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Toddler with Nigt terror issue .. Please help
My 18 month son is having problem sleeping through the night. He wakes up almost exactly same time around 12-12:30 am every night crying. We pick him up asap and try to console him but in vain.He is not quite awake yet not completely asleep.He cries and it feels like he is scared and angry because his sleep is disturbed. When we pick him he will throw his legs and hands but he still wants to be picked up. If we try to put him to bed he will cry even more. We try to console him that time but he is not in stage of understanding anything. He usually takes his time to calm down(like 10 min) and once he is asleep we put him to bed.Till 4:00 am in the morning he will tossing and turning and we have noticed his legs twitching/trembling in his sleep. He wakes up 3-4 times during the night. Sometimes we have to pick him and walk him till he is asleep but sometimes he just goes to sleep by little cuddling/patting/reassurance.He has no fear of dark or dogs or any other noticeable fears. He is very sensitive to noise from birth. Even with slightest noise in the room he used to wake up when he was a baby.Development is normal and no other complains during day-time. He has tall slender built and is very sociable, happy toddler.
Please advice !
bhaga1 on 2013-06-10
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2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times?
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc?
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc?
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife?
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive?
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive?
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand?
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs?
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type?
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all?
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
22. What major diseases are running in your family?
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
♡ Zady101 last decade
Patient ID: Sex: Male Age: 18 month
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
Cannot sleep through night. Experience Night terror.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
mildly enlarged adenoids., recurrent colds which turns into severe chest congestion
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
none
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
frightened at night after episode of night terror. Crying without being able to be consoled
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
since birth.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Night around midnight.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
sleeping alone. After episode of night terror, need to pick the patient and walk until he falls asleep. Nothing seemed to help with night terror. Even sleeping with parents did not helped.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
no
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
in dry and sunny weather.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Easy going, sociable, happy, active , little moody, stubborn
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
irritable. (but not sure)
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times? yes
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc? yes. To noise
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc? no
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife? Have loving attitude
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
none
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
likes cheese and milk. No aversions as such.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? Normal
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? Less than normal
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand? none
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs? Normal.Head and trunk
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? Slightly more than normal. Normal consistency
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
Do not sleep well. Likes to sleep on knees bent and on stomach.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
n/a
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all? no
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Belladona 30c. Phosphorus 200 and sulphur 200. One medicine at a time. First completed the dose of Belladona ,then phosphorus and Sulphur
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
Tall, slender, normal weight, curly hair. Never put on any baby fat since birth and always on slender side.
Please answer the following questions in a descriptive manner after careful analysis and recollection of previous experiences and happenings.
1. Describe your main suffering?
Cannot sleep through night. Experience Night terror.
2. What other physical sufferings do you have in your body?
mildly enlarged adenoids., recurrent colds which turns into severe chest congestion
3. What mental sufferings / feelings do you have associated with your physical sufferings?
none
4. What exactly do you feel when you are at your worst?
frightened at night after episode of night terror. Crying without being able to be consoled
5. When did it all start? Can you connect it to any past event or disease?
since birth.
6. Which time of the day you are worst?
Night around midnight.
7. What are the things which aggravate your suffering and which are those which ameliorate the same?
sleeping alone. After episode of night terror, need to pick the patient and walk until he falls asleep. Nothing seemed to help with night terror. Even sleeping with parents did not helped.
8. Do your think your sufferings have relation to any external stimuli (like, change of place) or any internal biological changes in the body, like, menses (in females)?
no
9. When do you feel better, during hot weather or cold weather, humid or dry weather?
in dry and sunny weather.
10. Describe your general mental set up? Are you Moody, Arrogant, Mild, Agreeable Changeable, Nervous, Suspicious, Easily offended, Quiet, Arguing, Irritating, Lazy etc.
Easy going, sociable, happy, active , little moody, stubborn
- How do you feel before or during a thunderstorm?
irritable. (but not sure)
- Do you like being consoled during your tough times? yes
- Are you sensitive to external stimuli like smell, noise, light etc? yes. To noise
- Do you have any typical habit or gesture like nail biting, causeless
weeping, talking to one self etc? no
- How do you feel about your friends, family, your children and especially your husband / wife? Have loving attitude
11. What are your fears and do you dream of any situation repeatedly?
none
12. What do you crave for in food items and what are your aversions?
likes cheese and milk. No aversions as such.
13. How is your thirst: Less, Normal or Excessive? Normal
14. How if your hunger: Less, Normal or Excessive? Less than normal
15. Is there any kind of food which your body cant stand? none
16. Is your sweat normal or less or more? Where does it sweat more: Head, Trunk or Limbs? Normal.Head and trunk
17. How is your bowel movement and stool type? Slightly more than normal. Normal consistency
18. How well do you sleep? Do you have a particular posture of sleeping?
Do not sleep well. Likes to sleep on knees bent and on stomach.
19. Do you think you are able to satisfy your sexual desires in general?
n/a
20. How do you think you are different from others, if at all? no
21. What medications have been taken earlier by you to treat the diseases and do you have any particular symptom surfacing after the medication?
Belladona 30c. Phosphorus 200 and sulphur 200. One medicine at a time. First completed the dose of Belladona ,then phosphorus and Sulphur
23. Describe, how do you look like? Describe your overall appearance
Tall, slender, normal weight, curly hair. Never put on any baby fat since birth and always on slender side.
bhaga1 last decade
Hi
When did these night terror episodes start?
How long and when were these meds taken?
Belladona 30c.
Phosphorus 200
Sulphur 200
What kind of medication he is on currently?
What kind of disposition does the boy have normally or in day time? Happy, irritable, restless? Please provide details.
(AR-CHM)
[message edited by Zady101 on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:21:12 BST]
When did these night terror episodes start?
How long and when were these meds taken?
Belladona 30c.
Phosphorus 200
Sulphur 200
What kind of medication he is on currently?
What kind of disposition does the boy have normally or in day time? Happy, irritable, restless? Please provide details.
(AR-CHM)
[message edited by Zady101 on Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:21:12 BST]
♡ Zady101 last decade
He has poor sleep since birth. He used to wake up at night 2-3 times and we thought that it will improve with time after he will be 6 months old. However his sleep is still poor at 18 month. The night terror started after he turned 1. It tooks a while for us to identify his nighttime waking and crying as night terror after we ruled out if there is any issue with hunger or any physical problem.
He took Belladona 30c for 3 times/5days with no significant improvement. then he took 3 doses of Phos 200c and there was little improvemnt in his sleep. He still used to wake up but the crying part was less. This effect remained for about 1 week but after that he again went back old routine of waking and crying. Then we gave 3 doses of Sulphur 200c. The effect of sulphur remained for about 15 days. He was only waking up once or so and we did not have to pick him up. We started all of this when he was around 15 months. Some days he sleeps ok without waking up but he tosses and turns so much that it looks like he can wake up any time. He sleeps with me on a king bed and I hardly get any space to sleep. He sleeps all over the king bed and 5-6 times during night I have to reposition him.
He is a normal,active,happy toddler during the day. Even with interrupted sleep he seems to be fine during the day. He takes 2 hour nap during day and rest of the day is constant play.He is stubborn in nature. If he wants something it is very hard to distract him. He is sharp intellectually and has strong memory( does not forget thing easily). He is not taking any medicines currently. He catches cold frequently and gets severe chest congestion and wheezing on 2nd-3rd day of cold cycle. He dont have asthma but with each cold he gets severely congested like he is drowning in mucus and not able to breathe. Other than chest congestion and sleep problem everything is fine.
Let me know if you need more info.
He took Belladona 30c for 3 times/5days with no significant improvement. then he took 3 doses of Phos 200c and there was little improvemnt in his sleep. He still used to wake up but the crying part was less. This effect remained for about 1 week but after that he again went back old routine of waking and crying. Then we gave 3 doses of Sulphur 200c. The effect of sulphur remained for about 15 days. He was only waking up once or so and we did not have to pick him up. We started all of this when he was around 15 months. Some days he sleeps ok without waking up but he tosses and turns so much that it looks like he can wake up any time. He sleeps with me on a king bed and I hardly get any space to sleep. He sleeps all over the king bed and 5-6 times during night I have to reposition him.
He is a normal,active,happy toddler during the day. Even with interrupted sleep he seems to be fine during the day. He takes 2 hour nap during day and rest of the day is constant play.He is stubborn in nature. If he wants something it is very hard to distract him. He is sharp intellectually and has strong memory( does not forget thing easily). He is not taking any medicines currently. He catches cold frequently and gets severe chest congestion and wheezing on 2nd-3rd day of cold cycle. He dont have asthma but with each cold he gets severely congested like he is drowning in mucus and not able to breathe. Other than chest congestion and sleep problem everything is fine.
Let me know if you need more info.
bhaga1 last decade
Hi
Please give Arsenicum Album 6C as per the below method:
Please dissolve 2 pellets or 1 drop of the remedy in 3 teaspoons water. Stir vigorously, several times.
Give 1 teaspoon to him in the night, throw away 2 remaining teaspoons water.
Please do this once a night for 3 nights and update me after the doses are finished.
Please use disposable cups and spoon.
Please give Arsenicum Album 6C as per the below method:
Please dissolve 2 pellets or 1 drop of the remedy in 3 teaspoons water. Stir vigorously, several times.
Give 1 teaspoon to him in the night, throw away 2 remaining teaspoons water.
Please do this once a night for 3 nights and update me after the doses are finished.
Please use disposable cups and spoon.
♡ Zady101 last decade
I have Arsenicum Album 30c available. Can I use that in place of 6c. It will take few days for me to procure 6c.
bhaga1 last decade
Then please give him only one dose of Arsenicum 30 and update me after 3 days.
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[message edited by Zady101 on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:27:20 BST]
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[message edited by Zady101 on Thu, 13 Jun 2013 05:27:20 BST]
♡ Zady101 last decade
Yes. There is improvement. He is sleeping through the night. Somedays he wakes up but goes back to sleep in 5-10 mins. Last night he woke up crying but I am not sure if he woke up because of night terror or because he did potty and was uncomfortable. He has never soiled his diaper in sleep during night since he turned 6 months. It is possible that he might have nightmare and because of that he soiled his diaper and woke up because of that. But this was the only occurrence when he woke up crying and angry/scared(mixed). If the same old rountine repeats after few days, can I give Arsenic Album to him again?
Thanks !
Thanks !
bhaga1 last decade
Ok, good. Please repeat Arsenicum 30 in water now ONCE only.
♡ Zady101 last decade
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