I would check with your pediatrian to ensure he is diagnosed correctly. You want to make sure it is not something else.  We use to think it was our daughter's meds. Everytime she was sick we would give her cough meds or something and we kept switching brands thinking the meds were making her act this way. My daughter never gets up from bed unless she's having a NT. She walks to us then runs back to bed and gets back up and runs around. We watch her not to hurt herself. She will scream and ramble and we usually can never understand what she is saying.  When it is over, she goes back to bed and is out.

Hope this helps

I have an 8 year old and she has not had NTs for over a year and they started up again. We find that she only gets them when she is under the weather, low/high temps always.  If she gets one, it is usually a sign for us that she is fighting a cold or illness.  I  have worked with my doctor on these and he stated that if you allow them to sleep about hour then wake them up for 15 min and allow them to go back to sleep it should remove the NT from occuring.  I have not found anything else that has worked. We try and soothe her and reassure her that we are present and she is safe.  This was the first time that she was actually afraid the next night to go back to sleep, afraid it will occur again.

My husband has suffered from night terrors since he was a young teenager.  Recently, his blood work showed an elevated level of calcium serum.  I did research and found that this is linked to parathyroid disease around 98% of the time.  After reviewing the symptoms, this made complete sense!  To follow up, he had a second blood test, but his calcium serum level was normal the second time.  The nurse practitioner decided to drop the issue, even though he has all the symptoms.  (I've read that levels can fluctuate any way!) 

Obviously I feel like he should be retested.  Now I especially do after reading your post!  Very interesting....any thoughts?

So, twice in the past week he's gone without a NT. Funny thing is, those days were really busy and he was very tired when going to bed which used to be a definite trigger for a NT. Can't figure it out...

Hi everyone,

Im a 21 year old male and it think i may be having night terrors. sometimes during the night, i awake to find myself in odd places.  well thats how it started at least.  Anyway now i am having what i would call extremely horrific nightmares, only when i wake up, its like somehow my dream and reality become intertwined.  I see my nightmare even when im awake.  Its been especially bad lately, so bad that i wake up everyone in the house because i think im in real danger.  Any advice?

My husband has been having night terrors since he was a young teen.  His night terror history includes him putting his hands under his door and to shake it (trying to get out), breaking windows, spraining his ankle, and of course, screaming for help each occurrence.  He told me about these problems before we got married, but I was definitely in for a surprise!  I was scared out of my mind to wake up to his night terror on our honeymoon in Jamaica.

He has had night terrors on each camping trip we have been on.  Last year he trashed our new tent, ripping the whole side to "escape."  This year I woke up to him rolling around the tent punching and screaming.  Our most memorable hotel stay was when he flipped over my side of the bed, slammed into the very heavy table, and then ran back to the other side into bed.  I woke up the next morning to find the table on the other side of the room, pillows scattered, and blood scattered (he smashed his head on the table.)  Last night, he got up and sprinted around the room, smashing his body into...you name it...the walls, dresser, closet door, and bed.  Thankfully I stopped him as he got to the window. 

Usually the pattern goes as follows: he starts breathing differently (faster...but he almost seems to kinda snort and whistle.)  Next, he really panics and starts screaming - sometimes just long screams and most times "help."  A lot of times he ends up crying.

I think at least some of the reason he has night terrors is that he had some very negative experiences as a child.  His family was robbed on one occasion and on a separate occasion, a man was shot in his backyard following his pursuit with the swap team.  Also, he plays this first hand shooter video game, which I believe is negative on so many levels.

He's been having night terrors for so long.  I think he's long overdue for help!  Anyone have experience with night terrors/violent video games and/or traumatic experiences?

I see now that this is a popular method here, I'm probably not telling anybody anything they don't already know, sorry!

My little girl has night terrors. She just turned 5, has had them for about 5 months. Sometimes it's like she is scared, but usually it's like she is throwing a major temper tantrum. We haven't been to see anybody about it because some friends of ours have gone through it and they gave us some hints as to what worked for them.

She is much more likely to have them when she has had a really full day. She falls asleep pretty quickly at night, and I can hear her practicing words for a while and then she's out.

On a friend's recommendation, I go in her room and try to wake her up one hour after she falls asleep. Note that I am *NEVER* actually *able* to wake her, she is too far gone. I can spend 15 minutes trying and she will not wake up. But as long as I go in there and interrupt her sleep, it's like I'm pressing a reset button and she does not have the terror. Not once has she had a night terror after I interrupt her sleep.

But if I fall asleep or forget to do it, WOW, is it freaky.  It's not too bad as long as you remember that it is just something funny going on in her brain. Usually lasts 15-20 minutes and she falls back asleep.

Try waking your child up an hour after they fall asleep. It has really worked well for us.

So, sometimes when i'm sleeping, I wake up in the middle of the night and I feel like i'm re-living an event that happened right before i went to bed.    for example, when i go to parties with my friends we hang out, goof off and watch movies. (casual stuff)
So when i wake up in the middle of the night, I start having conversations with my friends like they're in my room. Only i'm acting out my dream like I was in their house or someplace else other than my room. I talk to them outloud and walk around. The weird part is that I'm awake enough to see my room and understand that i should be sleeping. But I also hear and respond to the voices and actions of these imaginary people. It's like I'm awake physically but asleep mentally...  It keeps me up for quite some time until i get tired enough and pass out. I end up being more tired when i wake up then when i went to bed.  However this only happens after something exciting happens to me (like when i come home from a party or social gathering)

I'm 16 and this has been going on for as long as i can remember. I also used to have horrible night terrors as a kid. Can anyone tell me what's going on
Help is appreciated. Thanks.