleep each night. Some need as little as 7 hours or as much as 11 hours.
It’s very common for children in the early teen years to start wanting to go to bed later at night and get up later in the morning. This is because they start to secrete melatonin later at night than they did in earlier childhood, which affects their circadian rhythms. Also, as their brains mature during puberty, children can stay awake for longer.
Good daytime habits can help teenagers get the sleep they need, especially as they get towards the later teen years. These habits can also help children avoid or sort out any sleep problems that come up.
Waking, sleeping and napping routines
Encourage your child to:
You can be a healthy sleep role model for your child – for example, by winding down before bed, reducing screen-time before bed, relaxing and managing stress, and reducing your use of stimulants like caffeine before bedtime.
A change in your child’s sleep behaviour – like going to bed later than you’d like – isn’t necessarily a sleep problem.
Signs that your teenage child has sleep problems might include difficulties with:
If your child has sleep problems, they might also feel tired during the day, or have trouble remembering things or concentrating.
Your child might be able to solve some sleep problems by getting into the good sleep habits described above. But if persistent problems with sleep are affecting your child’s wellbeing, schoolwork, relationships or mental health, it might be time to see a GP, school counsellor or psychologist.
If children have sleep problems, they need to be involved in solving their own sleep issues.
You can get your child’s input by asking about what makes it harder for them to get to sleep, or what keeps them awake. Then your child might be able to choose a daytime or evening habit that they think will help. For example, if they don’t feel tired, they might focus on doing more physical activity each afternoon.
It’s a good idea to praise your child when you notice they're trying to make changes to sleep patterns or trying out strategies you’ve discussed.
Lots of after-school activities like sport, music or part-time work can cut into your child’s sleep time or make it harder to unwind before bed. If this is the case with your child, you might need to talk about it. For example, your child might be able to reschedule some activities so they don’t interfere with sleep.
Young people should avoid alcohol and illegal drug use completely. These substances have a bad impact on sleep, mental health and wellbeing. They can also harm young people’s developing brains.
This article was developed in collaboration with the Centre for Adolescent Health, Royal Children’s Hospital, Melbourne. The Centre for Adolescent Health acknowledges Professor Dorothy Bruck for her contribution to this article.
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Sexsomnia or sleep sex occurs when an individual engages in sexual acts while asleep.
Most available research has found that sexsomnia episodes occur mostly during non-rapid-eye-movement (NREM), the dreamless, deepest stage of the sleep cycle.
Sexual dreams are not considered a type of sexsomnia because they do not involve physical actions or behaviors aside from arousal and ejaculation.
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Sexsomnia is when a person enagages in sexual activity while sleeping.
Sexsomnia is considered a type of parasomnia, an abnormal activity, behavior, or experience that occurs during deep sleep. But many of the facts about sexsomnia, such as its exact cause, the variety of symptoms, and its prevalence, are not understood.
Sexsomnia is a relatively new condition, with the first official case reported in 1986. And according to a 2015 study, only 94 cases of sleep sex have been documented worldwide.
Sexsomnia is also very difficult to study long-term because it takes place randomly during the night.
Sexsomnia often causes self-touching or sexual motions, but it can also cause an individual to seek sexual intimacy with others unknowingly. Sexsomnia may also occur at the same time as other parasomnia activities, such as sleepwalking or talking.
Sometimes it is a partner, roommate, or parent, who first notices symptoms of the condition. Sexual partners might also notice that their partner has an abnormally heightened level of sexual aggression and decreased inhibitions randomly in the night.
Common symptoms of sexsomnia episodes include:
Aside from the physical symptoms that occur during episodes, sexsomnia can have harmful emotional, psychosocial, and even criminal consequences.
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Sleep deprivation, stress, and shift-work may all trigger sexsomnia.

As with other parasomnias, such as sleepwalking, it seems sexsomnia is caused by a disruption while the brain is moving between deep sleep cycles. These disturbances are often called confusion arousals (CAs).
Though the causes of sleep sex remain unknown, research shows the condition has clear risk factors, primarily medical conditions, lifestyle habits, jobs, and medications that interfere with sleeping patterns.
Triggers considered to increase the likelihood of sexsomnia include:
Obstructive sleep apnea is linked to many of the documented cases of sexsomnia, likely because it causes disruptions during deep sleep.
Some people who develop sexsomnia in adulthood engage in other parasomnia behaviors, most commonly sleepwalking, or did in childhood.
Medical conditions considered risk factors for sexsomnia include:
When sexsomnia is related to the use of alcohol or illegal drugs, treatment involves immediately stopping use or reducing the drug to a safe level of use.
People experiencing sleep sex as a side effect of prescription medications may need to stop taking the drugs or change the dosage.
In many cases though, the benefit of the medication outweighs the side effects, so treatment may focus on reducing the impact of sexsomnia symptoms.
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It seems that the best way to treat the condition is to maintain a healthy, regular, sleep-wake schedule.
In most reported cases, symptoms of sexsomnia were reduced or resolved when individuals got more consistent, high-quality sleep.
The actual effect of treatment on sexsomnia is poorly understood because the symptoms are difficult to track long-term.
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Some medications may be recommended to treat sexsomnia, including mild sedatives and antidepressants.
In some reported cases, off-label medications designed and approved for the treatment of other conditions have been used to manage sexsomnia.
Treating underlying conditions that cause sleep disruption, such as sleep apnea, may also reduce or resolve cases of sexsomnia.
Medical treatment options for sexsomnia include:
In nearly every described case of sexsomnia, at least part of the treatment process involved lifestyle adjustments. As many of the symptoms of sexsomnia negatively impact other people, the best way to treat it tends to be nighttime isolation.
Some people with sexsomnia reduced problematic symptoms by locking themselves in their bedroom alone at night or placing an alarm system on their bedroom door.
Seeing a psychiatrist or psychologist may also reduce feelings of embarrassment and shame associated with sexsomnia.
People with sexsomnia may also significantly reduce emotional and psychosocial symptoms by undergoing group counseling sessions with the person negatively impacted by symptoms.
In most documented cases, sexsomnia symptoms have alarmed or angered the conscious bed partner.
A 2007 studyTrusted Source concluded, however, that during sexsomnia episodes some partners were less hurried, gentler, and more focused on satisfying their partner.
Sexsomnia was only recently classified medically, so there is no standard diagnostic process for the condition.
A psychiatrist, often one specializing in sleep disorders, may diagnose sexsomnia by reviewing individual medical history and asking questions about symptoms. However, the most widely accepted diagnostic method for sexsomnia is video-polysomnography (vPSG).
During vPSG, an individual is attached to physiological devices, such as heart rate, breathing, and motion monitors, and videotaped while they sleep.
Currently sleep sex is classified as a type of parasomnia in the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5).
The International Classification of Sleep Disorders, Third Edition (ICSD-3), also classifies sexsomnia as a type of non-REM parasomnia.
Some people feel ashamed or embarrassed to learn they have done things they do not remember doing, especially sexual acts.
Sexsomnia can also make the question of consent difficult, given the individual initiating or engaging in the sexual act is technically unconscious. Several court cases have involved charges of sexual misconduct relating to sleep sex with a variety of outcomes.
Although a person’s medical history and other evidence will be carefully examined in court, determining responsibility remains complicated and controversial.
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