Is screaming in sleep an illness. My sister who is 52 years old has had this problem for about 15 years now, although it only occurs occasionally.

Hi Dr Aarti. For past past three months we've noticed our 2 year old son has developed a habit of screaming (glass shattering magnitude) in the middle of the night. The bouts last from a few mins to 45 mins and it gets incredibly difficult to pacify him. We have noticed most of the time it is correlated to TV Time alloted to him in the evening so we've stopped that practice altogether but sometimes the screaming can occur despite that. We also thought it was a response to bad dreams triggered by a general feeling of abandonment cause we both work and one parent has to go to work twice a week. He usually does use it as a technique now and then during the day to blackmail us to give into his demands but we've stopped giving in. He is incredibly social, talkative and quick to pick up knowledge however doesn't get the opportunity to interact much with other children (cause our work timings collide with his play time) so we are thinking of enrolling him in a pre nursery school so that he gets that time and space to express himself with other children. We are hoping this would also have a positive impact on his sleep pattern. Do you think the screaming is a normal phase and he'll grow out of it or do you think it's part of a deeper problem and needs to be addressed with a child psychologist in person? Would appreciate any inputs

I used to have long and sound sleep and nothing would wake me but for last 18 months I don't have sound sleep even small noise wakes me up. I am 47 and fit.

my son aged 28 often sits up in his sleep ,at least once a night , he is unaware of it ,it so happens that i have to wake up several times at night to check on him on this ,his snoring intensifies in this sitting sleeping pose ,although he is in deep slumber . please advise ,

My wife is 58 years old . she snores a lot. what is the solution please.