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| I have a 11 year old son and he has experienced night terrors too. I believe that combined with images from the television and video games that our children play, are probably to blame for our childrrens night-terrors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| in reply to your question on night terrors i just have this to say, i hope it will help... i am currently suffering from night terrors and they are becoming more frequent. my boyfriend has woken me up several times saying that i have been thrashing around and sometimes even screaming, although he says most of the time i am just wimpering and muttering various 'disturbing' sentances. I will wake up very scared but not remember much, if anything. to deal with it i am not exactly sure what to try, but as much as your son pushed you away he still just wants to be held. just talk to him and in a soothing voice until he calms. if he remembers anything about it talk to him it helps. also try to restrict things that may be causing them as much as possible, but dont be too overcautious it wont help to take away everything he loves. there is not much else i can tell you. i am hoping your son will grow out of it soon. talk to him as much as possible. |
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| a simple herb from the chemist promotes good dreams, Valerian. Please visit www.naturalremedies1.com for other ideas and info. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| My 11yo son recently started having night terrors. Very scary. It started last week when he had a fever and he was at his mums. He woke at about 11.00pm and thought someone was trying to kill him or make him do evil things so he left the house while his mum was asleep and ran (just in his boxers) about 2kms along the beach and through the bush to my place, I wasn't at home so he got some clothes off the line and dressed and then went to the local shops and called his mum 1800 reverse in a panic. The next day I picked him up at lunch and took him home as he still had a bit of a fever, after sleeping for about 20mins he came racing out of his room and said something9a monster) was trying to stick needles in his eyes, he seemed awake to me but obviously wasn't. I was beside myself as I have never seen anything like this. He was running aroung the house in a panic asking me to kill him as the fear/pain was too much to bear, then slowly he calmed down and then went back to sleep. Since then nothing till 2 nights ago I had fallen asleep on the lounge and was woken by him satnding next to me screaming 'they were trying to get him, nothing I could do could settle him then he suggested "lets just get out of here" so we went for a drive for 10 mins while he calmed down and went back straight to sleep when we got back.Yesterday a friend suggested it could be night terrors and so have since found this site. I dread most nights now but have stared using a method mentioned at a related site where he thinks of himself as a bright light to protect himself as he sleeps. last night was ok wait to see what happens tonight. I am just glad his behaviour is 'normal' for night terrors and he will grow out of them. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I am actually looking at this site in relation to night terrors also.Like yourself I have a son who is 10 years old. At an early age he started having these 'Night Terrors' Extremely scary for myself as a parent to witness, expecially since my other children have never experienced any such thing.I find that if i get him out of bed, take him into the kitchen and try to give him a drink he tends to snap out of it within about 10 minutes. I have had him screaming for over an hour before also, looking right past me with his eyes open appearing awake,and petrified of who knows what. He has never remembered having these terrors. Although he has stated to me when hes snapped out of his screaming state, that he saw me with wierd features, something really scary. all I know is that it seems harder for us as parents to deal with than it is them. My son has not had this happen for over 6 months, yet it happened tonight. He has a fever which I noticed from another sight was perhaps a contributing factor into terrors...who knows..If you find a great cure let me know, and perhaps we will all get a good nights sleep...Best of luck..Bianca. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I suffered from something similar. I was never "diagnosed" suffering night terrors but looking back they probably were. Ill let you into what your child "sees".... When I had them my mum said it was a result of playing hard, ie mucking around with friends, laughing hard, being a hyperactive kid basically. I agree to a certain extent. But kids are kids hey? My night terrors manifested in the form of sleep walking also. My parents used to find me in the bathtub, or downstairs looking at nothing, crying. I distinctly remember my visions being lucid (like lucid dreams where the person is able to manipulate his/her actions in the dream). My visions were scary and still brings a chill to my spine now. Perhaps my scariest moment was on a year 8 camp in the grampians (victoria). I found myself being sat down in the tent with my mates by the camp leader. the next morning the events were made clear by all - i had woken the camp screaming out jibberish, and the camp leader found me barefooted walking over sticks etc, trying to climb over a fallen tree. On the other side was a steep decent, and the fall wouldve prob ended my life. I dont mean to scare you camelliadee, but just to give you some understanding into what your child is going through. Just let it run its course, as he will outgrow them. Im not 27 and havent had one since I was a kid. |
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| We had the same exact problem. Television can be very scary for some kids. Also we took away the xbox games. Worked a treat |
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| Does anyone have children who suffer from night terrors? My eldest son (now 10) used to have one at least every month or two, but usually more often. He seems to have grown out of them now; he hasn't had one since March. He will be sitting up and screaming, saying "no, no". He wants to be held, but as soon as we hold him he pushes us away. He settles down after about 15-20 minutes, and remembers nothing the next day. The "experts" say that all we can do is sit by and let it run its course. Does anyone else have any other techniques to deal with it? |
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