i had them when i was younger. horrible and frightful.

i get these quite often..it's as if i havent been breathing in my sleep and i panic and am gasping for breath..i think this is quite a normal thing for people with bipolar or anxiety disorders to suffer with

also mine seem to be worse around the time of the month

My childhood was filled with night terrors. While I was experiencing these terrors I would walk around the house and still see the dream that had terrified me in the first place. Some people say it can't happen, but you can find other sites which support such dreaming.

A common dream was watching a nuclear explosion, over and over again. Walking, crying, and wanting help but being stuck alone in the middle of the night. They are horrid for children.

I sometimes look after a girl who has night terrors the first time I heard hers screams of terror and saw her face I called her parents and the Dr....

I spoke to other childminders about it and was adviced to use blankets instead of a duvet and layer them when cold. The blankets should be the ones used in a cot for babies, those styles have large holes, it is worsened by the heat somehow being trapped under a duvet. This may help eleviate them but not completely stop them.

I had night terrors too when very manic and on depakote, I use blankets to help but found that if I woke up to a night light rather than darkness it helped me shrug off the mood.

Personaly it was a rosary on my pillow and a little bible under it that gave me the best night sleeps. So perhaps you could find a comfort for you to hold as you fall asleep.

i have these every few nights, they are really scary. here if you wanna talk. hugs xx

I still have one from childhood. My head gets squished...Differant ways, but in the end, it's always the same....SQUISH.

I have them almost every night. Horrible and graphic thoughts that I wish would just go away.

I had terrible ones every night since 2006 when I had a psychotic episode/breakdown.
The longer I get away from the crash point the better it gets.
Also, an upped dose of risperdol(anti-psych) helped out alot.
I do not know when yours started or how long they have been going on but I know it is not fun. To say the least!

It is important you share your nightmares with your pdoc. True night terrors are actually a problem with your brain stem and not BP, and have a different treatment regimen. If what you are experiencing are actually intense nightmares, they can be caused by everything from past trauma to medications. When I suffered the occasional bout with nightmares bad enough to disrupt my sleep as well as my waking hours, my pdoc would prescribe a medication called prazosin. It surpresses the adrenalin response intense dreaming/nightmares generate during sleep. Hope that helps.

Every year I have another bad nightmare, it seems to center upon April 15 and in it all my money seems to fly away. It is truly horrid.

Hey, my bf is on Lamictal and also has night terrors. He also sleepwalks, almost off a balcony once. Gotta really watch him!!! Good luck with those...Maria J.

I've had night terrors and sleep paralysis (there's a trip) for awhile. I can only advise that you make sure that you're good and tired before you sleep. It's scary; I know. Good Luck.

I have woken up like that a couple of times. Very seldom but it has happened.

So, should I feel empowered now, or run screaming? lol...thanks you guys :)