Reply to "Night Terrors"

I've had night terrors for as long as I can remember.

Exacerbated by stress and the inability to fall back asleep later in life I stumbled upon 2 medicines. Intuniv (guanfacine or tenex) 1mg and Minipress (Prazosin) 5 mg. Serious life savers. I take both about an hour before bed. I took 2mg intuniv and 10mg minipress for a couple years and now have titrated down to the lower dose. The both together really helped me.

I can function during the day since I actually slept and stayed asleep. No amount of counseling or wishing for healing was going to fix my sleeping problem. Sleeping pills were not an option. My memory has improved also. A big plus.

I tried EMDR and it worked well for other things but the night terrors were not helped much at all.

(I thought I posted this on your blog Jane but I'm not sure it actually posted.)

8/23/169:46 AM

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