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<blockquote data-quote="serenityprayer" data-source="post: 321063" data-attributes="member: 8421"><p>My difficult child has experienced night terrors since infancy I believe! I never understood what was happening until he was in kindergarten and we got the ADHD & anxiety disorder diagnosis...went to therapy and he would draw out the dreams, they were so awful. They have only gotten worse..he is in 3rd grade now, and he will fall out of bed, hit his head on the dresser, etc. Now we know he is a bipolar, and with childhood onset bipolar disorder..can come horrific night terrors. They have gotten less frequent on the risperdal now but we are not at a therapeutic level of medicine.</p><p> </p><p>We do not try to wake him up but typically we do not hear him in his room and he will come to us terrified. The dreams are horrifically gorey and extremely graphic and scary...where most wake up before we get hurt, he will get hurt and torn apart and feel it, etc. This is very disturbing for him and hurts to see your kid go through it. My difficult child also has a hard time sleeping..he does not get into much of a REM state and the doctor said it is causing the night terrors. I think his fear and anxiety is so great due to the night terrors..he now is afraid to be in his room alone or go to the bathroom alone and he has a hard time distinguishing reality from fantasy or a dream state from an awake state. </p><p> </p><p>Hope that helps! <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/felttip/sad-very.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":sad-very:" title="sad-very :sad-very:" data-shortname=":sad-very:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="serenityprayer, post: 321063, member: 8421"] My difficult child has experienced night terrors since infancy I believe! I never understood what was happening until he was in kindergarten and we got the ADHD & anxiety disorder diagnosis...went to therapy and he would draw out the dreams, they were so awful. They have only gotten worse..he is in 3rd grade now, and he will fall out of bed, hit his head on the dresser, etc. Now we know he is a bipolar, and with childhood onset bipolar disorder..can come horrific night terrors. They have gotten less frequent on the risperdal now but we are not at a therapeutic level of medicine. We do not try to wake him up but typically we do not hear him in his room and he will come to us terrified. The dreams are horrifically gorey and extremely graphic and scary...where most wake up before we get hurt, he will get hurt and torn apart and feel it, etc. This is very disturbing for him and hurts to see your kid go through it. My difficult child also has a hard time sleeping..he does not get into much of a REM state and the doctor said it is causing the night terrors. I think his fear and anxiety is so great due to the night terrors..he now is afraid to be in his room alone or go to the bathroom alone and he has a hard time distinguishing reality from fantasy or a dream state from an awake state. Hope that helps! :sad-very: [/QUOTE]
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