Night terrors between children and adults are basically the same. The prognosis and treatment are different, and the treatment for adults can be much more intense.

Adults that suffer from night terrors usually have them each night if the sufferer does not eat a proper diet, get the appropriate amount of sleep, are enduring stressful events in their life or if they remain untreated.

Adult night terrors are much less common, often more trauma-based rather than genetic, chronic, and often respond to treatment in the form of psychotherapy and antidepressant medication. There is some evidence of a link between adult night terrors and hypoglycemia, (a condition that occurs when your sugar drops to low.)

In addition to night terrors, some adult night terror sufferers have many of the characteristics of abused and depressed individuals including inhibition of aggression, self-directed anger, anxiety, impaired memory, and have the ability to ignore pain.

Night Terrors in adults unlike children do not go away. Night Terrors can be dangerous if left undiagnosed