My yr old is getting night terrors..so my doc has suggested a sedative which is not harmful..but im skeptical of giving it...pls suggest

I think your child is too young to receive any sort of drug or sedative. My daughter also had trouble sleeping and would wake up crying for no reason at all. What I did was to make sure she has her dinner by 630, wash up and get her to settle in bed by 8. I would then read her whatever books that she chose, and she'd fall asleep. This routine had worked for us and she sleeps much more comfortably ever since.