Night terrors- 9 year old

[sunshine05]

My son has started getting night terrors in the last 6 months or so. He's scared, crying, shouting, like somethings going to get him. But he's not awake. his eyes are open and he'll jump out of bed, walk around. Takes sometimes up to 20-30 minutes to settle him and he sometimes does it multiple times a night. I'm not sure why its happening. He's a happy boy, no issues at school or home and never remembers what happened. Anyone have something similar? Not sure if it's triggered by tiredness or not. Definitely by illness, when he was ill it got much worse. Sometimes we'll go a week and he won't have one then it'll start and he'll have a few days of it.

I'm thinking of taking him to the doctors but I have a feeling they'll just say there's nothing they can do.

My dd has them, she's 8, usually when very tired. We also stop all screen time if she has them because I think there is a link.

My 4 year old has had them on and off for 2 years now. Being overtired is definitely a big trigger as like you say illness too.
They're horrible to see but they literally remember nothing of it the next morning.
When he is having one i just talk calmly to him same reassuring words and he eventually lies down and goes back to sleep. If i try and cuddle him or anything it makes it 10 times worse.
When I asked the GP he said there isn't anything they can do just have to wait for them to grow out of it

My son had them about the same age - very upsetting for the parents so I understand how you may be feeling. As pp says try calm and quiet reassurance. Tiredness and being unwell were triggers. He grew out of it and never remembered any of it. I found it quite tough but his dad seemed to have more success in shortening the episodes by speaking to him quietly and keeping the lights down.

take care of yourself

Thanks for you replies! Sorry for taking so long....crazy hectic life.

They seem to have stopped recently - the last one being after he had a sleepover and barely slept! Since then we've been trying to get him to bed on time. Definitely a link with tiredness!

That’s good news 👍