Can I get too much sleep when recovering.

I feel that groggy overslept feeling on-top of my brain fog when I spend the whole day in bed. It's a little unpleasant but if it means I've rested well the maybe its good. I don't know really.........

I don't know if all the resting is helpful or harmful

Should I spend a bit more time awake?

I just want to do whats best for my injury. I just want to recover and escape this hell.

(Total side note)

Had a horrible nightmare that I was a passenger in a car and we ran an intersection and caused a serious accident, I got hit in the head and my vision spun and reeled and blurred. My ears had a high pitch scream, like the worst tinnitus ever. The dream was so vivid and real. I can still smell the leather seats. I woke up and it took me 5 min to convince myself it was a dream and that my symptoms were not worse. I cried.

I know some people who gets even headaches when they are sleeping all day in home and doing nothing Its not healthy i guess unless your body really needs it.

Emotional lability is pretty common when recovering from a tbi.

And nightmares are pretty common when dealing with marijuana withdrawal.

Try not worry about either one. And you might want to try see if you have something around that might help you to relax when you wake up feeling anxious that you can put next to you when you sleep. (Like an old teddy bear, or a picture of a good friend, etc.)

As far as whether you are sleeping too much. My Primary Care Physician told me that I need to do what my body feels like doing. If I feel like resting, I'm supposed to rest, if I feel like I want to do something then I do it. And I think that's been some of the best advice I've gotten thus far and I've been dealing with this for about 19 months. The real trick for me was is to figure out what my body is actually telling you - I tend to push myself "too far" a lot. And considering that, it's probably better to under-do than over-do.

Much luck!

You want to sleep when you are getting good sleep. It the sleep is restless and has tense dreams or night-mares, something is not right.

For me, I get the stress dreams when my breathing is not good. My neck position can cause sleep apnea so I have to be careful to sleep on my back with my head supported so it does not roll to the side. If I try to sleep on my side, I need to roll up my pillow so my head does not tip down.

If you wake up feeling rested, get up. Dozing may cause restless sleep.