Night terrors
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Homeopathy is practiced by medical doctors all over the world. Studies verifying its effectiveness have been published in peer reviewed journals, including the Journal of the American Medical Association. You can find them with your search engine. If you want serious dialogue, that’s fine. But first stop the name calling. Sincerely Alanheal . news:phla.announce
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Alanheal wrote: > Homeopathy is practiced by medical doctors all over the world. Studies > verifying its effectiveness have been published in peer reviewed journals, > including the Journal of the American Medical Association. You can find them > with your search engine. > If you want serious dialogue, that’s fine. But first stop the name calling. > Sincerely > Alanheal > . > news:phla.announce
It was found with a search engine that you are a used car salesman. I don’t and not very many people do trust used car salesmen, and you are no ezxception. We don’t want serious dialog. We just want you to stop anoying us on this newsgroup. PERIOD Laurel Vincent
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I have been having night terrors for as long as I can remember,but I am afraid to seek help cause these doctors are so quick to put you into Antipsychotic meds,what should I do?Pls, Help
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Night terrors are not a symptom of a psychotic disorder and I doubt a competent sleep specialist would put you on antipsychotic medication for them. However, they do need to be distinguished from nightmares, sleep panic attacks, and nocturnal flashbacks–none of which indicate a need for antipsychotics either. On the other hand, if one has a preexisting diagnosis of a psychotic disorder on the basis of other symptoms, like waking hallucinations and delusions, one is in danger of receiving antipsychotics for anything one complains about. If a psychiatrist seemed to use antipsychotics in such an indiscriminate way, I might think to look for another one, but I wouldn’t prejudge that every doctor would be so lax.
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In article <19971118050100.AAA11…@ladder01.news.aol.com>, ten…@aol.com (Teng13) writes: >I have been having night terrors for as long as I can remember,but I am >afraid > to seek help cause these doctors are so quick to put you into Antipsychotic > meds,what should I do?Pls, Help
Night terrors arise out of stages 3 + 4 sleep (delta sleep). Nightmares arise out of stage REM sleep. It’s important to know the difference, because the treatment options are different for them. simplified chart follows: ____________________________________________________________ Night terrors Nightmares Sleep stages 3,4 Sleep stage REM Usually no memory of event Memory of dream EEG recording usually has EEG recording unchanged from mixture of delta waves and any other stage REM (‘good’ dreams alpha waves record just like ‘bad’ dreams ____________________________________________________________ Why you need to consult a sleep doctor: To sort out this kind of problem requires expertise in sleep. Among the possibilities: 1. These are not night terrors, but nightmares. 2. Various sleep disorders can cause arousal from sleep, and night terrors is a phenomenon strongly associated with arousal from stages 3/4 (delta) sleep, so address the underlying sleep disorder and ……. Yes, you might need a sleep study. Yes, your sleep doctor may prescribe medication. Yes, there might be a sleep disorder identified, with recommendations for appropriate treatment. IMNSHO, identifying and treating sleep disorders are ‘good’ things. Personal note on dealing with physicians: there are a _lot_ of physicians who are willing to discuss treatment options, and are not threatened by a patient who is actively participating in deciding what options are appropriate. The best physicians, IMHO, are those who lay out the diagnosis, therapy options and consequences of therapy vs non-therapy. Such physicians have very few _non-compliant_ patients, I have observed. Note on medications: There are many medications out there – please don’t be afraid because one prescribed may be identified as "anti-psychotic". A couple of examples from the sleep community: Klonopin (clonazepam) – is usually identified as an "anti-epileptic", but it turns out, it has a pretty good track record helping people with sleep movement disorders (which are _not_ epileptic). Tricyclic medications ( protriptyline, clomipramine, etc.) – identified as "anti-depressants", but they are commonly used to alleviate some symptoms of narcolepsy (people with narcolepsy are _not_ necessarily depressed). Please seek help in the medical community – and let us know how it goes. Nita, an RPSGT _________________________________ Therefore, we do not sleep, as do others. Let us keep watch, and stay sober. I Thessalonians 5:6
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My fifteen year old has night terrors. His GP has him on tranquilizers (which I never know when he’s going to have one, since he has them very infrequently). He had a horrible one last night tho. Any suggestions? What has worked for you? =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= e-mail: dosb…@yahoo.com Thought of the day: I’m Not A Brat! I’M NOT! I’M NOT! I’M NOT!
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>My fifteen year old has night terrors. His GP has him on >tranquilizers (which I never know when he’s going to have one, since >he has them very infrequently). He had a horrible one last night tho. >Any suggestions? >What has worked for you? >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
First of all here is a web site that may be of help: http://www.nightterrors.org/ I have suffered from this ailment, called Pavor Nocturnus, for 17 years. Feel free to email me if you have specific questions. I take Paxil, which helps ALOT. There are also other things that are thought to contribute to it, i.e. being overtired when you go to bed, stress, etc. Check out the site and the posts on the message board. Good luck. Cynthia It is impossible for anyone to begin to learn what he believes he already knows. . Epictetus (c.a.d. 55-c135)
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Thank you very much. Amy emtincogn…@aol.comnospam (Cynthia) wrote: >>First of all here is a web site that may be of help: >>http://www.nightterrors.org/ >>I have suffered from this ailment, called Pavor Nocturnus, for 17 years. Feel >>free to email me if you have specific questions.
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Cynthia wrote: > Feel free to email me if you have specific questions.
Hey, how am I going to collect "frequently asked questions" about Night Terrors if you take the questions privately, huh? <LOL> — Magesteff - "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."-Albert Einstein ——————————————————– Pursuant to US Code, Title 47, Chapter 5, Subchapter II,
