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Originally posted by Epona:
I have discussed this briefly here before, but for those that don't know - I suffer from Night Terrors. This is visual/audio disturbance (hallucination) caused by abnormal electical activity in a particular part of the brain which occurs within the first 30 minutes or so after falling asleep. It is not a dream, because you wake up, then the hallucination happens.
Well last night I was under attack from giant flying insects ALL NIGHT! (no, I don't do drugs, and I'm not mad either. It's a bit like a type of epilepsy that only starts when you're asleep!!)
I could hear their wings beating, I could see them swooping at my head, I could feel their legs brushing against my face. It was awful! I kept huddling under the covers, yelling for help, with my heartrate at about 120, barely able to breath. It happened at least 3 times, each time about an hour after the last, so I barely got any sleep - it takes a while to calm down after an attack.
Anyone else get this? It's kinda difficult to explain without sounding completely insane!
Here is a link to a site about the conditions in case anyone thinks I'm making this up:
http://www.nightterrors.org/
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Good God Epona, that sounds so horrible, not kidding here. I have heard of night terrors before, but thought they were just extremely vivid nightmares, did not know that they were hallucinations brought on after you wake up. That has to be a tough thing to deal with. There is nothing you can do about them? No medication you can take before going to bed? When you have these night terrors, since you have had them for so long, do you in some ways mentally know that they are not real? I ask this because I have frequent nightmares, dreaming ones though not night terrors, and have had these nightmares for so long that in some ways in the dream I know it is not real, even though the emotions all seem to still be there even though I know that, if that makes sense. Just wondering if it is the same way with you?
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