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| im 14 and i believe my first night terror was around age 12 -13. but unlike most night (terrors) mine is different... I wake up with a heart betting as fast as a scared dog and i get out of bed and go in the living where i usually find my parrents still up. its about 11:30 to 12 and i walk over to the fire place and sit down on the rock ledge its on. My parrents ask me wats wrong and i can hear and under stand them and i say i had a night terror or something...and that i dont really know wat happend..... and i dont... i wake up and im frightened for some reason. ive had it maby 4 times and this might sound stupid but i can faintly rember wat made me scared and i think it has to do with three short lines parrale to each other standing verticle....(i know it sounds stupid) but i dont think wat happens in real life that happends in your dream makes u scared i think in ur dreams stuff happends and ur minde reacts in a frightend way... |
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| i am a 17 year old girl and have been experiancing night terrors since i was about 12 years old. the worst one was last night, i felt like i was being thrown accros the room by something and they teddies in my room came to life! this sound crazy but was very scary. i ran to my front door screaming after i finking i was thrown, and was crying alot for some time after, i always remeber wat happens after and i was wondering if any one has any adive on what to do when this happens. i have been to the doctors many times and get told i will be reffered but never do. they dont have to live with this, what makes it worse is i live by myself and i habe no one to go to in the night. any advice would be appreatiated. thanks. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| it cold be emotionall. that is one of the main corse of night terrors. buy the sounds of the story u dont have a wife in the house.....im not being rude its just from wat u sayed "I do comfort her and try to talk to her." if you have had a devorce that chold be it even if she wasnt there to see it happen. im really sorry pointing that out if that is true just some thing that chold be y she is having the nigh terrors. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i dont realy think that video games are to blame for i have never played on a video game or wached tv untill i was about 13. when i was 7 i started to have night terrors. i think it is mostly because of the high amoust of sugger that kids are eatting on dalybasses. |
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| hay is your kid still haveing truble sleeping? if u want your kid to stop having night terrors there is one mane important thing that i can tell u. dont get your kid out of bed. keepin him bed and do not give him something to eat. if he wants something get him a drink of worm milk or some thing but dont let him eat. keep him in bed. and one other mane thing give him less sugger in the day. that was the realy big thing that helped me i found as soon as i cut down my sugger levle my dreams started to stop. oh i almost forgot if your haveing dinner late at night that chold also be y. if u r try having dinner erlyer. hope this helps u wes |
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| My son has night terrors stills at the age of 14, we had our first at the age of 5. The best thing we do for him is to make him feel safe and loved. If your child pushes away let them go, making them safe doesn't always mean holding them. My son never remembers the time he is dreaming, but he asks about them(He talks alot in his sleep), I tell him what he needs to hear and i make sure he knows that he's ok. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I have a son who is almost 3 and has suffered from Night Terrors since he was about 1. It used to happen about once a month, but has recently got more frequent (1-3 times a week). I find that just picking him up and constantly saying that I'm here usually calms him down. They last from 5-10 minutes, and he usually starts out screaming for Mummy, and then progresses to Daddy. Sounds like these are very common unfortunatley. He also does not watch anything remotely scarey on TV and has very regular bed and nap times. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| All my four kids use to suffer terribly from night terrors. They are now 12, 10, 6 and 5 yrs old and haven't had one for over a year. All I've done for them is make their bedrooms cooler!! I got this tip from another parent at local school, even though her child felt cool to touch in their bed she didn't rug them up as you would naturally do, this is so hard to do in winter but it seems to have done the trick for my kids! It's terrible when they are suffering from this, they look at you as if your the boogie man when you try to soothe them. Good luck. |
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| My 11 year old daughter has night terrors. It started when she was in the second grade the day she had her tonsils removed. I thought maybe it was related to her surgery but she continues to have them.It is not as often now. When she was younger she just use to cry but now she talks while she is having the night terrors. Sometimes she may have them several times in a week then she may go several weeks and not have one at all. During her night terrors she always comes into my room scared, crying and saying "OH MY GOSH" in fear. I do comfort her and try to talk to her. She does respond to me to some degree but it usually doesnt make sense. It is very stressful for me because I always wonder if there is something going on with her emotionally that I am not aware of because sometimes she will say she hates her life. I always tell her about it the next day but she really doesnt remember it. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| responding to your message about your child having night terrors...my daughter is 3 and a half and started having them at just under 1 year old....I find it's definetely worse when she has a fever...but now her fever is gone...she is on antibiotics (for strep throat) and the whole 10 days she's been on antibiotics she has had a night terror....do you find that antibiotics or any other medications cause more terrors?? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| I subscribe (free) to the "real age" site, I found an article there for my friend on night terrors. Generally the child will have the episode a certain amount of time after they go to bed, you need to time it a few nights to get an idea, so tell them you are going to be waking them up each night for a while, about 10 minutes before expected terror episode wake child up. This works on cutting the pattern. You may have to do it for a couple weeks, it harms no one so may be worth a try. The "real age" site has lots of useful information like this. |
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| Have any of you considered taking your child to the doctor to see if there is a cause for their night terrors? My almost four year old daughter has been having them since she was jut under a year. I got planty of information on how to deal with them best (please don't wake them, it only distresses them) She has at least three a week, some weeks every night, more han once a night. It turns out she has obstructive sleep disorder due to enlarged tonsils and adenoids. She is getting them out in two weeks and it can't come soon enough. Night terrors have nothing to do with dreams. They are often caused by not getting enough sleep. OSD and epiepsy are common causes if they are persistent. Don't put up with it for too long, demand to be referred to a specialist. Kristy |
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| My eldest was only 9 months old when he suffered his first night terror and sorry folks, but he had never seen anything remotely related to a scary tv show of video game so there goes that theory? He would awaken screaming like the hounds of hell were coming to get him every night and did so until he was 3 years old and it stopped as suddenly as it started. I sat with him and waited till they passed, tears streaming down my face. Nothing more I could do. I remember when I was 13 the neighbour coming over to apologise for his 10 yr old daughters' screams. Every night for weeks she would wake screaming. Damned if I know what it's all about but I can say I did wake my son one night, and he screamed even louder whilst attempting to scratch my eyes out |
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| I am 27 and suffer from night terrors I have been for the past 6 years they are now almost every night. although I now have some control within the dream, the dreams are lucid and very real and extremely scary. I usually do not scream out loud just wimper and my body becomes tence. I remember every part of my dreams they feel like you are awake, you can see the people around you but they cant hear you or help and mine are usually I am laying in my bed being killed or hurt I am screaming but no one hears me, and I sometimes wake feeling pain or pressure, I just have to keep telling myself it is a dream they cant hurt you but I spend the whole dream basically screaming I do use the golden light and although I do not go to church I find myself praying to God to help me. I have also woken to see strange things peoples faces look different and things in the room. The only thing that helps me is learning the method of pulling myself out and after the dream my husband holding me telling me that it is ok. My terrors keep him up and causes lots of sleepless nights. I do not watch scary movies or play play station etc. PLEASE DO NOT give your child sleeping tablets it makes it harder to wake up from the terror!! I am sorry I cant offer anyhelp but please just be loving and supporting |
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| My son had them a couple of yrs ago when he was 7 all we could do was sit with him have a cool drink ready and quietly slowely talk to him until he snapped out of it which was anywhere btw 5-15 min. He also would have no memory at all of it or having any sort of dream at all. I believe a part of it could have been either if he was ill & had a high temp or the air temp was quite high and his room very warm. After a couple of months it went as quickly as it had started. I had a similar problem growing up but it only ever occured when i had a high temp. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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