This article was medically reviewed by Alex Dimitriu, MD, psychiatrist and founder of Menlo Park Psychiatry and Sleep Medicine. Night terrors are a sleep condition that involves thrashing ...

Night terrors are episodes of screaming, crying, or thrashing that usually occur two to three hours after falling asleep during a stage known as non-rapid eye movement or deep sleep. Night terrors ...

which involves abnormal behaviours during sleep. Parasomnia can include sleepwalking, night terrors, or even crying out loud. While it can be frightening to see your child behave this way ...

Miraculously, he did. It took time and research to understand what was happening to my son: He was having sleep terrors, also known as night terrors. While they can look like vivid nightmares ...

keeping the same bedtime each night, avoiding screen time before bed, and avoiding excess alcohol or caffeine. Sleep paralysis usually doesn't need any special treatment. Dear Dr. Roach ...