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Grand Magnate
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Has anybody here experienced night terrors that caused you to hear things? My 22 year old daughter lives out of state and came home for the weekend. She told me she has been having night terrors and it is new. Her 22 year old cousin was diagnosed with cancer 3 weeks ago. My daughter has visited her a couple of times in the hospital. She said after her first visit she would half wake up at night and hear things like rats running around that when she fully woke up she knew wasnt real.
I am worried it is something more. The only mental health diagnosis she has is de depression which she takes a low dose of paxil for. I am not sure if I should her into counseling or if she us correct that it is do to the stress of ther cancer diagnosis. Anybody heard of anything like this? __________________ |
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Hm, I thought true night terrors only happened in kids, and they have no memory of it happening. Like they could seem awake and be screaming and upset, but the next morning, there would be no recall. Where with nightmares, you could remember them. So maybe she's having nightmares and they just seem real, like she thinks she's half awake but is actually still sleeping? I think SSRIs can cause more vivid dreams--not sure how recently she started taking it. Might be good to have her go in for a few counseling sessions to help process the cancer diagnosis and figure out if anything else could be going on?
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I've read somewhere that hallucinating as you're falling asleep or waking up is fairly normal. Sorry that I don't have a link for that.
ETA link: Sleep Hallucinations - Symptoms, Causes, Diagnosis, Treatment | Tuck |
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It is normal to hallucinate while falling asleep or waking up. You can hear different sounds, my partner also once experienced calling for help while he didn't actually do that. You can also still be paralyzed during this and feel that, sometimes it can feel like you can't breath.
Night terrors can occur in adults, but it's not just nightmares or being scared when you wake up and hallucinate (which is fairly common when that happens). If she's really having night terrors, it can be a sign of a number of things and you should take her to a doctor if it occurs regularly. |
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I get this sometimes, but I don't call it a night terror since I'm quiet and still.
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Anxiety/depression can cause night terrors, so maybe that's something to look into? If it holds up, definitely recommend that she goes see a doctor.
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