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Eyes Wide Shut

My son is 5 years old, sometimes when he wakes up and he is not really awake. His eyes are open but he starts shaking and chattering his teeth like he is cold. When I talk to him he will follow my voice but acts like he can't see me. Again his eyes are wide open. When I talk to him he hollers for mom and dad and says he is scared, when you ask him what he is scared of he can't really answer. He does sometimes talk about seeing lights. He is very scared and his heart is racing. I try to wake him shake him gently, clap his hands together, take him pee but nothing stops these episodes until he wakes up all the way and then he is fine, in fact he doesn't remember anything once he snaps out of it. Any one else have child that does this or any suggestions?




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Mar 24, 2011
 My son
by: Anonymous

My 5 year old son did somthing like this for the first time last night. It scared be so bad, i am not sure what to do??
Jul 30, 2011
 Night Terror
by: Anonymous

My son does this every so often. The first few times he did it, it was very scary. Then after researching this, I found that he was having a night terror...which is different from a nightmare. A night terror he won't remember the next day. I find that he has them when he is very exhausted and over tired.
Dec 10, 2011
 I used to sleepwalk NEW
by: Anonymous

i used to sleepwalk until I was 12 years old ( I am now 20)..I started sleepwalking when I was 5 and my parents said I would wake up, walk to them (they were usually up and watching tv on the couch) and I would stand in front of them with my eyes wide open and start shaking and with my teeth chattering as if I were cold....I never remembered when I woke up.

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