[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?

[Perna]

"The other worry for many parents is that these episodes are a type of seizure. Although different types of partial seizures, including temporal lobe and frontal lobe epilepsy, can appear similar to night terrors, they are usually brief (30 seconds to a few minutes) and are more common in older children and adults."

From: http://pediatrics.about.com/cs/sleep...ht_terrors.htm

Usually one doesn't wake from night terrors and/or they aren't remembered. I would talk to you your doctor, tell him about the dreams and see if there's any meds for your epilepsy that will help with the dreams.

[Sabrina]

I suffer from night terrors. I have no words of wisdom or wise words of advice. I would just like to say that I understand and that I know the fear these uninvited dreams and terrors bring. I wish there was a solution. I look forward to one.

[Gojamadar]

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?

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.

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nig...6/METHOD=print