i have a kinda weird question does anyone have horrible nightmares. for the last week i have been having horrible realistic nightmares and wake up and still thinks its happeing . they are like as real as they get and scaryer than you know what . anyone else have this happen ?

-carrie

Have you started on or increased or decreased any new meds in the past month? Have you cut back on caffeine??? Or drinking more??? Are you taking any allergy or cold medications??? A

ll of the above would cause those reactions in ME. I'm sure other members will have other input. That is a very intriguing question and I am interested to hear others' responses. I hope you sleep WELL and PEACEFULLY tonight!!!

no new meds no decrease or anything thats why i think its weird . cant take allergy or cold meds cuz of heart . i would die without caffine LOL . its just a sudden thing that now has me scared to sleep because they are so real and even when i wake i think that its still happeing ..

-carrie

This may or may not help.....by your name, I'm hoping it will. But my daughter (5), too, has been afraid to sleep due to bad dreams. I make SURE I pray with her every night and ask God to watch over her and send His angels to her as she sleeps. She believes with a blind faith, but I believe with faith in my whole heart that God can and does do that when we ask him to.

One night, she dreamed that angels were playing with unicorns in an all white building and there was a blanket with stars all over it.....she went on and on in her description. I just thanked God for answered prayer.

My suggestion.... specifically pray to God to guard your sleep and your dreams (that IS Biblical) and rest well!! Perhaps read the Bible or a good Christian book until you're sleepy??? I hope this helps and didn't offend you!!! I greatly care about how you're doing!!

Have the pills been refilled under a different brand? I noticed the recent refill of a med but a different manufacture left me in the same boat. I swear it is the filler.

I talked with a friend about this anomolie and she told me to check, as I went to the lest cost to refill...that they may be being manufactured in China...

Well if that poison is in Toy paint, and in dog food and baby formula, who is to say it is not a part of the pill inert filler????

But, they are so real, the theme sometimes even repeats. An unsteady elevator or floors, restrooms always being utilized and filthy. Planes that I am waiting for a flight, boarding a flight, just boarded a flight.

I see my deceased dd and am awake enough to toal recall. In the dream I want to see her more and spend more time with her. The other night I had one we were at our favorite salon.

But I really should see where these pills are made as something is up. I am not having a breakdown, shrien assures me, lol. I have used same med but in different color or form before no problem.

They are not even the Lexapro, weird but I would like them to stop....
di

I have a lot more nightmares than I used to. It appears they are caused by being uncomfortable when I sleep. The RSD mostly shuts down when asleep for me so nightmares aren't a big problem. Every morning almost, shortly before I get up I have what I think of as an RSD nightmare but it's really part of the post traumatic stress syndrome probably. I'm always at a job I can't do because of my condition but there's no real expectation that I do it. I knock myself out anyway in most of these dreams. They aren't true nightmares since they aren't really frightening. They are terrible dreams.

di
none of my pills have changed plus there is no generic for lunesta and i take the same generic for zanaflex nothing has changed . at least im not the only one i thought i was goin nuts for sure. i was so freaked out the other night i swore someone was goin to kill me thats for sure. hopefully tonight they wont be so bad last night not that scarey . thanks to everyone for replying

-carrie

From my experience, my nightmares are directly linked to PAIN! Usually, I have my leg in the jaws of a large crocodile, or I am being crushed by some type of large machinery. Maybe my foot is in a campfire... you get the idea.

I have a mild sleeping aid (Ambien) that I take if I am having a particulary bad evening with a lot of pain just before bed. Maybe that would help. Just don't overdo it. That stuff can be a bad mix with heavy-duty pain drugs!

Hope you get some good rest soon.

Mike

mike
i have taken lunesta for years due to my severe insomnia but the dreams just started a week ago i think it has something to due with my pain being so bad right now

mom that is a good idea i do for my 5 yr old to she is deathly affarid of the closet being open when she goes to bed. and no you didnt offend me

-carrie

I sleep very little but I do dream bad dreams though about my pain and health in general. It is a constant thought I guess. I never dreamed or had nightmares before this. Some meds I have heard can contribute. On a side not it has never helped me relax but for others relaxtion and or meditation tapes to relax to calm the mind and body.