How are night terrors treated?

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  1. Usually, medications are not used to treat night terrors. But if your episodes of night terror are related to another underlying condition, then treating that condition with medication may provide relief. In rare cases, a doctor will suggest using benzodiazepines for a short time to treat night terrors.

    Usually, medications are not used to treat night terrors. But if your episodes of night terror are related to another underlying condition, then treating that condition with medication may provide relief. In rare cases, a doctor will suggest using... More
  2.  Burke Lennihan RN CCH
     

    A professional homeopath can treat a child’s night terrors with medicines which are safe and gentle yet effective and regulated by the FDA as over-the-counter drugs.

    This type of thing is relatively easy for a homeopath to resolve. The way homeopathy works (treating the whole person), your child is likely to improve in other ways which seem totally unrelated to the night terrors, such as temper tantrums, problems in school, tics or twitches, many possible other symptoms which might get better.

    Of course the same approach will work for adults with night terrors. Night terrors don’t come out of the blue. They are a manifestation of something else going on deep inside – some trauma or frightening experience or other unbalancing factor. That is why the remedy that relieves the night terrors is likely to have other positive effects in the person’s life.

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