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07-19-2015, 02:39 PM
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I"ve always been a big dreamer, dreaming almost every night, remembering and writing down my dreams, many of them lucid. Since my concussion 4 months ago, I have only recalled one night of dreaming. I really miss my dream life and wonder how the lack of it is related to concussion/brain activity
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07-19-2015, 02:47 PM
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Hi Kdog,
I'm sorry that you feel at a loss. I'm actually at the opposite pole— my dreams have become so vivid since the last tbi, and they seem to be getting converted into concrete, long term memories, to the extent that they almost spill over into my waking life and become hard to discern from sense/experiential memories. It has been very strange.
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-First TBI in 2011. Iron cellar door closed on my head. Undiagnosed PCS, and was unaware of anything regarding TBI at the time. -2nd TBI in August, 2014. Fell skateboarding and hit head on pavement. -3rd TBI in November, 2014. Hit in the head at work with a dish rack with full strength by a large employee. CT scan normal. Diagnosed mTBI, PCS, PTSD, migraine with aura, and chronic depression. Symptoms have included: quite severe visual disorders, hearing loss in left ear, lethargy, brain fog, dizziness, disordered sleep, hallucinations and "exploding head syndrome", neck and shoulder pain, migraines, headaches, loss of emotions, all forms of cognitive deficiency, loss of reading/verbal ability, sound/light sensitivity, anxiety, panic attacks. Most notably are a general loss of identity and the disillusionment with the world accompanying trauma. But on the other hand, a new and heightened awareness of the nature of self, others, and of suffering itself. -As of December, 2015, am still experiencing visual disturbances, memory and speech problems, balance, sensitivity and overstimulation issues, along with the trickier to pinpoint cognitive changes, but feel that I am no longer clawing my way through a waking hell, so feel much better about being alive. Hallucinations and panic attacks are gone (thank God!), getting much better at reading and writing, and remembering/planning my daily tasks. Hopeful for further recovery, but thankful to be at least at 50%. |
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07-19-2015, 04:41 PM
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Sometimes I kinda wish I actually didn't dream as much because ever since my concussion I feel pain in my dreams. Like, if I hit my head on something or someone hits my head in a dream, I actually feel the pain. Really bothers me as this is so strange to me.
I wonder if your situation might have a chemical basis. I know that people who smoke marijuana regularly don't dream as much, or don't dream at all. When I was a regular smoker I barely ever dreamt. Just a guess though. Have you spoken to a neurologist about this? |
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07-19-2015, 05:04 PM
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There was a similar thread posted on this last week, I believe. Regarding dreaming, it was 9 months post-concussion that I finally had a dream. I thought this was very odd, but my dreams have returned.
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07-19-2015, 06:07 PM
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I just told my wife I started dreaming in color again last week.
I have always been a vivid in color dreamer but it all went away till last week. There was a rice field we were going to fertilize (real life at work) the night before it was scheduled to be done I dreamed I was watching my pilot enter the field and he didn't like his line into the field so he backed the airplane up, He kept going straight down into the field and when he realized it wasn't going to work he just reversed it and started over. Bud |
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07-22-2017, 08:40 PM
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I've also noticed less dreams, though perhaps we also have memory impairment that affects their recall. I used to write down my dreams and feel through them like artwork, and I miss that. Though perhaps I have less energy now to work on them.
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07-25-2017, 05:41 AM
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I had this too ! Wow i do not feel so alone now. I havr started to dream again. I'm not sure at what point post Concussion i started back. But it was much later, like 1yr.
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07-25-2017, 05:52 AM
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I found that I had a "black hole" for many days after the initial concussion and had some sort of aphantasia. |
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