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Can Taking Zapiz Be Safe For Night Terrors?
Hallo, this is about my son who is even year old. Since last two years he is getting up at night after about an hour of sleep, with sweat on his chest and back, couging and then he cries and vommitts. We have consulted many doctors in Kolkata and Mumbai, they have done his EEG and CT Scan of brain and ruled out the chances of Epliepsy. He had been diagnosed for night terror and prescribed medicine Zapiz .25. We have been giving him the medicine since last one year. with the medicine, the incidence occured may be at interval of 12 to 15 days. Since last one week the he is getting up every night with the same occurence. Need help
Mon, 7 Sep 2020
Hi,
The scans have shown that there is no seizure disorder - this is a good news. In the current scenario: since he is having the episode everyday, I would suggest the following:
1. If he is having the episode almost at the same time every night then it would better to wake him up 15 minutes before that time and generally talk to him and let him go to sleep after that time has passed, do this for a week and this might help.
2. sometime children get used to the dosage and require a little adjustment in the dosage, in this case, you can consult the doctor you have shown earlier, who have prescribed you the medicine to see if it requires any change in the dosage.
3. Since there is a sudden increase in the frequency, we might want to look at the situation, since the world is going through a pandemic and children are not going to school, or play outside much, is this causing anxiety at some level. This can be taken care by talking to him and allaying all his concerns and telling him that everything is going to be okay. Spending more time with him in the activities that he likes should be good too.
4. Among other measures: try to set up a good sleep routine, don't let them be awake for pretty late hours and wake up at different time everyday, if he takes coffee, do limit that.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Gaurav Nigam, Pediatrician
The scans have shown that there is no seizure disorder - this is a good news. In the current scenario: since he is having the episode everyday, I would suggest the following:
1. If he is having the episode almost at the same time every night then it would better to wake him up 15 minutes before that time and generally talk to him and let him go to sleep after that time has passed, do this for a week and this might help.
2. sometime children get used to the dosage and require a little adjustment in the dosage, in this case, you can consult the doctor you have shown earlier, who have prescribed you the medicine to see if it requires any change in the dosage.
3. Since there is a sudden increase in the frequency, we might want to look at the situation, since the world is going through a pandemic and children are not going to school, or play outside much, is this causing anxiety at some level. This can be taken care by talking to him and allaying all his concerns and telling him that everything is going to be okay. Spending more time with him in the activities that he likes should be good too.
4. Among other measures: try to set up a good sleep routine, don't let them be awake for pretty late hours and wake up at different time everyday, if he takes coffee, do limit that.
Take care. Hope I have answered your question. Let me know if I can assist you further.
Regards,
Dr. Gaurav Nigam, Pediatrician
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