Family help: Does anyone have any good advice with dealing with night terrors? - Help.com

it could be more related to what he is watching on tv. or listening to……

I took Psychology last semester and we actually did a week or so on such things as night terrors. Unfortunately, they’re not very understood yet. Thus, there aren’t many remedies available. Most clinical psychologists will tell you that the terrors are just something that they will have to grow out of. Some will tell you to hold him down and try to wake him up. I personally think it’s more of a mixture of the two. I would treat it more like you would treat someone who is having a seizure. Clear the immediate area and try not to let them hurt themselves until they wake up. Here is the Wikipedia article on it. I’m not sure if you’ve read it or not, but it goes into more detail than I could on here. There are also external links to psychology webpages dealing with night terrors. I hope this helps. Good luck!

In addition to psychological causes the medical aspect must be investigated. How old is the child? Should be seen by a doctor for evaluation. Brain tumor should be ruled out in the testing.

I haven’t heard of anything herbal helping with Night Terrors. I would, however, check his temperature every night before bed to help you predict if he has a possibility of having a night terror. I would also reduce all caffiene about 3 hours before bed and monitor what he watches on tv and such. Try logging in a journal to see if you can pick up a pattern in his night terrors. Other than that, I don’t have much else to help you with. Sorry. :(

What kind of Night Terrors are these?? Monsters, spooks, nightmares?

hmm… What does he like? (Just to see what might help) Do you think it is nightmares or things he sees?

The easiest way, that I’ve read, to get someone to go back to sleep after having night terrors is to put something on tv that is lighthearted. It could be anything from the Ant Bully to Cinderella. It should be something like that. What you just said about his symptoms is exactly consistent with night terrors. There’s really not much you can do to stop them though. Be careful with what movie you put in because you could force him to halucinate and go back into the night terror. Let me know if I can help any more.

i used ti have night terrors al the time. i found that writing down on a peice of paper what was making me scared made me feel better. also, keeping a protable DVD player running a movie helped me drown out sounds that would scare me, and i would read at night to get my mind off the things that scare me, and now i rarley get scared at night. try to kep him from watchignany scary movies or things like that. that is what usualli causes night terrors. and trust me… leaving him alone and letting him sit in his bed terrified, just makes everything a whole lot WORSE.

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Perhaps melatonin would help 3 or 5 mg. You can get it at GNC any place vitamins and herbs are sold. Also talking with him asking about the terrors would help also www.webmd.com would have a few suggestions for you search there and hope this helps