Category: Health and Wellness
Does anybody ever have night terrors? I seem to have these once a month or something and it scares me. I can lay down and don't even be asleep yet, and then I feel like I'm having a bad dream or something. I try to move myself away from it but I have to fight it off by forcing my movements. Then when I lay still it comes again so I sit up and it's like when I sit up to shake it off I'll nod like I'm still asleep but I'm not. One time I tried getting out of bed to walk around and it was like my legs gave out on me like I was going to fall on the floor and sleep. I had to hold on to stuff to keep from falling. Any suggestions of what I should do to fight this?
Also I tend to moan and groan and breathe heavy during this episode.
Note I don't have any sleep apnea or anything. The only time I breathe heavy like this is when I have the night terror or bad dream. This would last for about 10 or 15 minutes then I'll go to sleep fine. My last episode was last night.
I don't think it's night terrors. Have you seen a doctor about it? Typically, night terrors are experienced by very young children. they just sit upright in bed and start screaming. Their eyes are opened and they look like they're awake and can hear you, but they are not, and they don't usually remember them ever happening. Nightmares are a different story.
I have had similar experiences. whether or not I make noises during said sleep disturbances is unclear. I know I usually wake up almost hyperventilating. It has not happened in quite a while.
I would keep a detailed notebook of how often these are happening, get up after they are over, and write down every symptom you can remember having during these episodes. those detailed notes could help any sleep specialist you see about this problem make a diagnosis.