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Re: Re: Finally some answers!

Posted by motherto2 on August 14, 2002 at 16:55:25:

In Reply to: Re: Finally some answers! posted by spot on August 13, 2002 at 15:25:37:

I haven't seen a doctor yet so I'm just basing my "self diagnosis" on info that I've gathered.

All I can tell you is I what I remember going through at the time and how it all seems to connect together now.

I was 5 years old and as I would close my eyes and start to fall asleep I SWORE up and down I was seeing some sort of ants or spiders crawling all over the place. Even now, it seems so realistic. I didn't at the time understand what was going on. My parents would say that sometimes our eyes play tricks on us. But I didn't believe it. It was real to me.

My mom one night tried to threaten it out of me by saying that she would stick me outside if I got up again. Well, it happened again and she started dragging me to the door. I, of course, was screaming, dad came out and, being half asleep, went to smack either my arm or something and ended up catching me on my cheek. I ended up with a black eye. After that night, I can honestly say that I'm not sure if it stopped, or if I chose not to see it anymore, or if I just don't remember what happened.

All I know is that for years I've had different things happening that didn't seem like they were connected and all of a sudden I find out that they're all probably linked. I don't know for sure if what I went through at age 5 was an early symptom of N or not. Whether or not there's still something very important to be learned. Be patient with your son and remember because he's so young anything he experiences whether it's N related or bad dreams or whatever, he's going to be scared. I still can feel the fear I had and how I didn't understand how Mom and Dad didn't believe me or try and comfort me. I understand now that they were exhausted (I've had plenty of long nights with my children) but I didn't then.

Unfortunately, that's really all I know! To me it was just something scary! Like anything else he'll go through, be understanding, compassionate and loving! Good Luck!

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