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i wish i just had nightmares if any one can help me please do i scram and sometimes cain't even wake up i start screaming even just as i'm trying to drift off to sleep thats why i'm not going to bed tonight i still caint handle last night

I'm so sorry that is hapening to you. Sounds like night terrors. Have you talked to your doctor or therapist? They might be able to help.


NIGHT TERRORS

Unlike nightmares, night terrors occur during slow wave sleep. They cause intense terror and partial arousal. The sleeper may appear to be awake, sitting up, eyes open, but is actuality still asleep. The person seldom remembers the episode or the dream the next day.



SYMPTOMS:

• Recurring abrupt arousals from sleep
• Usually occur earlier in sleep than nightmares, often in the first third of the sleep period
• Screaming
• Intense fear
• Rapid breathing and heartbeat
• Sweating
• No response to efforts to comfort the dreamer
• No recall of the episode in the morning
• No medical or mental cause for these episodes

Inside (((orange ))) is correct
My son had them for about 10 years
He would scream and walk in his sleep and there was no waking him till it was done
I agree with orange contact your Dr
Also a extra thought if someone lives with you make them aware if they are not already what is happening
Maybe they can stay with you so you feel safe
muffy

I have always had nightmares... starting with as a very young child...

Coping... I use medication... to keep me asleep... because otherwise I wouldn't be able to get any at all...ambien... valium...trazadone..

and.. no my nightmares are not caused by medication - I have been asked that and asked that... I have only been taking them in the last 4 years..

I avoid taking medication.. so I don't have to sleep....so I do understand that... staying up...

The Most.. important thing is that you do get sleep... your body must rest....

There is medication... I went to a specialist that stops that part of sleep.. but they will only use it now in extreme cases.. when you are sleep walking.. and hurting yourself or others.. because it isn't good for your body..

Writing down nightmares helps me a great deal... takes the power from them.. gives me insight into what is bothering me.. and helps that nightmare go away...so that there is not as much as a residual effect the next day...

A recurring nightmare... you can envision a different ending to it... and it gets incorporated into the dream... and that nightmare can then go away..

You can also work.. on meditating.. envision that you are like a "huge foot" that can stomp.. anything that scares you...(per my T)

Playing music.... soothing music all night long helps... it really does...

leaving a light on... like closet - though very low... helps...

sleeping with a stuffed animal - large enough to hold onto... something that represents security - mine is a stuffed monkey - like "the book curious George"

having.. a blankey... yes.. a blaknkey... does help... mine is a jersey... type light weight ... very, very soft... that I hang onto....

Not.. watching news... reading newspapers... horror shows... reality shows... that also helps and is recomended...

making you place of sleep.. the room.. the area.. as safe feeling as possible... also helps..

I know.. that due to living conditions... perhaps none of these are possible.. but.. wanted to give you some suggestions that have worked for me....

take care... freewill