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Child mental health
Nightmares every night for 7yr old
helsbels03 · 29/11/2013 21:57
My dd1 7yr has been having nightmares every night for almost 2 months now. She had always had difficulties sleeping ( unless she is in with me and dh) and when over tired can have night terrors, but this had been different- hallucinating, screaming, thrashing around, but definitely awake. She is very academic and doing y 4 work at school (she is y2) that until recently has never been a problem for her, I have spoken to school and her teacher wax very understanding but said she us often miserable and 'very serious'. She used to love learning and now she doesn't even put her hand up. However she is also very volatile at home, miserable one minute, hyper the next. Extremely jealous of dd2. Has tantrums when she doesn't get her own way, grumpy about everything that doesn't meet her expectations. Can't calm down once she gets hyper. When I talk to her about it she says she just can't be good, the maths is too hard and I upset her when I shout. ( which I do unfortunately) her behaviour at home is awful sometimes.
Advice needed- do I just be there for her or does she need councilling or some sort? Both her and her teacher have assured me she is not being bullied
headinhands · 30/11/2013 12:46
Hi Hels. Gosh is sounds like you're all having a right time of it. For now, and I know it isn't ideal, but for now how about changing the sleeping arrangements so that you all get some decent kip? I'd probably also schedule a routine apt with your GP to discuss the recurring issues you're having. You don't need to take your dd with you. You could show your GP this thread or just write down the issues she's having and how it's affecting her day to day.
Maybe also ask MNHQ to move your thread to Behaviour/Dev as this section doesn't seem to get much traffic.
ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 30/11/2013 12:59
How old is DD2? Can you identify any trigger that may have set this off? If you are concerned it may be worth chatting to your GP for advice?
helsbels03 · 30/11/2013 20:59
Thank you, I can't think of anything that set this all off , I have 3 dc and try really hard to make sure they all have the same. It started really after they went back to school in sept. I was off all school hol and we didn't go away just played but spent a lot of time of time together, it seemed to hit her hard going back as ds is still at home- maybe that had something to do with it?
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