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Crying during sleep
Crying during sleep might be related to dreams, depression, night terrors . The reason would need to be assessed.
Dr. Heidi Fowler reviewed this
27 year experience in Psychiatry
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A 46-year old asked:
Anyone know about crying during sleeping?
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A 33-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: Crying during sleep?
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A 40-year old asked:
Wake up when I hear my toddler crying during sleep, should I go to him?
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A 28-year old female asked:
My son is 2 y.o last few weeks he is crying often. Also during sleep. Wakes up crying. I have a very bed relations with my husband can it be related?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can a 6 month old baby have night terror? My baby has been crying in his sleep during the night, without opening the eyes, what can I do?
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A 26-year old female asked:
Why some babies at age 12 months don't sleep good and wake up crying every 20 -30 minutes during the night , what problem can they have?
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A 25-year old female asked:
My 4 month old baby boy is very irritated, day and night. During night sleep he suddenly wakes up crying. Please help. Thank you.
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A 40-year old female asked:
My10 year son had intussuseption seen during a ultrasound..He describes it as punching pain..What relieves it? Crying himself to sleep for 10 days now
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A 32-year old female asked:
My 2 1/2 month old keeps panting like as if he were crying for hrs.. Wich he has not been. He's panthing in his sleep and during awake hrs . What could this be? Plz help
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A 27-year old female asked:
My son is 7 month old and has very disturbing sleep.Wakes up with crying few times during night. No fever.What it can be ?
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A 36-year old female asked:
My 2 months old baby is sleeping very well during the day but she cannot sleep easily at night and stay awake and crying until 4am. What can I do?
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A 23-year old female asked:
My 2 month old female baby dnt sleep at all only from day to night she sleeps 6 hours how can I solve this problem plz? And when I gave her breast feed she dnt drink and crying during breastfeeding but on formula milk she doesnt have any problems?
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A 36-year old asked:
Why is my baby crying in his sleep?
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A 46-year old asked:
How come i always have headaches all day after crying myself to sleep?
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A 18-year old female asked:
When my 16 month old is sleeping she suddenly starts crying and wakes up.?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Why my 2.5 year old wakes up couple of times at night crying and falls back to sleep after?
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A 20-year old female asked:
A mouse was killed in a trap in my home i heard it and now i can't stop crying. I can't sleep cause all i hear is the mouse. Why am i like this?
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A 42-year old male asked:
My 3 week old will often cry for 3 minutes when I attempt to put him to sleep, but then he sleeps fine. Are those 3 minutes of crying damaging?
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A 30-year old female asked about a female:
Baby slept 9 hrs woke up a few times crying when she lost paci Or when she hit the rails of the crib. Would that still count as sleep through night?
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A 30-year old female asked about a male:
Is it normal for my 15 month old son to not want to eat as much all of the sudden ? And to wake up every hour at night crying then going back to sleep ?
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A 31-year old male asked:
Sir my son of4momths 2weeks and cries very frequently as we lift and carry he atops crying please help how to overcome.And at nights he don't sleep n crys?
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A 29-year old female asked:
I accidently lay on my 14 months old baby while she was sleeping. She started crying and she was fine after thaat. Did I hurt her? I m so worried We fall in sleep and I rolled over her. It was like 2- 3 second before I realised.
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A 22-year old female asked:
My 3month sweats alot crying feeding sleeping is that normal?
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A 38-year old asked:
How to stop crying yourself to sleep?
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A 22-year old female asked:
Good day My son of 7 months os crying for 1 week know he does not sleep well and I dont know what to do?
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A 41-year old asked:
My baby won't sleep without her pacifier, and wakes up crying if it falls out. Is there a way to stop this habit?
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A 43-year old female asked:
I have been crying in my sleep lately. What diagnoses could this symptom be attributed to and what can I do to help ease or stop it?
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A 23-year old female asked about a female:
My soon to be 3yr old is growing her back molers but is constantly crying and don't sleep & and don't eat cause of the pain..what should I do?
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A 19-year old female asked:
Just feel like something is wrong but don't know what. I don't feel right and i'm worried. Cant stop crying. Can't sleep. Don't know what to do.
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A male asked:
My baby is 7 weeks and will not stop crying. When he is awake it's all he does. Hy doesn't sleep a lot. As soon as I lay him down he grunts and starts crying.
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