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Any doctors around that can give me advice please

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mumineedapooooo · 03/02/2013 00:07

Ds has just turned 7,for the last few weeks he has been having night terrors and sleep walking.
He says nothing is worrying him and seems happy during the day,although tired and grumpy when he comes home from school.
He had the terrors when he was 3 and we worked out it only happened when he was overtired,so we managed to control it and it stopped.

I've not had a full night sleep in weeks because now he's also waking fully at least 5 times everynight,the sleep walking and terrors happen about 3 times a week.
He struggles to go straight to sleep at bedtime.
I'm thinking maybe he has too much going on In his mind because he's on the go all the time,won't even sit still for 10 mins and watch tv.
Should I wake him when walking/terrors happening?its very hard to do so,end up having to take him outside,
Will the gp be able to help us at all if we go and see him?

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PureQuintessence · 03/02/2013 00:08

has he had any flu vaccine?

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mumineedapooooo · 03/02/2013 00:09

No?

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WannabeWilloughby · 03/02/2013 00:10

I've just posted a similar thread in child development/behaviour. My LO is 3 though. Im so sorry I havent any advice. Didn't want to read and run though.

Hopefully somebody will be able to help. x

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mumineedapooooo · 03/02/2013 00:24

It's upsetting to just stand by and watch isn't it wannabe,
I thought my ds had grown out of it.
I've just gone into see to him cause he was whining, he thrashed about abit,screwed up face and went back to sleep,I've already woken him once at 11pm,found him in the bathroom but didn't need a wee,then started screaming and thrashing about,

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ballstoit · 03/02/2013 00:42

When DD had her night terrors, the HV advised gently rousing her about an hour after she went to sleep. I think she said it was something to do with REM sleep, making night terrors more likely. That was very effective for DD, and as long as I rouse her slightly between 1-2 hours of her going to sleep, she doesn't have any.

Having said that, I went to my GP first as I thought DD had something underlying, and he made some suggestions (one of which was to heavily restrict TV and not watch at all for 2 hours before bed), but also said that if we tried those and they didn't work he would prescribe a light sleeping tablet to take a couple of nights a week if she didn't improve. As he recognised that sleep deprivation was not doing family life much good. Luckily, she improved enough with restricted TV and rousing, that we didn't need to take up the sleeping tablet offer.

BitchyDragons · 03/02/2013 01:05

Ds did this recently with a massive (and I mean massive) growth spurt. Since he came out the other side he has settled down again. Was really tough for a few months though.

anywinewilldo · 03/02/2013 15:36

My DS had night terrors when he was younger. We were advised that if it was happening at a similar time each night, to rouse him half to one hour before that time to try to break the cycle. Also, not to try to wake him in the midst of a terror, but to just wait with him, not talking to him, until he settled himself back to sleep naturally. He did grow out of it. Good luck!

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