I know this seem really silly coming frim a 31 yr old man but recently I've been getting really bad nightmares, which have really fucked me up when I wake up.. They are so dreadfull that I don't want to go to sleep because of them. I dont normally remember my dreams but these I do and I hate them. Any advice about what is going on and what I should do? Thanks.
Nightmares
- Thread starter Peter Parka
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is your heart racing and pounding so hard it feals like its going to jump out of your chest when you wake? If so welcome to my delema for the past 4 years.
Vodka...lots of vodka
1st post - yes and second post - it dosent work.
Man, I am sorry. Thats something I wouldnt wish on any one. Its called night terrors and there really is no cure. Do your dreams have anything in comon. All of mine have fire. Its not something that I am really scared of but they really mess with my head. At one point they where hapening so often I quit sleaping. I finaly found that sleaping with the lights on helped me. You just gotta try things to change the way you sleep.
Here are some tips I found. Open you eyes. Some times it will just stop if you open your eyes. If you cant get your heart to slow down try rubbing your eyes. That really helps me to slow down my heart rate. Another thing my doctor told me is to squat and act like you are trying to poop, its suposed to slow the heart to.
Now I dont get them so often and when I do I know how to deal with it.
Here is a forum that helped me out a lot just reading what other people had to say and some of there advice. Night Terrors Resource Center - Index
Here are some tips I found. Open you eyes. Some times it will just stop if you open your eyes. If you cant get your heart to slow down try rubbing your eyes. That really helps me to slow down my heart rate. Another thing my doctor told me is to squat and act like you are trying to poop, its suposed to slow the heart to.
Now I dont get them so often and when I do I know how to deal with it.
Here is a forum that helped me out a lot just reading what other people had to say and some of there advice. Night Terrors Resource Center - Index
Thank you so much for your help!
no problem, I know how bad it can get. At one point I whent a week without sleep cause I was scared that I was going to die. Any more questions just ask.
i would love to have nightmares again. i can barely remember my dreams and i would love to have them.
i had one dream the other night i actually rememberd. was a nice one to say the least.
i had one dream the other night i actually rememberd. was a nice one to say the least.
I would say write it down and get a dream book. It can give you some ideas on what some of this stuff may signify. Could help locate the issue, if there is one. This is all theoretical of course. *shrugs*
dream book does help alot though, after a hwile you can start pieceing the puzzle togahter
i've had some nightmares about math and spatial relationships :confused
i still remember them, because they were just so damn weird.
one i had when i was running a triple digit fever. i imagined i was on a hexagon grid, and i could only glide on the sides, and turn right at the edges or go straight. if i wanted to go left id have to go around the hexagon.
kinda like a roundabout :yuk
then another one was after mimere passed away, and i was building her funeral room or something using CAD. And I couldnt get the lines to revolve the way i wanted them too, the funeral was ruined.
anyway, dreams can be weird, but they are connected to your life and tell you something is wrong.
i still remember them, because they were just so damn weird.
one i had when i was running a triple digit fever. i imagined i was on a hexagon grid, and i could only glide on the sides, and turn right at the edges or go straight. if i wanted to go left id have to go around the hexagon.
kinda like a roundabout :yuk
then another one was after mimere passed away, and i was building her funeral room or something using CAD. And I couldnt get the lines to revolve the way i wanted them too, the funeral was ruined.
anyway, dreams can be weird, but they are connected to your life and tell you something is wrong.
I'm on Sertroline but I have been taking it for quite a while now.
I know that some medication it takes a while to kick in, and get the side effects. Even if you have been on this medicine for a long, long time...maybe now the side effects are just kicking in. Ive been on a med for about a year now...and it causes me to have crazy dreams. I didnt start getting the stupid side effects till a few months after first starting it. I'm no doctor... but thats just my thoughts on it.
Yeah, could be, I've been on other anti depressants before and been fine and then suddenly I start getting side effects. Thanks.
I have a medical condition, and one of the symptoms of it is night terrors. Various medications have offered varying degrees of relief, but nothing has ever made them stop right out.
I find I get nightmares a lot more when I'm stressed or worried, but sometimes it does seem really random. I've been using the "suck it up" method lately, even if it means having to get up at three in the morning, or basically wait until I pass out.
What I find has helped, actually, is the use of white noise. I'll leave the TV on while I go to bed, not on any channel, just on static. Or I'll turn the fan on. For some reason that helps me a bit.
I find I get nightmares a lot more when I'm stressed or worried, but sometimes it does seem really random. I've been using the "suck it up" method lately, even if it means having to get up at three in the morning, or basically wait until I pass out.
What I find has helped, actually, is the use of white noise. I'll leave the TV on while I go to bed, not on any channel, just on static. Or I'll turn the fan on. For some reason that helps me a bit.
lel, I have been through all the meds myself and I never found one that worked for me. One of the meds I was on kept me from waking up when I had one. I would sleep through the night with my heart racing the entire time. The next mourning my bed would be soaked with sweat to the point it felt like someone had dumped a coupple of gallons of watter in my bed.
Oh man, I know that feeling. The sweats are the worst. I end up having to wake up my hubby so I can change the sheets or move beds and it's just a giant hassle.
I'll sometimes wake up bawling, and I'm basically inconsolable because I either remember the dream in vivid detail, or I just remember vague terror. It freaks Matt out. He has no idea what to do with me.
I'll sometimes wake up bawling, and I'm basically inconsolable because I either remember the dream in vivid detail, or I just remember vague terror. It freaks Matt out. He has no idea what to do with me.
at least you arent violent, some people get real active cause they will wake and are still having the dream.