I need some advice on my 10 year old daughter. She is extremely afraid of the dark and sleeping alone. I have tried everything and nothing is working. She just keeps getting worse. She is having panic attacks now and keeping everyone in our house up at night. She is sometimes happy sleeping between my husband and I but now has us using a nightlight in our room. Last night she wanted us to let her sleep in our room with the lights on. She will cry and yell if we do not let her sleep with us. I have been trying all sorts of things but they are just not working. Any help would be great. She is a wonderful 5th grader who gets awesome grades and is so well rounded with friends and plays soccer. I just do not understand this. It started about 3 years ago but has gotten progressively worse in the last 6 months. I have spoke with her and nothing bad has happened to her. She just says she is afraid and does not want to go to sleep. We have a great nighttime routine and we do not give her any caffeine or sugary foods before bed.