Guest guest Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 , I generally do not dream unless it would be classified a nightmare.... just after my anesthesia (10 days or so), I was scared to go to sleep they were so awful. They continued while I was taking prescribed pain meds. Nightly......those encouraged me to get off the pain meds as soon as possible..... the nightmares continued because I was required to sleep flat on my back until my 2 month checkup. Then I gradually toughened my operated hip and got to be able to sleep on my sides.....then the nightmares lessened. Now they are back to one or so a week like before the replacement.......I know what it is like to not be able to sleep even with you are exhausted. I had to sit up in a hard stationary chair or lay flat in bed with my head raised. It was months before I slept more than 2 hours at a time.....BARB in Florida Re: Going Out Of My Mind! I've been having this very same problem only I had hip replacement surgery. I have tried different sizes and shapes of pillows at various different angles and still can't get a decent night's sleep. Even when I do sleep for say an hour, my dreams are bordering on nightmares. I don't know if this is the pain meds or my general discomfort. I'm at the four week mark now and my PT today said to give it 6-8 weeks before I find comfort. That wasn't really what I wanted to hear! ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 and Barb, If I take Vicodin, I dream constantly. Not nightmares, but pink flourescent airplanes crashing nose down near me might count as a nightmare. They're very busy dreams, you could say. I wake up at least 4 times a night to try and find a more comfortable spot. I wonder if I'll ever get a good night's sleep. Still can't turn on my replaced hip...been over a year. One of these days I'll make it. Lynn LTHR Oct 09 RTKR Mar 11 Life itself is the proper binge. - Child Visit my art blog: http://adreamseyeview.blogspot.com/ From: BARB <barbmch@...> Subject: Re: discomfort. Joint Replacement Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 4:51 PM , I generally do not dream unless it would be classified a nightmare.... just after my anesthesia (10 days or so), I was scared to go to sleep they were so awful. They continued while I was taking prescribed pain meds. Nightly......those encouraged me to get off the pain meds as soon as possible..... the nightmares continued because I was required to sleep flat on my back until my 2 month checkup. Then I gradually toughened my operated hip and got to be able to sleep on my sides.....then the nightmares lessened. Now they are back to one or so a week like before the replacement.......I know what it is like to not be able to sleep even with you are exhausted. I had to sit up in a hard stationary chair or lay flat in bed with my head raised. It was months before I slept more than 2 hours at a time.....BARB in Florida Re: Going Out Of My Mind! I've been having this very same problem only I had hip replacement surgery. I have tried different sizes and shapes of pillows at various different angles and still can't get a decent night's sleep. Even when I do sleep for say an hour, my dreams are bordering on nightmares. I don't know if this is the pain meds or my general discomfort. I'm at the four week mark now and my PT today said to give it 6-8 weeks before I find comfort. That wasn't really what I wanted to hear! ------------------------------------ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2011 Report Share Posted April 29, 2011 I had RTKR late Feb 2011 , it took me 2 months before I could sleep most of the night without waking up and taking pain meds.. so it hasn't been that long for me .. I still wake up when changing positions sometimes.. I do sleep on my sides and put a small pillow filled with them tiny styrofoam balls in it between my knees and it seems to help a lot.... be patient and you will soon be sleeping all night long.. Donna M LTKR 10/5/10 RTKR 2/25/11 > If I take Vicodin, I dream constantly. Not nightmares, but pink flourescent airplanes crashing nose down near me might count as a nightmare. They're very busy dreams, you could say. I wake up at least 4 times a night to try and find a more comfortable spot. I wonder if I'll ever get a good night's sleep. > > Still can't turn on my replaced hip...been over a year. One of these days I'll make it. > > Lynn > LTHR Oct 09 > RTKR Mar 11> --- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 Yes I'm still taking the pain meds and assumed that is what is causing the dreams. I've been doing PT since the day after surgery and began my outpatient PT two days ago. Yesterday the therapist did a 10 minute massage and muscle manipulation as best as I can describe it and what a huge difference that made. The pain I feel was first a deep bone ache then now its a little of the bone ache and alot of tissue healing sort of pain. I start back to work Monday so most likely will be going cold turkey on the meds at that time. Not looking forward to that transition.... The good news is that after just two days of PT I'm able to ride the stationary bike again and do leg lifts and squats and all the other weight bearing exercises I used to do before surgery. I slept for the last two nights without much interruption and last night I slept with much less pain. On Apr 29, 2011, at 12:01 AM, maryanne.waspe1@... wrote: > , I was most uncomfortable sleeping for 6 weeks, > as I had to sleep on my back, totally unnatural to me. > I didn't go to a PT for the first 6 weeks, I did what the PT in the hospital > > gave me to do, other than that I didn't start until after 6 weeks then I > went to the hydro pool. > Are you taking a lot of pain medication to cause the dreams, if so are you > still in that much pain? > > Barb and I were done one day apart and coming up for 6 months post op, mine > was a 4th revision. > > x > > -- Re: Going Out Of My Mind! > > I've been having this very same problem only I had hip replacement surgery. > I have tried different sizes and shapes of pillows at various different > angles and still can't get a decent night's sleep. Even when I do sleep for > say an hour, my dreams are bordering on nightmares. I don't know if this is > the pain meds or my general discomfort. I'm at the four week mark now and my > PT today said to give it 6-8 weeks before I find comfort. That wasn't really > what I wanted to hear! > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 How long did you take the vicodin? I'm still on it at the four week mark. I know I need to go off it but can't bare the thought of living in pain still. My dreams are not full on nightmares now, but certainly are busy and full of anxiety. Last night I spent all night trying to find a home for a dog that was full grown. Every where I turned in the dream he was following me, even when I was flying over water, I looked down and he was swimming after me! I woke up exhausted and sure hope that someone adopted him eventually LOL! Last night for the first time I was able to sleep comfortably on my replaced hip for most of the night. How cool is that? On Apr 29, 2011, at 7:04 PM, Lynn wrote: > and Barb, > > If I take Vicodin, I dream constantly. Not nightmares, but pink flourescent airplanes crashing nose down near me might count as a nightmare. They're very busy dreams, you could say. I wake up at least 4 times a night to try and find a more comfortable spot. I wonder if I'll ever get a good night's sleep. > > Still can't turn on my replaced hip...been over a year. One of these days I'll make it. > > Lynn > LTHR Oct 09 > RTKR Mar 11 > > Life itself is the proper binge. - Child > > Visit my art blog: http://adreamseyeview.blogspot.com/ > > > > From: BARB <barbmch@...> > Subject: Re: discomfort. > Joint Replacement > Date: Friday, April 29, 2011, 4:51 PM > > , I generally do not dream unless it would be classified a > nightmare.... > just after my anesthesia (10 days or so), I was scared to go to sleep they > were so awful. They continued while I was taking prescribed pain meds. > Nightly......those encouraged me to get off the pain meds as soon as > possible..... > the nightmares continued because I was required to sleep flat on my back > until my > 2 month checkup. Then I gradually toughened my operated hip and got to be > able > to sleep on my sides.....then the nightmares lessened. Now they are back to > one > or so a week like before the replacement.......I know what it is like to not > be able > to sleep even with you are exhausted. I had to sit up in a hard stationary > chair > or lay flat in bed with my head raised. It was months before I slept more > than 2 > hours at a time.....BARB in Florida > > Re: Going Out Of My Mind! > > I've been having this very same problem only I had hip replacement surgery. > I have tried different sizes and shapes of pillows at various different > angles and still can't get a decent night's sleep. Even when I do sleep for > say an hour, my dreams are bordering on nightmares. I don't know if this is > the pain meds or my general discomfort. I'm at the four week mark now and my > PT today said to give it 6-8 weeks before I find comfort. That wasn't really > what I wanted to hear! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 30, 2011 Report Share Posted April 30, 2011 , at one month I could not sleep most of the night on my operated hip. I waited for my 6 week checkup to ask about it and OS said it was okay to try. I now (at almost 6 months) can sleep on it for about 4 hours of the night without awakening. BARB in Florida Re: Going Out Of My Mind! > > I've been having this very same problem only I had hip replacement > surgery. > I have tried different sizes and shapes of pillows at various different > angles and still can't get a decent night's sleep. Even when I do sleep > for > say an hour, my dreams are bordering on nightmares. I don't know if this > is > the pain meds or my general discomfort. I'm at the four week mark now and > my > PT today said to give it 6-8 weeks before I find comfort. That wasn't > really > what I wanted to hear! > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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