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WinterzSenior Contributor
Does anyone have experience with night terrors? If so how do you deal with them?
I really should get around to doing more research on it because it has a pretty big impact on my life. Sometimes I am living in misery only to fall asleep and enter some kind of violent, vivid,disturbing nightmare...there is no peace..
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outlanderSenior Contributor
hi there @Winterz
i have had night terrors before however most of the ones that make me 'violent' i dont remember but i do deal with som crappy nightmares. personally i havent found anything helpful yet. sometimes if i can relax enough it helps but i have many triggers some i still ahvent identified so am still learning quite alot for sure.
im wondering if you have any mh support like gp, psych, psychiatrist? sometimes medications help, sometimes working through our issues with a psych help too
have you found anything has helped in the past?
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Unknown userMember
Hello @Winterz
Nice to meet you, it sounds like a really tough experience to be constantly trying to sleep and waking up to scary night terrors, sounds exhausting too.
Like @outlander mentioned it is helpful to get some support for managing these with a GP, Psychologist or Counsellor to work through ways of calming and grounding yourself once they occur and finding ways of having a good nights sleep so you are not exhausted the next day.
Doing research is also helpful, there are lots of strategies to be used, such as muscle relaxation, breathing, guided relaxation apps. Have you tried any of those before?
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WinterzSenior Contributor
Yep. I use rain apps and mindfulness etc..cheers
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WinterzSenior Contributor
Hi.
Yeah I don't currently see anyone, haven't for a while. Need to re o organise something..but no meds don't really help me with the night terrors...
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CalmblueoceanSenior Contributor
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WinterzSenior Contributor
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CalmblueoceanSenior Contributor
Hi @Winterz . I know we were discussing this a fair while ago. I wanted to ask the question do you think your night terrors increased when and if you took anti phychotics? I sort of feel that maybe my night mares/ terrors/sleep disturbances increased or even became uncontrollable due to my anti phychotic. It was so bad that it felt like i was having hallucinations in my sleep. Maybe they had nothing to do with it. Just asking
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