Nightmares?
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Well I'm a child as well and i realize that i cannot slpeep in my parents room, but i find one of those little lava lamp night lights that create patterns on the cealing help. Just watching the patterns makes me calmer. I don't think any type of drugs or meds are a good for getting people to sleep.
Wow what a good mother to ask this. But serious why is he crying to you over a nightmare? I have them and i enjoy them its TV while sleeping =( But they are scary but still.
My son did this for a while.it was due to his video games! If he plays try taking them away for a few days and see if it helps!
Well, you need get to the root of the problem, it may be something shes watching on TV, maybe a noise that she hears while she's sleeping, it could be that she is eating too much before she goes to bed, and it could also be stress. Once you have found the source of the problem, get rid of it, and the nightmares will go away.
Hmm.. unfortunately, there is no "remedy" because nightmares aren't a disease or ailment. I've never heard of a pill that can take away bad dreams except those that take away all dreams. which basically makes it so that you aren't entirely sleeping (you don't enter the dream state), which is NOT healthy.
What I can advise is to ask if your 15 year old would like to see a counselor. If your 15 year old is having a lot of bad nightmares, the odds are that something is bothering them either consciously or sub-consciously. Talking it out and overcoming the root of the fear is the only way to end the nightmares completely.
If she doesn't want to (or isn't able to) see a counselor, a "temporary fix" would be to sit down and talk to her. tell her that the best way to fight a nightmare is to remember that it is in your mind and you control it. If it's the same dream that always ends badly, have your child think up an ending that they would want to see. and then use it in the dream. If they are always different dreams, tell your child that they can control the dream and they can choose to have the dream go to a different location or to have someone come into their dream to help them (it may take some time to learn how, but just tell them to use their imagination).
Could be night terrors. These affect about 15% of all children. Different from nightmares, you can read about them at this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/night_terro...
I hope this is helpful.
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