Guest guest Posted January 5, 2000 Report Share Posted January 5, 2000 Hi, I have had same problem at times and usually wake up in a panic. This happened while on effexor so I stopped it, but it also happened on prozac so buspar was added. Perhaps you could up the dose of sinequan which might give better sleep ,But check it out with a doctor. Perhaps you have a sleep disorder. Did you know that sleep apnea used to be called CFS? I didn't know that until today when PULM told me. Goes to show that DD can be most anything! I have seen on lyme list that people have very vivid dreams and will be interested in feedback here. Take care, CHristie : >I have a question about sleep. Just before bedtime I take 1mg of >klonopin , 5 mg of doxepin, 5mg of ambien (and sometime I add neurotin >-I do not have pain just cognitive and physical fatigue) . My problem is >overly vivid dreams. Some times the dreams are disturbing sometimes >pleasant. If I have a night mare I just make sure my dog is in my >bedroom and then I am OK. At the end of each dream I wake up. I usually >get back to sleep OK but I could do without the dreams. I have always >had vivid dreams but it has gotten to an extreme point. Short of >psychoanalysis is there any way to tone this down? > >Thanks & I will see you in my dreams. > >Steve > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 6, 2000 Report Share Posted January 6, 2000 My vivid dream are not always bad today I woke up petty my old horse -- until I finally figured out is was the pillow. It is a good thing I do not have a dream catcher it would be all clogged up & I would have to clean it out each day. Steve or ChristieTabacchi wrote: > Hi, > > I have had same problem at times and usually wake up in a panic. This > happened while on effexor so I stopped it, but it also happened on prozac > so buspar was added. > Perhaps you could up the dose of sinequan which might give better sleep > ,But check it out with a doctor. Perhaps you have a sleep disorder. Did > you know that sleep apnea used to be called CFS? I didn't know that until > today when PULM told me. Goes to show that DD can be most anything! > > I have seen on lyme list that people have very vivid dreams and will be > interested in feedback here. > > Take care, > > CHristie > > : > >I have a question about sleep. Just before bedtime I take 1mg of > >klonopin , 5 mg of doxepin, 5mg of ambien (and sometime I add neurotin > >-I do not have pain just cognitive and physical fatigue) . My problem is > >overly vivid dreams. Some times the dreams are disturbing sometimes > >pleasant. If I have a night mare I just make sure my dog is in my > >bedroom and then I am OK. At the end of each dream I wake up. I usually > >get back to sleep OK but I could do without the dreams. I have always > >had vivid dreams but it has gotten to an extreme point. Short of > >psychoanalysis is there any way to tone this down? > > > >Thanks & I will see you in my dreams. > > > >Steve > > > > > > > >--------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 6, 2000 Report Share Posted May 6, 2000 -Gloe: beautiful and inspiring, I'm printing this one! Taz -- In bodyforlifeegroups, " gloe2000 " <gloe2000@g...> wrote: > Hope you enjoy this, sent from a friend ---- > > DREAMS~ > > The first day of school our professor introduced > himself and challenged us to get to know someone we didn't already know. I stood up to look around > when a gentle hand touched my shoulder. I turned around to find a wrinkled, little old lady beaming up at me with a smile that lit up her entire > being. > She said, " Hi handsome. My name is Rose. I'm > eighty-seven years old. Can I give you a hug? " I laughed and enthusiastically responded, " Of > course you may! " and she gave me a giant squeeze. > > " Why are you in college at such a young, innocent > age? " I asked. She jokingly replied, " I'm here to meet a rich husband, get married, have a > couple of children, and then retire and travel. " " No seriously, " I asked. I was curious what may have motivated her to be taking on this challenge > at her age. " I always dreamed of having a college > education and now I'm getting one! " she told me. > > After class we walked to the student union building and shared a chocolate milkshake. We became instant friends. Every day for > the next three months we would leave class together and talk nonstop. I was always mesmerized > listening to this " time machine " as she shared her > wisdom and experience with me. > > Over the course of the year, Rose became a campus icon and she easily made friends wherever she went. She loved to dress up and she reveled went. She loved to dress up and she reveled > in the attention bestowed upon her from the other > students. She was living it up. > > At the end of the semester we invited Rose to speak at our football banquet. I'll never forget what she taught us. She was introduced and > stepped up to the podium. As she began to deliver her prepared speech, she dropped her three by five cards on the floor. Frustrated and a little > embarrassed she leaned into the microphone and simply said " I'm sorry I'm so jittery. I gave up beer for Lent and this whiskey is killing me! > I'll never get my speech back in order so let me just tell you what I know. " As we laughed she cleared her throat and began: > > " We do not stop playing because we are old; > we grow old because we stop playing. > > There are only four secrets to staying young, being happy, and achieving success. " You have to laugh and find humor every day. > > " You've got to have a dream. > When you lose your dreams, you die. We have so many people walking around who are dead and don't even know it! " " There is a huge difference > between growing older and growing up. If you are nineteen years old and lie in bed for one full year and don't do one productive thing, you will > turn twenty years old. If I am eighty-seven years old and stay in bed for a year and never do anything I will turn eighty-eight. > Anybody can grow older. That doesn't take any talent or ability. The idea is to grow up by > always finding the opportunity in change. " > > Have no regrets. > The elderly usually don't have regrets for what we did, but rather for things we did not do. The only people who fear death are those with > regrets. " She concluded her speech by courageously singing " The Rose. " She challenged each of us to study the lyrics and live > them out in our daily lives. > > ~At the years end Rose finished the college degree she had begun all those years ago. One week after graduation Rose died peacefully in her sleep. > Over two thousand college students attended her > funeral in tribute to the wonderful woman who taught by example that it's never too late to be all you can possibly be. > > ~~If you read this, please send > this peaceful word of advice to your friends and family, they'll really enjoy it! > > We send these words in loving memory of ROSE @}~~~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2001 Report Share Posted February 11, 2001 <<Donna, last week you said that you *dream* about Maddie talking. I had my first dream that Seth talked, after I read that. He had the sweetest voice you ever heard. He talked about how beautiful the mountains were, what he loved, and how happy he was. In my dream I was sitting there stunned thinking that these were the thoughts that were there all the time, and I never realized how full his life had been. (I think of him as a baby still.) I was crying in my dream, not because Seth could talk, but at the beauty of what he was saying, the wisdom with which he spoke and how absolutely heavenly his voice was. I woke up with tears running from my eyes. I'm sure the first time Seth grunts a gravely *mom*, I will recapture the feelings I had in that dream. Something to hold on to anyway. Gail>> Gail - Thanks for sharing your dream. I, too, have had dreams where was talking. She has never said anything too profound, just stuff like, " Mom, can I have a drink? " or " Can I have a snack? " . 's wants & needs are so simple - music, toilet, food. She can sign these things & does independently sometimes, but she's usually just content to wait until we get her what she needs. She's not motivated to communicate much - is really happy to just sit (or rock) in the sun all day (sort of like a cat!). She's doing that right now & is so content. Great news about Errick's C.F. test being negative! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2001 Report Share Posted February 11, 2001 In a message dated 2/11/01 12:50:06 PM Eastern Standard Time, burnett@... writes: << Gail - Thanks for sharing your dream. I, too, have had dreams where was talking. She has never said anything too profound, just stuff like, " Mom, can I have a drink? " or " Can I have a snack? " . 's wants & needs are so simple - music, toilet, food. She can sign these things & does independently sometimes, but she's usually just content to wait until we get her what she needs. She's not motivated to communicate much - is really happy to just sit (or rock) in the sun all day (sort of like a cat!). She's doing that right now & is so content. Great news about Errick's C.F. test being negative! >> , That's so cool that Steph is into music. What is her favorite type of music? Seth loves RAP!!!!!!! This in a house that listens to classical music all the time. LOL I got him a " Nursery Rhyme Rap " tape and he loves it. LOL It is cute to hear the rhymes to rap. LOL Gail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Rex, My 5 year old has had bizarre (and tormenting to him) dreams. One time it was that some of the letters of the alphabet were missing - he was a total wreck over it. Another time he woke up and was terrified over a dream about a birthday cake that was way too big. Most of the time he doesn't want to talk about his bad dreams. I was almost relieved when last week he had a bad dream about mean dogs - that would almost seem normal... Stacey Dreams We're off to the pediatrician for our first consultation on OCD for our five year old. We have a list of psychiatrists and -ologists lined up. I've been reading, but I have a simple question that I'm hoping someone in this group can answer. My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess while in their dreams? Thanks Rex in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Rex, My 5 year old has had bizarre (and tormenting to him) dreams. One time it was that some of the letters of the alphabet were missing - he was a total wreck over it. Another time he woke up and was terrified over a dream about a birthday cake that was way too big. Most of the time he doesn't want to talk about his bad dreams. I was almost relieved when last week he had a bad dream about mean dogs - that would almost seem normal... Stacey Dreams We're off to the pediatrician for our first consultation on OCD for our five year old. We have a list of psychiatrists and -ologists lined up. I've been reading, but I have a simple question that I'm hoping someone in this group can answer. My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess while in their dreams? Thanks Rex in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Dear Stacey and Rex, I don't know whether kids obsess during their dreams, but my daughter has dreams about her obsessions - she has nightmares about throwing up pretty often when her OCD is bad. Your son's nightmare about letters of the alphabet missing is just priceless. It's heartbreaking and so imaginative at the same time. And what a thing to worry about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Hello Rex, yes according to my 7-year-old (onset at 4), OCD does infest her dreams. I've also noticed her ticcing and doing compulsions such as tapping in her sleep. One good thing is, with treatment, these things happen less and less while sleeping...and during the day as well. Good luck with the doctor's appointment. I know it may not seem like it now, but your boy is lucky. His parents are aware there is a problem and are seeking help for him. Many children suffer for many years before receiving an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. Take care, Kathy R. in Indiana ----- Original Message ----- > My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. > My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess > while in their dreams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Hello Rex, yes according to my 7-year-old (onset at 4), OCD does infest her dreams. I've also noticed her ticcing and doing compulsions such as tapping in her sleep. One good thing is, with treatment, these things happen less and less while sleeping...and during the day as well. Good luck with the doctor's appointment. I know it may not seem like it now, but your boy is lucky. His parents are aware there is a problem and are seeking help for him. Many children suffer for many years before receiving an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. Take care, Kathy R. in Indiana ----- Original Message ----- > My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. > My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess > while in their dreams? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Rex, My 9 year old was just diagnosed, and your question broke my heart at a whole new level -- the likelihood that these beautiful blessings NEVER get any rest from their torments! I'm having a hard time as all of this information settles into my psyche. Best of luck to you as you start on your own journey with this diagnosis. patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Rex, My 9 year old was just diagnosed, and your question broke my heart at a whole new level -- the likelihood that these beautiful blessings NEVER get any rest from their torments! I'm having a hard time as all of this information settles into my psyche. Best of luck to you as you start on your own journey with this diagnosis. patti in CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 18, 2001 Report Share Posted December 18, 2001 Rex, as I mentioned in the reply to Kathy on your subject, I've observed my son (12) going through some of his " movements " in his sleep. He doesn't really have obsessive fears, that I know of now. When he was younger, he was afraid of death. He'd obsess on little things, cuts and when they would heal, was he going to get cancer.... I was wondering if your son is having a hard time sleeping or having bad dreams or moving in his sleep or something since you asked the question?? > We're off to the pediatrician for our first consultation on OCD for > our five year old. We have a list of psychiatrists and -ologists > lined up. I've been reading, but I have a simple question that I'm > hoping someone in this group can answer. > > My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. > My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess > while in their dreams? > > Thanks > > Rex in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2001 Report Share Posted December 19, 2001 I mainly asked the question out of curiousity and with the hope that he'd have some reprieve from the ocd demons. It seems to me he moves about less in his sleep. Thanks Rex > > We're off to the pediatrician for our first consultation on OCD for > > our five year old. We have a list of psychiatrists and -ologists > > lined up. I've been reading, but I have a simple question that I'm > > hoping someone in this group can answer. > > > > My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of > this. > > My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they > obsess > > while in their dreams? > > > > Thanks > > > > Rex in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 19, 2001 Report Share Posted December 19, 2001 I have wondered about the dream/nightmare connection for a long time, too. My daughter had horrible night terrors for a while when she was younger--seems like she saw something horrible on the ground she didn't want to look at. She used to holler as she was running through the house in her night terror sleep " make them go away! " Upon retrospect, I'm pretty sure she was seeing swarms of insects--insects have been a source of her fears/obessions many times. She tells us she doesn't like watching the Discover channel because they're shows have too many pictures of swarms of things... Now that she's older (9and a half), she's getting to where she remembers parts of her dreams. She reports that they're " weird " , but I always had strange dreams too. They're not always bad. The most disconcerting image she's described lately is that she can't see herself " right " in her dreams--that she sees her face, but a part of it's out of focus, or she sees the back of her head only--and she clearly wants to see herself clearly! I never see myself in my dreams--I simply am myself. So this struggle with dissociation is interesting to me. Kathy, thanks for pointing out that the dreams seem to get better with treatment. Maia did have a really good phase--and only recently with a major OCD flare-up has she been reporting disturbing dreams again. Yes, I want her to feel peacefully rested. I suspect sometimes that is not the case. During and after OCD flare-ups, her sleep patterns get out of kilter. Then she is exhausted. I just want to cuddle her and make it better, sometimes. But I know she must learn how to manage this herself--I want her to feel confident and competent (she'll always be loved!) in Lubbock -- On Tue, 18 Dec 2001 15:04:23 Kathy wrote: >Hello Rex, yes according to my 7-year-old (onset at 4), OCD does infest her >dreams. I've also noticed her ticcing and doing compulsions such as tapping >in her sleep. > >One good thing is, with treatment, these things happen less and less while >sleeping...and during the day as well. > >Good luck with the doctor's appointment. I know it may not seem like it >now, but your boy is lucky. His parents are aware there is a problem and >are seeking help for him. Many children suffer for many years before >receiving an accurate diagnosis and effective treatment. > >Take care, >Kathy R. in Indiana > >----- Original Message ----- > >> My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. >> My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess >> while in their dreams? > > > -- You Win! We Donate. Register to win $10,000 and Lycos will donate $1 to the Children's Wish Foundation (up to $20,000 in total). Limit of one registration per person. Go to http://shop.lycos.com/holidays/sweeps/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 22, 2001 Report Share Posted December 22, 2001 Hi Rex: As I do not have OCD myself I asked my son, Steve, and he confirmed my suspicion that people with OCD do obsess while dreaming. I do however have sub-clinical GAD (some call this OCD in disguise!) and can assure you that I had many anxiety dreams as a child, and even have a few as an adult. OCD is cruel and attacks its suffers worst when they are at their most relaxed so you can expect it to be in dreams. However with good treatment your son will be able to put OCD more into the background of his life and of his dreams. Good luck, take care, please keep us posted on your son's progress, aloha, kathy (h) kathyh@... > We're off to the pediatrician for our first consultation on OCD for > our five year old. We have a list of psychiatrists and -ologists > lined up. I've been reading, but I have a simple question that I'm > hoping someone in this group can answer. > > My son has obsessive fears. All of you know the heartbreak of this. > My question is what happens while our children sleep. Do they obsess > while in their dreams? > > Thanks > > Rex in Atlanta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 3, 2002 Report Share Posted May 3, 2002 Hi, I was a nurses aide at a nursing home befor I became disabled. I really loved my job, and my patients. I have dreams that I go back to work in the special care unit(S.C.U) unit and someone else has taken my place and they wont let me work there any more. I wake up feeling the same desperation I felt when I began to realize that it would be a long time until I could return to work, if ever. Sometimes when I'm awake I wonder how and why all of this started. I used to be able to lift 200lb. men, to put them to bed. I used to be able to walk and kneel and not think twice about it, now I haven't even been able to take a bath, because I cant bend or kneel because of my joints. I dont know if this is similar to what you're going through, it's been 2 years and 5 months since I've worked. I still pray to God that one day I will be able to go back, even if it's part time.I think most things happen for a reason, and hopefully that reason will be revealed to us one day. Sincerely, Diane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 Hi Velma; I think I agree with Debbie: if my dream of my old hearing coming back is a nightmare, I want to have another. Hal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 In a message dated 6/12/03 9:51:34 PM Central Daylight Time, alrt@... writes: > I mostly have floating torso dreams unless the specific theme of the > dream is walking or driving my chair. Hey me too! Well, I'm more a floating head (unless the dream involves physical pain or pleasure then my body parts appear). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 I always have dreams i can walk or do things i cant but sometimes i have a reocurring nightmare that i am running away from something in the woods and then i remember i cant walk and fall to the ground and try to crawl and squirm away. its scarey though. i also have the reoccuring dream that i can drive the realize i cant. wonder what all this means. kimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 12, 2003 Report Share Posted June 12, 2003 Ha...I mostly have floating torso dreams unless the specific theme of the dream is walking or driving my chair. My brother used to dream of me walking with my legs bent because of my contractures. Funny he couldn't picture them straight. At 09:59 PM 6/12/03 -0400, you wrote: >Hey, I was wondering, when you dream at night do you ever dream that you can >walk? And if so, is it a recurring dream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 I have really weird dreams. When I dream I'm walking, I'm usually either " learning " to walk (kind of half floating/half walking) or I suddenly remember I can't walk and fall down! I have three frequently reoccuring dreams: 1. I am in my wheelchair and either fall or am pushed down a flight of steps or over a precipice. 2. I need to get from Point A to Point B but have to find my way through a maze of underground tunnels, elevator systems, automatic doors, and ramps. 3. I only need one more class to graduate from college (fyi I graduated 11 years ago!) and I keep flunking it, missing it, or forgeting to go to it all quarter. I have also dreamt several times that I am a serial killer, but that's probably a little too much information... Jenn Hey, I was wondering, when you dream at night do you ever dream that you can walk? And if so, is it a recurring dream? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 In a message dated 6/13/2003 8:15:57 AM Pacific Daylight Time, nekrosys@... writes: > 3. I only need one more class to graduate from college (fyi I > graduated 11 years ago!) and I keep flunking it, missing it, or > forgeting to go to it all quarter. > Too weird! I have the same reoccurring dream too, expect it's high school, not college. I wonder what it means. As far as walking in dreams, it depends on what kind of dream it is. Sometimes I'm in a wheelchair and other times I'm not (even in the same dream). This one friend of mine has very vivid dreams of me and I asked her once if I'm disabled in her dreams. She said that I'm always walking or doing things I don't normally do (like driving a car). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 13, 2003 Report Share Posted June 13, 2003 I've dreamed I was running, but haven't dreamed that lately. Usually I'm sitting somewhere I think but not in my chair. Actually I don't see myself in my dreams, I'm observing everything around me. Kathie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 LOL nuthing. Shaye Dreams Just what do you eat before going to bed Shaye? Jeanine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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