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Sleep Abnormalities & Terrors Since I Was A Child!!
by Liz
(England)
Hi, I have suffered with night terrors for as long as I can remember (I am 33 now). The abnormalities range from sleepwalking, sleep talking/shouting, actual night terrors & grinding my teeth. Sometimes I can go for months not being aware I have had any, then suddenly I can have 1 or all of these symptoms every night for weeks.
I have been to my doctor on several occasions especially due to the physical injuries suffered during episodes such as a broken toe, but the furthest I got to seeking help through the system was being referred to a "sleep specialist" who was flippant at best & could only offer me sleeping tablets. While I feel that might have been helpful I don't actually know when an episode, or a cluster of them, is coming & I don't want to have to take them when the chances are I wouldn't have one anyway.
Recently I have gone through some changes, such as planning a wedding & moving houses, which might explain why at the moment they are quite bad. But particularly I was wondering if the fact that recently I have had a contraceptive implant fitted 3 months ago. The reason why I feel this might be important is because I didn't have a period for the first 2 months & now since I have started periods again I have had a night terror/some kind of sleep disorder (as above) for the last 3 weeks & coincidentally I have been on my menstrual cycle for 3 weeks.....Can you tell me if there is any evidence if this is related????? Thanks Liz x
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