Night Terrors!

    I find myself again at close to 3 am at the computer, on a grave shift.  The past couple of weeks have been strange to say the least.  Not so much during the day as at night.  It began with me waking in the morning to several questions from my wife about events that took place during the night.  Apparently I elbowed Kyla awake.  The weird part is that when she finally woke up and responded I simply rolled over and said nothing.  The weirdest part is that I have no recollection of this event.  Several other episodes have followed.  The following are some 'episodes'.  I lurched out of bed, suddenly out of breath.  That woke me up.  Another time I woke up stressed and horrified while feeling the bed saying, "oh crap! oh no! Shaggy is discharging all over the bed!"  That is something I didn't remember until Kyla asked me about it the next morning.  I woke up once more another night horrified over the pit of snakes between me and Kyla in our bed.  There are no snakes or pits in our bed.  Last night I hardly slept.  Instead I tossed and turned all night before finally getting up around 7 am.  Tonight my curiosity lead me to google in search of answers.  I discovered that two of the several likely causes of night terrors are physical and/or emotional stress, and sleep deprivation.  What a coincidence!  I'm experiencing both!  To add a disclaimer, I am not taking hallucinogens, medications, and I'm not experiencing jet lag, nor am I sleeping anywhere new.  To top all this off I'm experiencing another perturbing symptom.  Though not a symptom of night terrors, my left forearm from my elbow to my pinky and ring fingers is partially numb, and nothing I do is getting the feeling back!  I'm now looking at adding even more stress reducing activities to my too busy day.  Or maybe not.  It's just too stressful!!