How do i prevent nightmares?

Question

Any home remedies that help prevent nightmares, sleep paralysis ?, chamomile tea good ?

Answer 1

You can't: Nightmares are interesting. In young children they often are simply reliving their day in their sleep and can present as a nightmare. They are a common childhood occurrence. With nightmares children will wake and be scared. Night terrors are a sleep disorder that are also common. The child is not awake when they are talking, crying or sleepwalking. See tip for more info.

Answer 2

Prazosin: Also, prazosin (a medication for blood pressure) is effective in reducing nightmares, particularly in people with ptsd. It is not sedating, but it is thought to alter sleep architecture for the better. It is started at low dose (1-2mg) but doses as high as 10-12mg or more may be necessary. 5mg seems about average from my experience. Side effects are related to a decrease in blood pressure.

Answer 3

Reduce Stress: I find that writing in a journal about the emotions of the day is a very helpful way to process stress. Other individuals benefit from meditation, light exercise, soothing tea. The mindbody workbook, is a tool i developed to help people process stress and tension associated with physical symptoms.

Answer 4

See below: If nightmares are a constant problem, please obtain a psychiatry referral from your primary care doc. There are many different causes for nightmares that should be ruled out before one can conclude that it is a coping problem.

Answer 5

Consider: talking with a therapist. Minipress (prazosin) can be used off-label to help with nightmares.

Answer 6

There are some: medications that can reduce nightmares, but I'd also talk to your doctor about helping you determine if there is a cause for these? Are they more than nightmares (e.g. sleep paralysis can be quite frightening), are there symptoms other than nightmares? Talk to your local doctor.

Answer 7

Because?: Many hypothesis exist, none was confirmed, about the reason for this (to a certain extent) normal phenomenon. It is believed that plays some role in the balance/normal physiology of brains (even animals have them). If they are excessive, very intense and terryfing, featuring repetitive themes, or reflecting some painful real event, it may be abnormal, deserving a discussion with dr. See my comment.

Answer 8

Everyone gets them: We all have anxieties and encounter things in life that scare us. Nightmares may be a way to help us to work through some of these in a symbolic form. They almost always occur in rem sleep. There are nightmare disorders as seen by sleep docs. Psychiatrists are likely to see bipolar patients with gory vivid dreams and people with ptsd with nightmares and dream flashbacks. As to why? God only knows.

How do i prevent nightmares?

Ask U.S. doctors your own question and get educational, text answers — it's anonymous and free!

Ask U.S. doctors your own question and get educational, text answers — it's anonymous and free!

HealthTap doctors are based in the U.S., board certified, and available by text or video.

Ask your Child Psychiatry question free

Talk to a primary care doctor now for a personalized answer to your Child Psychiatry question

Trusted by millions since 2010

Similar questions

I am having nightmares - what can I do?

Related questions

Found in:

People also asked

Related topics

Disclaimer:

Get the Free App for Members

Get the Free App for Doctors

Product

Company