Hi all! I think this is my first post on this board though I been on this site for years. If you would be so kind as to help me figure this out I would greatly appreciate it.

Before I start this post will probably be long though I will try to keep it as short as possible.

Ever since I was a young child I have had wild dreams. Totally nonsensical. I can't even describe a full dream, but to give you an example I remember having a dream a few weeks ago where I was walking though a lumber yard with a girl from middle school whom I hated and hadn't seen or talked to for years. In my dream we were walking along and talking and I remember the sky was dark neon purple. In my dreams everything changes so quickly. People change bodies, sometimes the skies are bright colors, scenery changes at the blink of an eye, but it all makes sense in my dream. For example one minute I may be talking to one of my friends and suddenly they might change into my doctor, or someone I haven't seen for years, or one moment I might be in a forest, and the next the scenery might change into a mall or a castle like I teleported (sp?), but it all makes sense in my dream! Sometimes colors can be dark but bright at the same time, like the dark neon purple. Often times it sky is a strange color, like I have the sense it is day time even if they sky is some strange shade of blue, or sometimes it seems to be night even if the sky is orange. Other things might be oddly colored too, like the ground, but it is usually the sky. When I wake up I never have the chance to write the dream down because with 2-5 minutes I forget it, so even when I know I had a strange dream I hardly ever remember any of it.

Naturally, when my dreams make sense it scares me. Thus far since June of 2009 I have had 6 dreams where I had cancer, and since September 2010 I have had three seizures dreams.

The first seizure dream occurred at the doctors office (in my dream, not real life) we were talking and I got the impression that she knew about my seizures. Suddenly my body went limp, so I slumped down on the table. Although I couldn't move or talk I could see and hear everything that was going on. In my dream I knew it was a complex partial. When I awoke I was tired, dizzy, confused, and felt like I was hit by a truck. At first I couldn't open my eyes, and when I finally did everything was black for a few seconds, making me think I had a complex partial in my sleep.

My second dream was that I was at the store and had a TC. Before I had the TC (in my dream) I was tired, dizzy, and confused. In my dream I kept asking my friend the same question because I couldn't remember the answer. A dog jumped on me and the guy told me the dog only does that when someone is about the have a seizure. By that time I knew it was only a matter on minutes, so I turned to walk away, felt my body go limp, and knew that was it. When I hit the sidewalk I awoke.

My third dream was a few days ago. Actually I had a dream within a dream. In my dream I was sleeping and in the dream I had another dream where I was sitting in class taking notes when I started to feel my body go limp. While sitting up, my body started to lean to one side, then I would pull myself up, then it would lean to the other. Suddenly I became tired, like being put under anesthesia. My eye lids were drooping, but I could still write perfectly legibly. Suddenly my left leg went stiff and started to shake, and somebody was talking to me but I couldn't answer. My mouth seemed to have stopped working. In that dream I had the impression that I was having a complex partial. After awaking from the dream my left arm was shaking slightly.

Other times I wake up intensely tired, despite sleeping through the night. This can last all day sometimes. A few years ago I had a bad problem with waking up and feeling nauseous, to the point of throwing up sometimes. My doctors kept trying different medications which didn't work, but it went away on it's own. Other times I wake up and feel dizzy, which, again may last all day. On those days I am forgetful and in a fog. About a month ago this happened on and off for about 10 days, to the point where I would forget to scoop the kitty litter for days.

Do you think these could be seizures? How can I tell?

Hi Tuck,

Welcome to the forum! The human brain is the most active when a person is asleep. My neurosurgeon told me when a person has a dream it's something that they are thinking about but they don't even realize it. It can be something related to what happened during the day, something a person saw on tv, or even something that a person read about.
What you are describing sounds like either a simple partial (aura) seizure or a complex partial seizure. When I have an aura seizure I start to see different colors of the rainbow flash back and forth in my eyes and this leads into a complex partial seizure where I will blank out, stop speaking at times, smack my lips, and wander around the house. After the seizure is over I'm confused and a little sleepy but I've found that staying awake helps me.
You should see an Epileptologist (Dr. specializing in epilepsy) at an Epilepsy Center which are usually at University Hospitals. The Dr. will then order an e.e.g. to be done along with a CT scan, MRI and possibly other tests. This will show if you are having epileptic seizures. I would start taking vitamin B12 1000 mcg. once a day to help calm your nerves it has worked great reducing my seizures and it won't hurt you if you aren't having any seizures. Cut back on nutra sweet ex. diet soda it has been proven that this causes more electrical activity in the brain which will trigger seizures for a person. Also sometimes a person can be cell phone sensitive which mean if you or another person around you is using a cell phone it can trigger seizures, this is what happens to me often and I can't stand it. I'm into ham radio so I know my radio will not trigger seizures for me it's other people around me using their cell phones that are causing problems for me. Also lack of sleep and stress are the 2 main causes of seizures not to mention hormones changing each month. Keep a journal and write down what time of day/night along with a discripiton of what happened and show this to the Dr. they may see a pattern in the time or date when this is happening. I wish you only the best of luck and May God Bless You!

Sue

Although I have heard the theory of dreams being your brains way of processing information, my dreams are too random and have no pattern so I don't think that is what is happening though I may never know. From now on I will try to record them, but as soon as I wake up I start to forget them so I may not remember enough to write down.

Hi Tuck,

Another thing you can try and have done is to see a neuropsychologist this is a Dr. who is working in neurology and can tell what areas of the brain are being effected by doing simple little test like short term memory tests and other things. By doing these tests the Dr. will be able to tell what side of the brain you use for memory and speech as well as what areas of the brain are the most active. I wish you only the best and May God Bless You!

Sue

Hello and welcome to NeuroTalk. Happy to see you have come to be with us.

There are great number and caring fellow members here to assist you. Our shoulders are here for support in many ways. I see that Sue has already been here to greet you.

Again welcome, looking forward to seeing you around. My thoughts and prayers are with you.

Darlene