the gunslinger
Jan 6, 2010, 08:26 AM
Hello everyone,
Ive had night terror's all my life, and never completley grew out of it. Im now 26. Last night was a rather bad episode, as well as a surprising one, because I haven't had them for a month or so, and it scared the daylights out of my fiancée. When I woke up to see her upset, I honestly had no idea or recollection of waking up screaming, but apparently that's exactly what I did.
A little bit of history on me. When I was little, this was almost a nightly occurrence and my parents dismissed it simply as having bad dreams and they would let it pass. It continued well into adulthood, and never completley stopped. When I was 24, my doctor put me on welbutrin, as there were some very major stresses at a job I was in at the time, as well as a problem I had with depression. The welbutrin actually seemed to reduce the number of night terror's I had in a month, and they seemed to be on the decline.
Lately however, its been getting more and more frequent. Luckily, I have a very understanding wife-to-be who knows this isn't something I can control and don't know I'm doing it. Last night I just caught her off guard. However, id really like to try to deal with this somehow, and see if something might be able to be done to help me. The last thing I want later on is to have my children freaked out because dad is screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night..
Does anyone have any suggestions? I haven't done so yet, but I'm going to see my doctor here as soon as possible.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Ive had night terror's all my life, and never completley grew out of it. Im now 26. Last night was a rather bad episode, as well as a surprising one, because I haven't had them for a month or so, and it scared the daylights out of my fiancée. When I woke up to see her upset, I honestly had no idea or recollection of waking up screaming, but apparently that's exactly what I did.
A little bit of history on me. When I was little, this was almost a nightly occurrence and my parents dismissed it simply as having bad dreams and they would let it pass. It continued well into adulthood, and never completley stopped. When I was 24, my doctor put me on welbutrin, as there were some very major stresses at a job I was in at the time, as well as a problem I had with depression. The welbutrin actually seemed to reduce the number of night terror's I had in a month, and they seemed to be on the decline.
Lately however, its been getting more and more frequent. Luckily, I have a very understanding wife-to-be who knows this isn't something I can control and don't know I'm doing it. Last night I just caught her off guard. However, id really like to try to deal with this somehow, and see if something might be able to be done to help me. The last thing I want later on is to have my children freaked out because dad is screaming bloody murder in the middle of the night..
Does anyone have any suggestions? I haven't done so yet, but I'm going to see my doctor here as soon as possible.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.