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Originally Posted by Amanda_1981
Ever since I was a little kid, I"ve always had severe night terrors on almost a daily basis. To this day, every night I dream that either someone is trying to kill me or that I'm trying to run away from something. I'm always so stressed out and very scared in my dreams and often wake up screaming. As a chronic sufferer from anxiety and panic attacks, I also recently found out that I have temperol lobe epilepsy. Does anyone know if night terrors can be caused from the epilepsy or am I just a really stressed out anxious person that I can't even escape the anxiety in my sleep? It's to the point where I'm getting scared to fall asleep because of the horrible dreams I get. Anyone else in the same boat or know of any tips I can do to lessen the night terrors?
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Hi,
If you had these night terrors when you were young, there must be a reason for them. In children, night terrors are usually caused by food allergies. Unstable family life is another cause as young children are terrified of being abandonned by their parents. The loss of, or neglect by a mother is especially harmful and often leads to criminal behaviour misplaced loyalties.
If you're taking any medicines, especially tranquilisers or anty depressants, you need very sstrong, violent and vivid dreams to wake you up in the morning. It is usually the waking dreams you remember, and they set the mood of the day.
If you're prescribed any medicines, have a talk with the doctor about your dreams.