My husband is 75 and he has had night terrors (maybe 1-2 a year) for the entire 45 years we've been married. The first time it happened I absolutely could not imagine what was happening - he calls for help, behaves as though he is fighting a grizzly bear and waves his arms with such force that it's actually a little unsafe trying to comfort or settle him.

I don't know what triggers my husband's night terrors - he ordinarily sleeps like a baby and there has never seemed to be anything in particular that would lead to an episode.

(JD), I had similar experiences with Cymbalta. I loved the drug for the pain relief I got much more than for depression...but, oh, the nightmares! My arthritis pain practically disappeared but I felt like a raving lunatic!