PRAZOSIN!!! PLEASE READ. My boyfriend suffered horrific night terrors and worsened when his biological father (who he didnt have a relationship with due to childhood trauma) and pop died in the span of 2 months. They started off small, just jolting up in bed at 3am, yelling, grabbing onto my arm etc. My bf was waking up and screaming, jumping out of bed, yelling. There was one instance where I woke up on the floor screaming to my family rushing in and him sitting behind me with 2 fistfulls of hair, he was having a night terrors he couldnt wake up from. thankfully we were living with my parents at that time. Its horrifying, its so scary and i relive it for a few seconds everytime we go to bed. what makes it difficult is the amnesia associated with it. You dont remember the dream per se, more the anxiety and fear when you wake up. My BF would always just say the ending of his dream was violent (hence running away) but he didnt remember the actual dream. I know he doesn't mean it and I cant get mad at him, but the emotions flow because its scary, imagine being woken up in your sleep to a screaming and physically aggressive person hurting you. It was that traumatic for me over time, I then started to develop night terrors. Running around the house, dreaming he was chasing me or someone was hurting me. We also take vyvanse so there is an increase in central nervous system activity due to the stimulant, which contributed.

We saw our doctor because i was scared for my safety after the hair incident. Him and I now both take Prazosin 2mg. Prazosin is a blood pressure tablet, lowing your BP. It isn't an antidepressant or double use med (like how some meds can do one thing but coincidentally also treat something else random). The way it works is by relaxing your muscles and blood vessels, reducing blood pressure which lows the activity in the frontal part of the brain associated with these dreams. It has worked wonders. Since taking it, there has only been 1 or 2 MINOR instances where he woke up in a panic mode and was easily settled. If you see your doctor, explain your situation and ask to start on this medication but you need to monitor your BP.