night terrors

Hi,  mum my has just finished her chemo and yes it does appear that one of the many side effects is anxiety and night terrors and day terrors.  My mum had to take tamazepam to help her sleep.  Also stopped watching tv and reading her thriller books because she was so frightened.   She has now moved in  with me so that she is not on her own.  This has helped a bit.. Hope you find something can help you...

My sister had this - total panic & deep anxiety very early in the morning. A lot of it was attributed to the steroids she took with the chemo. Assume you are on steroids - the Nurses advised taking them earlier in the day (2-3pm) so the effects weren't as bad during the night. She also tried a mild sleeping tablet so she could at least get a bit of rest. Another option is to train yourself in meditation to banish the terrors away. Best talk to your doctor though and see if your medication cane be altered.

I did say that she wasn't to force herself to sleep & she should rest when needed - if help was wanted in the day then people are their to call on so I hope you have soemone to hepl this way.

Hi, just wanted to say i suffered terrible nightmares and fears and my imagnation run riot!!  I was diagnosed last feb with incurable grade 4 kidney cancer. I had fears of my children foregetting me my husband having a new wife or partner and strangley my mum dad and gran forgetting me to, and awful fears of death and waking up in a coffin with the earth falling in around me, I'm not sure if that was the chemo or what the oncologist and surgeon telling me the prognosis was poor!!! Thats when i started to panic, i was put on amitryptritilen (soz about the spelling) and prozac, but felt this exagerated my dreams and fears, then i had zopiclone, then my gp took me off this and said i would become addicted or it would not be effective after a certain time, so now i am back to my out of body dreams,  what is all this about, can only put it down to my over active mind!! My gp is pretty useless, so think it must be something to do with the fear of the unknown and perhaps your mortality, still trying to work it out myself!!! Hope you know that your mum is not alone in these dreams and fears!!! all my love Jilly xxx

meant to say you are not alone in these dreams lol! see chemo brain at it again!! xx

thanks everyone for your help it has definately ,made me feel alot better and that i not going off my head. i thought i was going crazy anxiety fear of dying panic attacks finaly got to sleep at 5am the next morning, had this really fuzzy feeling in my head for two days afterwards. took the dexamethazone as they told me in the morning after my chemo and in the evening to prednisolone for another complaint i have. i have taken predenisole before at night and it never bothered me. but because i also took the dexamethazone already in the day that could have caused it. went to my gp two days after and he prescribed tamazepam and my daughter done relaxation therapy on me which really helped. touch wood, i have been ok. but because i have been sleeping ok i havent had to take tamazepam but ive got them just in case.  took the dexathemazone and prednisole already this morning so i will see if that does the trick. many thanks again for your help . i do have support at home from my two daughters and husband. so im not on my own.

luv medway xxxx