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<blockquote data-quote="Mattsmom277" data-source="post: 315271" data-attributes="member: 4264"><p>Gosh, that sounds awful for her (and you and your spouse!). I hope you can find an answer. you have some good suggestions here. I'm glad you have docs appointments etc.</p><p>A sleep test can help identify sleep issues causing it for sure. They can even in some sleep clinics send you home with the gear then review the data, so that a child is more comfortable sleeping in their own bed. If it is a overnight sleep at a clinic, they aren't frightening and the staff are usually very kind.</p><p>I would highly doubt schizophrenia in a child her age without any signs ahead of hallucinations. Especially since they are night time oriented and she is fine during the day. </p><p>There are other sleep disorders aside from night terrors. Similar, where the terrors are there but recalled the next day when awake. Often people will truly believe they were awake the whole time, especially since they can remember it all the next day. It can feel so real. If she is very vividly dreaming, it is quite possible she appears awake but the dream still feels active and she is responding to the dream while appearing awake, Also, it is possible that she would remember it all the next day.</p><p>I had one experience like this,b ut I was paralyzed. It's as if my brain woke up but my body stayed frozen? It lasted for hours. I thought I was dying. I would fade in and out of sleep (this was AFTER a good 9 hour sleep) and have crazy dreams/visions of things happening. But I couldn't get up out of bed, couldn't call for help etc. It was the most terrifying thing I've had happen in my life. All in all, it went on for about 5-6 hours. I was in a fog/daze for a good 2 days after. Its never happened again. I was told by doctor it was a weird sleep phenomenan that isn't much talked about, uncommon, but not actually rare. </p><p>I do hope you can get to the bottom of this. It sounds traumatizing for all of you. I hope that it passes and just never happens again. Might not answer the "why did that happen?" question but wouldnt happen again either!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mattsmom277, post: 315271, member: 4264"] Gosh, that sounds awful for her (and you and your spouse!). I hope you can find an answer. you have some good suggestions here. I'm glad you have docs appointments etc. A sleep test can help identify sleep issues causing it for sure. They can even in some sleep clinics send you home with the gear then review the data, so that a child is more comfortable sleeping in their own bed. If it is a overnight sleep at a clinic, they aren't frightening and the staff are usually very kind. I would highly doubt schizophrenia in a child her age without any signs ahead of hallucinations. Especially since they are night time oriented and she is fine during the day. There are other sleep disorders aside from night terrors. Similar, where the terrors are there but recalled the next day when awake. Often people will truly believe they were awake the whole time, especially since they can remember it all the next day. It can feel so real. If she is very vividly dreaming, it is quite possible she appears awake but the dream still feels active and she is responding to the dream while appearing awake, Also, it is possible that she would remember it all the next day. I had one experience like this,b ut I was paralyzed. It's as if my brain woke up but my body stayed frozen? It lasted for hours. I thought I was dying. I would fade in and out of sleep (this was AFTER a good 9 hour sleep) and have crazy dreams/visions of things happening. But I couldn't get up out of bed, couldn't call for help etc. It was the most terrifying thing I've had happen in my life. All in all, it went on for about 5-6 hours. I was in a fog/daze for a good 2 days after. Its never happened again. I was told by doctor it was a weird sleep phenomenan that isn't much talked about, uncommon, but not actually rare. I do hope you can get to the bottom of this. It sounds traumatizing for all of you. I hope that it passes and just never happens again. Might not answer the "why did that happen?" question but wouldnt happen again either!! [/QUOTE]
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