vickygleitz wrote:
I think you all are referring to a myoclonic jerk. Not fun, but not night terrors. My 20 year old son has had night terrors his entire life. He screams and thrashes inside of nightmares that neither we nor himself can awaken from. Sometimes they can go on for hours. He finally awakens extremely depressed and fatigued, and after eating and using the bathroom will go back to sleep for up to 20 hours to recover[unless of course he slips into more night terrors]
Maybe, but I've experienced the myoclonic jerk and it's different than what I'm speaking of. Besides panic, I wonder if it might have something to do with sleep apnea. I have a touch of that as well, and maybe I'm waking after not breathing.
Sorry for your son's night terrors. How hard that must be for you and him.
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