Night terrors

[Yorkshirelass16]

Hello i am wondering if anyone has any advise at all. My 7 year old son has been experiencing night terrors since November. He is sleep walking and crying through the night. This happens on average 6/7 times every single night. We have been to the pediatrician and had this diagnosed. I cannot find any advise accept he may grow out of it within the next 5 years. We have invested in baby cameras to watch what is happening but we are getting little to no sleep, Is there anything more we can do. I have read it can be stress related or just one of them things. (We had a very stressful year 2017 that effected the whole family) He was offered a psychologist to speak with but refuses and says he is fine. I just cannot help searching for a reason so it will all make more sense??? Any advise? Thank you x

My son suffered from this when he was younger and I'm sure we were advised to wake him slightly about 15 mins before the usual time it occurred. Something to do with disrupting their sleep pattern slightly I think.

My Dp has night terrors, when we met they were happening almost every night and now 5 years later she is down to only once a month or so. I sympathise as I know how stressful and draining this can be for you too. I know with children thats its very likely they will just grow out of it and not too much intervention is neccessary so I apologise if my advice isn't helpful.
Cause is important, you said you had a stressful year so its worth talking to him about his stress and trying to eliminate it, he says hes fine but from the regualr night terrors its obvious he isnt, anxiety, bulling etc could all be triggers and as hes only 7 i think you should make the decision for him to speek to a psychologist
You need a consistent bedtime and morning routine, starting hours before he goes to bed, no heavy activity or screens.
Reduce sugar, caffine intake.
What we found really helped but I dont know if theres any scientific eveidence behind it is a bedroom makeover, we got a new bed and put it on the other side of the room.

Thank you so much. We are very strict with routine and nothing has changed this is why it is so baffling. His room has been the same 4 years now so I cannot see it is that. The problem we have is we don't live in the UK so any psychologist will not be English and he may struggle expressing emotion or feelings even though he is fluent. He does not want this and I have asked him if there is something on his mind. There has been a lot of stress but this has only started as things have begun to settle once more and return to normal. We tried waking him but the times are all over the place it is anywhere from and hour to 2 hours after he has fallen asleep. Yet there are times he does not fall straight asleep. We have woken him many nights running them it starts all over again and hour or 2 after we have woken him. As I say if it was just the once no worries but it is 6 to 7 times a night sparodic with timing and he always leaves the bedroom so I have no choice but to get up and guide him back to bed. It is exhausting at times and often it can take 10 to 20 minutes to calm him back into a stressless sleep. Thanks for all your advise it is appreciated. Just have to wait it out. X

Another thing have you or your partner tried sleeping in his bed at night or him in yours? I know that is not an ideal long term solution but short term it might help you get some sleep if it helps. I hope he just grows out of it soon.

Yes we have tried this. Unfortunately it makes no difference he will still wake and he is really active so this means even less sleep then normal. Thank you for you time it is appreciated x