A child wakes up at night sweating and terrified does not remember the episode. Diagnosis ?: (A) Narcolepsy, (B) Nightmares, (C) Night terrors, (D) Somnambulism
Answer is C. Sleep terrors/ Night Terrors individual gets up from sleep with a panicky scream and intense anxiety, body motility and autonomic hyperactivity. individual ahs limited recall of the event. Ref: synopsis of psychiatry, 11e, pg 539.