Tell me a little more about night terrors please? told i have them in psych hospital, never read up on it?!
Question: Tell me a little more about night terrors please.? told i have them in psych hospital, never read up on it.?
what exactly are they, what causes them, and does it affect your health in any way.?
I was told i had them in my first psych hospitalization after an attempted suicide. I was reportedly screaming in my bed and kicking and punching the air while crying and telling "them" to please stop hitting me and to not hurt me.
Kind of scary. Its not the first time though, ever since i was younger my mom always tells me about me fighting in my sleep and crying / yelling for "them" to go away and leave me alone and stop hitting me.Health Question & Answer
I was told i had them in my first psych hospitalization after an attempted suicide. I was reportedly screaming in my bed and kicking and punching the air while crying and telling "them" to please stop hitting me and to not hurt me.
Kind of scary. Its not the first time though, ever since i was younger my mom always tells me about me fighting in my sleep and crying / yelling for "them" to go away and leave me alone and stop hitting me.Health Question & Answer
Answers:
Night terrors are usually what we call nightmares in children...
Night Terrors
Night terrors are nocturnal episodes of extreme terror and panic that usually occur early in the sleep period.10 They are similar to other arousal disorders that occur during deep sleep, such as somnambulism (sleepwalking) and confusional arousals. Night terrors are associated with autonomic discharge, confusion and vocalizations, often a "blood-curdling" scream. Persons with night terrors are often difficult to arouse and have limited recall of their dream content.27 Night terrors can occur in association with the other arousal disorders that are associated with deep sleep (Table 3).25 Night terrors are most common in children between four and 12 years of age and affect 1 to 4 percent of the population.25,28 Polysomnographic studies in these patients generally show increased arousals from deep sleep.29
Adults who have night terrors are more likely than children to have psychopathology, mainly substance abuse and affective disorders.29 As with other parasomnias that affect adults, night terrors are more likely to occur in association with other sleep pathology, such as periodic limb movements and obstructive sleep apnea.30
You have to remember that you are not scizophrenic you are scitzo effective, and yes there is a BIG difference. It is very rare that a person is both bi polar and scizophrenic... usually they say "scizo effective" because the mania part gets out of control and can turn into psychosis.... and actually they really should have diagnosed you as.. Bi Polar w/ psychosis... there is a diagnosis like this in the book they use to diagnose people in... I've just recently found this out! Scizo effective is usually used w/ bi polar when a person has been medicated but the meds are not helping with the psychosis (usually)
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2037.ht...Health Question & Answer
Night Terrors
Night terrors are nocturnal episodes of extreme terror and panic that usually occur early in the sleep period.10 They are similar to other arousal disorders that occur during deep sleep, such as somnambulism (sleepwalking) and confusional arousals. Night terrors are associated with autonomic discharge, confusion and vocalizations, often a "blood-curdling" scream. Persons with night terrors are often difficult to arouse and have limited recall of their dream content.27 Night terrors can occur in association with the other arousal disorders that are associated with deep sleep (Table 3).25 Night terrors are most common in children between four and 12 years of age and affect 1 to 4 percent of the population.25,28 Polysomnographic studies in these patients generally show increased arousals from deep sleep.29
Adults who have night terrors are more likely than children to have psychopathology, mainly substance abuse and affective disorders.29 As with other parasomnias that affect adults, night terrors are more likely to occur in association with other sleep pathology, such as periodic limb movements and obstructive sleep apnea.30
You have to remember that you are not scizophrenic you are scitzo effective, and yes there is a BIG difference. It is very rare that a person is both bi polar and scizophrenic... usually they say "scizo effective" because the mania part gets out of control and can turn into psychosis.... and actually they really should have diagnosed you as.. Bi Polar w/ psychosis... there is a diagnosis like this in the book they use to diagnose people in... I've just recently found this out! Scizo effective is usually used w/ bi polar when a person has been medicated but the meds are not helping with the psychosis (usually)
http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2037.ht...Health Question & Answer
google.com it really isn't that hard to do some research, god some of these questions are so stupid you can find them if your lazy *** actually does some research instead of having people do it for you.Health Question & Answer
I used to get them, it's a nightmare where you are in between sleeping and awake.Health Question & Answer
night terrors well um a person wakes up suddenly from a slow-wave sleep, accompanied by gasping, moaning, or screaming. It is often impossible to completely awaken the person and after theyve had the night terror they normally settle back to sleep without waking. the person usually dosnt remeber having the night terror. it happens to about 15 % of all children. emotional stress and fever are the most common triggers of a night terror but there are other triggers. it can be passed on genetically. they can happen at any age.
some more symptoms are :Sudden awakening from sleep, persistent fear or terror that occurs at night, screaming, sweating, confusion, rapid heart rate, inability to explain what happened, usually no recall of "bad dreams" or nightmares, may have a vague sense of frightening images. Many people see spiders, snakes, animals or people in the room, are unable to fully awake, difficult to comfort, with no memory of the event on awakening the next day.
depression and schizophrenia can cause them , among other things.
ive never had them i just did some research. it sounds awful.
oh and apparently they are not harmful, unless you bump into pointy things. oh and traumatic experiences can cause them , so maybe your hospitilisation ,attempted suicide, and anything else traumatic could have caused them. when you got it as a child if it went away then you are like the other 15 % of children who get it because it does go away in children.
i hope your ok and i hope i helped :)Health Question & Answer
some more symptoms are :Sudden awakening from sleep, persistent fear or terror that occurs at night, screaming, sweating, confusion, rapid heart rate, inability to explain what happened, usually no recall of "bad dreams" or nightmares, may have a vague sense of frightening images. Many people see spiders, snakes, animals or people in the room, are unable to fully awake, difficult to comfort, with no memory of the event on awakening the next day.
depression and schizophrenia can cause them , among other things.
ive never had them i just did some research. it sounds awful.
oh and apparently they are not harmful, unless you bump into pointy things. oh and traumatic experiences can cause them , so maybe your hospitilisation ,attempted suicide, and anything else traumatic could have caused them. when you got it as a child if it went away then you are like the other 15 % of children who get it because it does go away in children.
i hope your ok and i hope i helped :)Health Question & Answer