Night Terrors

[Guest guest]

Wow, that is a blessing! It has been 10 months since Karac has slept that

long. He has even been waking up at 4:00 in the morning at the hospital and

they give him Clonidine, Risperdal, and Thorazine at night to try to make him

sleep all night. He had a melt down yesterday; so I don't know when he will be

home now. Pat K

[Guest guest]

Hi Lori - nice to hear from you.

We have been seeing aggressive behaviours again in the last couple of days

though no sleep problems (we had what you describe once quite a long time

ago) - our son's lymph levels were up again in the bloodwork last week. He

was pale and seemed vague and off today and got very cranky at school. Viral

activity has caused this before and slightly elevated liver levels I've

noticed can also occur when there's viral clearance.

hope this helps,

Night Terrors

Hi there listmates.

I haven't written in for a while as things have been going quite well for my

5 1/2 year old son on the protocol for nearly 2 years. Eight nights

ago my son awoke with a fever of around 101.5. He was screaming and crying

as if he was having a bad nightmare and I could not get him either awake or

revealing anything about what was so upsetting. He was in this state for

most of the night and clung to me as if he were terrified, but yet not

really fully awake. The next morning the fever was gone , but the same

thing happened the next night with the fever up to 103 , but gone again by

the morning. Oddly enough, in the days just prior to and during the days

where he was having these night fever/terrors he was better than we have

ever seen him. Alert, responsive, very conversational, very inquisitive,

funny...truly the bright, alert child that Dr. Goldberg always asks about.

Since the 2 nights of fevers, his behaviour has deteriorated...We witness

his first ever aggressive behaviour which was quite a shock for our usually

very sweet, easy going boy. In any case, while the fever has gone with no

other symptoms or illness appearing, these night terrors or night mares are

still continuing 2-3 times a night. He is hysterical, not coherent,

frightened, crying, mumbling things that we can't make out. He will answer

some of my questions but then start the hysterics again.

I recall something on Dr. Goldberg's patient info questionnaire when we

started with him asking if the patient experiences night terrors or sleep

disruption. I remember this was a frequent problem for my son before we

started with Dr. Goldberg and we haven't seen it since very early in the

protocol. What is this and how is it related to ? His diet is tight

and he is only on Famvir and Nizoral, no SSRI. His labs are a bit stressed

with high Creatinine levels (again!), very low Neutriphils and high AST.

Can viral activity cause this behaviour. I remember being surprised seeing

the question on Dr. Goldberg's patient info questionnaire. I never related

this night terror to an illness.

If anyone can shed some light on this for me, I would be so grateful. My

poor guy is out of his mind most of the night starting about 1 hour after he

falls asleep.

Many thanks in advance for any help you can give us.

Lori

[Guest guest]

In 1999, the CDC found that night terrors were strongly associated with

thimerosal injections. The CDC considered 1.5 to be a relative risk

meriting concern. The 1999 data (as briefly sketched by Geier and Geier

at the recent DAN! in LA) showed the following relative risk:

5.76 - somnambulism or night terrors

Fortunately for those of us who don't like to think unpleasant thoughts,

the CDC deliberately proceeded to dilute its own data and found the IOM

and AAP eager to help in hiding the CDC's undiluted findings.

Janet Mcauley wrote:

>Rochelle,

>

>My son did this when he was five years old. One and a half hours after falling

asleep, he would scream & say Mommie. Then would jump out of bed and start

running around the house. We had to physically restrain him to keep him from

trying to run outside the house. It was like sleepwalking (or running). He

didn't hear me answer him, nothing woke him up. Tried putting cold water on his

face, but he never woke up. Would finally wind down and we would guide him back

to bed. Finally (after many months of this happening once or twice a month), I

remembered that a diabetic girl I lived with (boarding type home) would wake up

screaming when she got too much insulin. The treatment was to give her honey or

sugar. So next time my son did this, I put some Karo syrup in his mouth (now I

would try honey). This wasn't easy to do because he was so agitated, but he got

enough such that he immediately woke up and became conscious. I finally

realized that my son had just started kindergarden and wasn't getting enough

carbohydrates. I really limited sweets and snacks. We upped his carbohydrate

intake and the episodes stopped. He only had one more episode and that was five

years later when he had the flu and hadn't eaten for a day or so. With puberty,

my son's allergy type symptoms got significantly better (with my three

daughters' they all got worse). He has never had another low blood sugar attack

since puberty.

>

>This is something easy to try without elaborate testing.

>

>Hope this helps,

>Janet McAuley

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh boy can I relate.

My 3 yr old has night terrors too and the DAN! dr. gave me a test kit for

his sleep profile. Problem is they want his saliva and urine between the

hours of let's say 1am-4am when he wakes during the night. I cannot even get

him to know who I am half the times and he is not compliant in any way even

after he 'snaps' out of it.

Do you think I should try to figure out a way to do this test and is it

worth it, like what do you think they're even going to find, esp if it is

from mercury, the test is not for metals...

thanks

Re: [ ] Night terrors

>

> In 1999, the CDC found that night terrors were strongly associated with

> thimerosal injections. The CDC considered 1.5 to be a relative risk

> meriting concern. The 1999 data (as briefly sketched by Geier and Geier

> at the recent DAN! in LA) showed the following relative risk:

>

> 5.76 - somnambulism or night terrors

>

> Fortunately for those of us who don't like to think unpleasant thoughts,

> the CDC deliberately proceeded to dilute its own data and found the IOM

> and AAP eager to help in hiding the CDC's undiluted findings.

>

>

>

> Janet Mcauley wrote:

>

>>Rochelle,

>>

>>My son did this when he was five years old. One and a half hours after

>>falling asleep, he would scream & say Mommie. Then would jump out of bed

>>and start running around the house. We had to physically restrain him to

>>keep him from trying to run outside the house. It was like sleepwalking

>>(or running). He didn't hear me answer him, nothing woke him up. Tried

>>putting cold water on his face, but he never woke up. Would finally wind

>>down and we would guide him back to bed. Finally (after many months of

>>this happening once or twice a month), I remembered that a diabetic girl I

>>lived with (boarding type home) would wake up screaming when she got too

>>much insulin. The treatment was to give her honey or sugar. So next time

>>my son did this, I put some Karo syrup in his mouth (now I would try

>>honey). This wasn't easy to do because he was so agitated, but he got

>>enough such that he immediately woke up and became conscious. I finally

>>realized that my son had just started kindergarden and wasn't getting

>>enough carbohydrates. I really limited sweets and snacks. We upped his

>>carbohydrate intake and the episodes stopped. He only had one more

>>episode and that was five years later when he had the flu and hadn't eaten

>>for a day or so. With puberty, my son's allergy type symptoms got

>>significantly better (with my three daughters' they all got worse). He

>>has never had another low blood sugar attack since puberty.

>>

>>This is something easy to try without elaborate testing.

>>

>>Hope this helps,

>>Janet McAuley

>>

>>

>>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son has had them off and on for a couple of years. He hasn't had them

since last summer, but he still gets up every night and is afraid and ends

up in our bed. We did homeopathy last June and that was when they stopped.

There is a 'Homeopathy-Special Needs Child group that I'm on that might have

info for you. I think the site is HomeopathySNC.org.

Christy

_____

From:

[mailto: ] On Behalf Of newfisholdfish

Sent: Monday, May 29, 2006 2:54 PM

Subject: night terrors

My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If she

doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except for the

months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe that

night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But the

night/day terrors are back.

Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining on

the entire family.

thanks,

alicia

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

Yes, I'm all too familiar with night terrors - they are absolutely horrible

and completely draining on everyone. My guy's night terrors stopped completely

when I had completely withdrawn all dairy and added in EFAs. Omega 3 seemed to

be the real key however, even the slightest bit of dairy would guarantee a night

terror. We haven't had one in years, but I can still remember these spells like

they were yesterday.

-Jenni

newfisholdfish <onefishtwofish@...> wrote:

My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If she

doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except for the

months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe that

night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But the

night/day terrors are back.

Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining on

the entire family.

thanks,

alicia

[Guest guest]

For us it is yeast/bacteria. Probiotics and enzymes and a complete elimination

of all processed sugars gets rid of it for us.

night terrors

My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If she

doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except for the

months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe that

night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But the

night/day terrors are back.

Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining on

the entire family.

thanks,

alicia

[Guest guest]

Hi Jenni, it is nice to know someone understands.

I initially thought it was dairy. Then gluten. Now i have no idea.

Perhaps it is sugar. Don't think she is getting good efa's so maybe

i could try Omega 3. thanks!

> My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If

she

> doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except

for the

> months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe

that

> night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

> metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But

the

> night/day terrors are back.

>

> Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining

on

> the entire family.

>

> thanks,

> alicia

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My oldest daughter had those and it seemed related to blood sugar.

Interestingly, my youngest daughter would have seizures about the same

time frame (not at the same time as my oldest daughter's night terrors)

of an hour or two after falling asleep. For them, I believe both

ultimately had hypoglycemic episodes. It may not be the same thing for

your daughter, but something to keep in mind as a possibility.

>

> My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If she

> doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except for

the

> months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe

that

> night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

> metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But the

> night/day terrors are back.

>

> Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining on

> the entire family.

>

> thanks,

> alicia

>

[Guest guest]

Dairy does this to a couple of my children as well.

Sheresa

> > My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If

> she

> > doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except

> for the

> > months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe

> that

> > night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

> > metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But

> the

> > night/day terrors are back.

> >

> > Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite

draining

> on

> > the entire family.

> >

> > thanks,

> > alicia

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

Gluten intolerance and dairy are intimately linked and Omega 3's can help to

alleviate effects of both so it could be any. Many, if not, most symptoms or

ailments can result from either an excess or a deficiency of different

chemicals, oils, minerals, vitamins, etc. which makes finding solutions sooooo

difficult - and then, when you find it, sometimes it all changes after a few

weeks, days or months. Keep one trying, you will get there!

Best wishes and much love, Ken

Ken Gullan

Institute for Research Integration (IRI), San Diego, CA 92106-2424

IRI is a 501C(3) non-profit corporation established to help children with

developmental difficulties.

To contact me off-list use kengullan@... or call 619-222-1104

Re: night terrors

Hi Jenni, it is nice to know someone understands.

I initially thought it was dairy. Then gluten. Now i have no idea.

Perhaps it is sugar. Don't think she is getting good efa's so maybe

i could try Omega 3. thanks!

> My daughter has night terrors daily. Usually during a nap. If

she

> doesn't nap, then at night. It's been two years of this--except

for the

> months when we did the elimination diet. this leads me to believe

that

> night terrors could be triggered by either diet or be related to

> metabolism somehow. She is currently GFSFCF and low phenol. But

the

> night/day terrors are back.

>

> Anyone have experience with night terrors? They are quite draining

on

> the entire family.

>

> thanks,

> alicia

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My notes say they are from low Zinc, sorry I don't have more for you.

My 2 cents Ann

[Guest guest]

actually, according to my journal charts, there are several days after

i supplement with zinc she has no terrors. However giving zinc two days

in a row, and the terrors are back. i'll keep trying. thanks!

>

> My notes say they are from low Zinc, sorry I don't have more for

you.

> My 2 cents Ann

>

[Guest guest]

To the lady with the child having " night terrors " - I just wanted to relate

my experience. My daughter was having similar episodes - seeming to be

" caught " between sleep and wake mode, happening either in the morning, at

nap, or at night (but usually in the am). They turned out to be seizures,

and the " night terrors " episode was the post-seizure state (medical term is

post-ictal) Just thought I would throw that in there so you can make a

mental note. She is 6, is now diagnosed as having epilepsy, and is on meds

for that. I am still not convinced it is not metabolic in origin (the

seizures), and we are doing several things nutritionally. Just FYI. HTH

[Guest guest]

My daughter recently had several episodes. It appears in her case

to be related to specific food intolerances.

Amy

>

> To the lady with the child having " night terrors " - I just wanted

to relate

> my experience. My daughter was having similar episodes - seeming

to be

> " caught " between sleep and wake mode, happening either in the

morning, at

> nap, or at night (but usually in the am). They turned out to be

seizures,

> and the " night terrors " episode was the post-seizure state

(medical term is

> post-ictal) Just thought I would throw that in there so you can

make a

> mental note. She is 6, is now diagnosed as having epilepsy, and

is on meds

> for that. I am still not convinced it is not metabolic in origin

(the

> seizures), and we are doing several things nutritionally. Just

FYI. HTH

>

[Guest guest]

My son has had episodes with night terrors in the past. He was tested for

seizures and that came back negative. We started the GFCF diet and enzymes 3

weeks ago and he has not had an episode since.

Tracey

-------------- Original message --------------

From: " Amy " <noahsmom7898@...>

My daughter recently had several episodes. It appears in her case

to be related to specific food intolerances.

Amy

>

> To the lady with the child having " night terrors " - I just wanted

to relate

> my experience. My daughter was having similar episodes - seeming

to be

> " caught " between sleep and wake mode, happening either in the

morning, at

> nap, or at night (but usually in the am). They turned out to be

seizures,

> and the " night terrors " episode was the post-seizure state

(medical term is

> post-ictal) Just thought I would throw that in there so you can

make a

> mental note. She is 6, is now diagnosed as having epilepsy, and

is on meds

> for that. I am still not convinced it is not metabolic in origin

(the

> seizures), and we are doing several things nutritionally. Just

FYI. HTH

>

[Guest guest]

this is just my opinion this is not a protocol; thanks for reading

I am certinaly not an expert and basically speaking:

all I do is relay information I hear from Nutritonal M.D.'s to others;

90% of the information I have is from M.D.'s I know people think

M.D.'s do not understand Nutriton actually they understand Nutriton

but they hide the benfits; this is my own persoanl opinon.

How's an M.D who has 6 to 8 yrs. of University not going to know

about Vitamin C?

I learned about Vitamin C in the third grade; so Doc. know all about.

REPLY: night terrors

JUST TODAY AN M.D. WAS SAYING; NIGHTMARE IN CHILDREN HELPED BY

THIAMINE VITAMIN B1; The doc's name is Dr. Pinkton of Purity Products

i just heard this about 2 hours ago ! What a lucky coincidence for

your daughter this doctor happendd to be on the raido !

I even have the telephone number for a free bottle:

1-800-488-7579 Purity Products Californis " Vitamin B1 "

The enitre show was about THIAMINE so i listened to every word @

Then the Dr. said this:

1. child'snight maeres' helped with daily Thiamien Vitamin B1

2. A Child needs adequate Thiamine Vit. B1 for proper growth

development

ps considering Thiamine is 100% non-toxic; what have you got to lose?

Thiamine is given to infants whose Mothers' milk has low Thiamine;

I would recommend 25 mgs. a day 50 ms. next day; up to 100 mgs.

day;you would have to ask a health professional for the best Thiamine;

Your Doctor can acutally prescibe Thiamine Vit. B1; just as my doc.

prescibed Vitamin C for my nose bleeds which cleared up in 10 days;

(I had mild scurvy); so ask your Doc. his opinon on supplementing

with Thimain Vit. B1

if not; then you have to buy yourself; I recommend SOLGAR PURE

THIAMINE VITAMIN B1

If a tablet of 100 mgs. divide tablet give 2 times a day

If a capsuule with powedr Dr. Pinkton says open cap; sprinkle on food

ps I really hope you try the Thiamine; because if that's part of her

problem; being deficient in Thiamine; a bottle is less than $10;

so it would be a shame to see her suffer over a simple Vitamin; I

know you will do the right thing; ALWAYS TELL DOC IF YOU ADD VITS.

Because she might be on the meds which I don't know about;

I would also had CALCIUM caplets or powdeer before beditme

did you know Calcium is " a natural tranuqilizer>

and then finally; I would add Yogurt or Probiotiss to absorb Vits/mins

>

> Hi Listmates,

>

> I am hoping some of you can help.

>

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors

about 9 months ago, maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and

cries randomly at least once a night, sometimes 3 or more times. She

doesn't remember them, is quickly consolable, and isn't awake during

them or afterwards.

>

> Everything I've read says this is just a thing some pre-schoolers

go through, and that if it's bad enough, you can get prescription

medication.

>

> I'm not willing to go that route, but I am about to pull my hair

out. I am exhausted from not sleeping through the night!

>

> I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a

round of antibiotics for an ear infection is not a coincidence. I've

tried Nystatin already for yeast, and that didn't seem to help her

sleep.

>

> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of

deficiency or metal problem possibly (she is barely

vaccinated...stopped after learning what happened to her sister)?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

FWIW one of my children used to do this a lot.

She also kicked violently. I am fairly certain

that NoFenol enzyme from Houston Nutraceuticals

solved this problem for her as it finally disappeared

after I started her on that (which was at age 8).

The nightmares/kicking re-ocurred on a couple of

occasions when I ran out of this enzyme or stopped

giving it to see if she could do without it, so I

don't think this was just coincidental.

Sue

>

> Hi Listmates,

>

> I am hoping some of you can help.

>

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors about 9

months ago,

maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries randomly at least once a

night,

sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't remember them, is quickly consolable, and

isn't

awake during them or afterwards.

>

> Everything I've read says this is just a thing some pre-schoolers go through,

and that if

it's bad enough, you can get prescription medication.

>

> I'm not willing to go that route, but I am about to pull my hair out. I am

exhausted from

not sleeping through the night!

>

> I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a round of

antibiotics for an ear

infection is not a coincidence. I've tried Nystatin already for yeast, and that

didn't seem to

help her sleep.

>

> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of deficiency or

metal

problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped after learning what

happened to her

sister)?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors about 9

months ago,

maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries randomly at least once a

night,

sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't remember them, is quickly consolable, and

isn't

awake during them or afterwards.

I have no wisdom for you, but my NT daughter went through the same thing off and

on for

years. Often she would *not be consolable, but look at me when I would stumble

in as

though I were a terrifying beast.

> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of deficiency or

metal

problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped after learning what

happened to her

sister)?

My daughter does have some metals (fishy-looking hair test). She used to be very

yeast-

prone but isn't anymore. I chelated her about 15 rounds or so, but it was hard

keeping up

with the supps for a kid who had no symptoms and thus no reaction to chelation

that I

could see. Anyway, she still talks in her sleep at age 7, but no more terrors...

Nell

[Guest guest]

sounds good; prob. the enzyme nofenol heps her absorb Nutrients; I

was just going to say:

Two cofactors which work with Thiamine B1 are Magneiusm and Choline;

Choliine is found in soyMilk but I don't think peole use Soymilk much.

> >

> > Hi Listmates,

> >

> > I am hoping some of you can help.

> >

> > I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors

about 9 months ago,

> maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries randomly at

least once a night,

> sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't remember them, is quickly

consolable, and isn't

> awake during them or afterwards.

> >

> > Everything I've read says this is just a thing some pre-schoolers

go through, and that if

> it's bad enough, you can get prescription medication.

> >

> > I'm not willing to go that route, but I am about to pull my hair

out. I am exhausted from

> not sleeping through the night!

> >

> > I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a

round of antibiotics for an ear

> infection is not a coincidence. I've tried Nystatin already for

yeast, and that didn't seem to

> help her sleep.

> >

> > Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of

deficiency or metal

> problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped after learning

what happened to her

> sister)?

> >

> > Thanks,

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

They have speical powdeered Calicum supplements you give kids at night

a snakc before bed high in protein; such as a cheese sandwich helps;

whenever I cannot sleep i drink either hot milk or I make a snack

Trvia; did you know your child's muscles grow only when child sleeps?-

-- In , " lanellici " <lanellici@...>

wrote:

>

>

>

> > I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors

about 9 months ago,

> maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries randomly at

least once a night,

> sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't remember them, is quickly

consolable, and isn't

> awake during them or afterwards.

>

> I have no wisdom for you, but my NT daughter went through the same

thing off and on for

> years. Often she would *not be consolable, but look at me when I

would stumble in as

> though I were a terrifying beast.

>

> > Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of

deficiency or metal

> problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped after learning

what happened to her

> sister)?

>

> My daughter does have some metals (fishy-looking hair test). She

used to be very yeast-

> prone but isn't anymore. I chelated her about 15 rounds or so, but

it was hard keeping up

> with the supps for a kid who had no symptoms and thus no reaction

to chelation that I

> could see. Anyway, she still talks in her sleep at age 7, but no

more terrors...

>

> Nell

>

[Guest guest]

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors

about 9 months ago, maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and

cries randomly at least once a night, sometimes 3 or more times. She

doesn't remember them, is quickly consolable, and isn't awake during

them or afterwards.

Commonly caused by phenol intolerance and/or yeast overgrowth

http://www.danasview.net/phenol.htm

http://www.danasview.net/yeast.htm

For my #1 [he is older], this happens when he is dehydrated.

> I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a

round of antibiotics for an ear infection is not a coincidence. I've

tried Nystatin already for yeast, and that didn't seem to help her sleep.

Try something else. Maybe the strain of yeast she has, is not

affected by Nystatin.

Dana

[Guest guest]

From 6 months on, our daughter had night wakings, night terrors and

nightmares. Once we started mB12 shots, they disappeared. My husband

thought the shots were doing nothing so we stopped and after 3 weeks, all

that stuff came back along with increased lack of focus. Once back on the

shots, it went away.

in MD

[ ] Night Terrors

> Hi Listmates,

>

> I am hoping some of you can help.

>

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors about 9

> months ago, maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries

> randomly at least once a night, sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't

> remember them, is quickly consolable, and isn't awake during them or

> afterwards.

>

> Everything I've read says this is just a thing some pre-schoolers go

> through, and that if it's bad enough, you can get prescription medication.

>

> I'm not willing to go that route, but I am about to pull my hair out. I am

> exhausted from not sleeping through the night!

>

> I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a round of

> antibiotics for an ear infection is not a coincidence. I've tried Nystatin

> already for yeast, and that didn't seem to help her sleep.

>

> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of

> deficiency or metal problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped

> after learning what happened to her sister)?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks to everyone for the great ideas!

Considering we are a dairy free family, it is possible we are still soemwhat

calcium deficient (in spite of lots of green vegies and supplementing). It

hadn't occurred to me that could be it.

I will also consider the B vitamins, thiamine and B12, and the enzymes.

Thanks again!

--------- [ ] Night Terrors

> Hi Listmates,

>

> I am hoping some of you can help.

>

> I have a neurotypical 3 year old who started having night terrors about 9

> months ago, maybe longer. She yells out, screams, talks, and cries

> randomly at least once a night, sometimes 3 or more times. She doesn't

> remember them, is quickly consolable, and isn't awake during them or

> afterwards.

>

> Everything I've read says this is just a thing some pre-schoolers go

> through, and that if it's bad enough, you can get prescription medication.

>

> I'm not willing to go that route, but I am about to pull my hair out. I am

> exhausted from not sleeping through the night!

>

> I can't help but think the fact that this started right after a round of

> antibiotics for an ear infection is not a coincidence. I've tried Nystatin

> already for yeast, and that didn't seem to help her sleep.

>

> Does anyone have any advice or suggestions? Is this some kind of

> deficiency or metal problem possibly (she is barely vaccinated...stopped

> after learning what happened to her sister)?

>

> Thanks,

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My son is almost 11, and started having night terrors for the first time

about a year ago. These were so scary! He was speaking some kind of odd

gibberish

language, jumping over furniture, rolling on the ground, trying to jump out

windows, kicking the wall, kicking my husband and I. He was SO scared, yelling

things like " Protect me! "

After a while, I figured out that his episodes of night terrors were

clustered around sore throats or slight colds. From there, I figured that maybe

they

were connected to viral issues. I know all kids are different, but for my son,

Lauricidin stopped his night terrors. Now, whenever he has the slightest sign

of a cold coming on, I start him on Lauricidin.

Incidentally, my son even had a day terror once. He felt it coming on and

said to me, " Mommy, I think I am going to have a day terror... " and a few

seconds

later, he did. I'd never even heard of a day terror. I hadn't thought he was

even sick. The following day, he had a sore throat, I started him on

Lauricidin, and no more day or night terrors.

Just our experiences.

Debbie

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