[swingbeatnik]

As a kid I would get night terrors.... periods where I would wake up gasping and trying to scream (my vocal chords are weird, I can't scream well). I thought it was over with until lately they have been re-occuring, and theirs no particular incident or event that is similar that could have triggered it. I've been told I may have PTSD from many professionals.

The night terrors nowadays I remember. I flip out and walk around and pace and I'm basically looking for comfort. The feeling I get is utter and pure hell. Seriously. It's horrible, with no exaggeration.

I've been told they are night terrors/sleep terrors until one doctor told me that it isn't a sleep terror because I remember it (I think he is wrong, he was kind of arrogant, hostile and blunt... would cut me off when I was talking even minimal). However, a psychiatrist that spent a lot of time actually listening to what I had to say told me that she thinks it may be flashbacks I am having that only come out if I am interrupted in my early sleep stages (I get night terrors usually if theirs noise within first couple hours of sleeping). They are also very prominent if I am extra stressed or tired. I could see how it could be a flashback because I 'hear' and 'see' a group of people around me doing horrible things to me while trying to calm me... yet it isn't a hallucination. I don't literally see or hear it outside, but inside me I do.

Any thoughts or pointers? They are really scary. I will be okay so don't worry though.

[waggiedog]

Hello there. Oh dear, sadly I certainly DO understand what you are going through regarding the awful and extremely frightening night terrors. From time to time I have these terrors but thankfully not to much. However I recently went through two weeks of severe withdrawel symproms because for various reasons I stopped my meds. Sleeping pills, serquel, Melatonin and antidepressents. The worst result was indeed the night terrors, just so incredably vivid, horrifing, I couldn't breath or call out and seem to be screaming in my dream but nothing came out loud. Yet when people (nurses in this instance) tried to wake me they found they couldn't. I became too scared to fall asleep in the end but was so so tired that unbelieveble as it sounds I STILL suffered a form of terrors whilst awake!! By way of not seeing things but hearing weird things. I repeatedly told myself the sounds were not real but they continued. Now, over the course of two months I have suffered no more terrors but the horror of them is still fresh in my mind. I hope this stops for you too Hunny. Hugs. XXX

[swingbeatnik]

Thanks for sharing

I have noticed that night terrors usually only occur once in a while... for me it's once or twice a month. but they are so terrifying that even one can impact the rest of your life somewhat.

and yeah for me I always am awake and moving around in the terrifying phase, its like a half awake half asleep stage or I sleepwalk.

I am glad they are being reduced for you, I hope to that I will be better soon, and I believe I will. just got my meds after a month of not being able to! yay!

Thanks for the support hugs