Night terrors and other sleep disturbances

Night terrors and other sleep disturbances

This article seems to be quite close to what Alex is going through. Poor him. Poor us.

"A child may be sitting in bed or be out of bed, with eyes wide open, calling for you, but she does not 'see' you and may push you away if you try to comfort her.

He may continue to cry or shout for a few minutes, sometimes up to 20 minutes, and rarely, for an hour or longer.
Then, quite suddenly he will relax, maybe look around briefly and go quickly back to sleep."