How long will these Night Terrors go on???

[Corie]

eta: DH used to talk in his sleep (before the CPAP) and MIL walked in her sleep as a teen and since these "can" be related appears the predisposition is genetic. Also, DS's occurances happen almost always 60-70 minutes after going to sleep - once we hit the 90 minute mark we can relax. Once he had two in one night - the first about 70 minutes after going to bed (overheated by using sleeper) and then 70 minutes after putting him back to bed (not sure on trigger - still hot maybe?). The potential link to restless leg syndrome is relevant in our family as well.

This is all very weird!! My DH was a sleepwalker when he was
young.
DS always wakes up 1.5 hours into his sleep. He goes to bed at 8am
and his night terror is usually around 9:30pm. We just sit and wait
for it.

[rlu]

This is all very weird!! My DH was a sleepwalker when he was
young.
DS always wakes up 1.5 hours into his sleep. He goes to bed at 8am
and his night terror is usually around 9:30pm. We just sit and wait
for it.

You might try waking him up 15 minutes before (I think that's from the Mayo link) and see if that forestalls the terror. I can't imagine going through that for 2 months. I thought our 3 day period was awful.

[kboyle]

oh HUGE HUGS to you and Knox

i thought that Max's MJ Thriller nightmares were bad and they only lasted one full week, i couldn't imagine terrors for 2 mos!

[rlu]

Yes, he takes Zofran as needed for an episode.

Thanks so much for your help! We have a doctor's appt.
on Thursday.

Corie - did I miss your update? Hope all is well with your son.