[ClumsyCharlie]

Hey, since my accident, I've been sleeping, fitfully and haven't felt at all rested. I've had insomnia before where I have been up for weeks, and only had about 8 hours sleep. Yet, I do sleep now, I sleep in a unrestful state for 9 hours or more every night and battle to coax myself out of bed when 5 alarms fail.

I've gotten used to this yet over the last two weeks I have been suffering from what I suppose are nightmares. Which aren't frightening as such, but, aren't pleasant.
My first one consisted off being in a lift with a close friend in a familiar place, not exactly scary, yet, I freaked out, there appeared to be flashing lights and loud unexplained noises, my brain felt overloaded and bombarded with new infomation, the my friend had tried to comfort me, to stop me from falling on the floor, screaming. I woke up. A killer headache and the dream ringing in my ears, I couldn't get out of bed for a long time. I was simply just trying to collect my thoughts.
I didn't really fear it would happen again, yet it has almost every might, normally in a different form. Every dream some how turns into a panic fest of flashing lights and kaleidoscope of colours and sounds. People have started commenting that I look more tired than usual.

I was wondering if that was normal? I wake in mental agony and suffer from these dreams for most of the day afterwards.. It's almost like my PCS is trying to isolate me from everyone I love by linking them to traumatic memories which weren't real!
Advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you

[Klaus]

Hi Charlie,

As you can see from this other thread:-

http://neurotalk.psychcentral.com/thread163817.html

Lots of other people have had similar experiences. For me I definitely had a period of unusually vivid dreams the like of which I haven't had before or since. They weren't unpleasant, but I am certain the change in my dreams was linked to my PCS.

I think it was a stage in recovery and I hope your dreams will become less unpleasant soon.

[greenfrog]

I had significant nightmares and vivid dreams generally for months. I'm around month 9 and am sleeping a lot better, although I am still dreaming quite actively. Improvements in my sleep/dreaming seem to have more or less tracked the slow and steady improvements in my symptoms generally.