Nightmares

morethan2 and Anya - I don't feel so alone now.

I would recommend some guided meditation ,you can buy cd's on Amazon ,it clears your mind and helps you relax and sleep peacefully

Falconbird I recognise what you say. It's that horrible sinking feeling when you realise the nightmare is the waking bit and the dream is the good bit.

I have had nightmares so hideous I could never tell anyone about them, they generally involve family members and usually before they become ill. I hope I am not a witch.

I am on no medication, am not a worrier and have no particular problems at the moment, but I have been having these terrifying nightmares for about 10 years. Initially weekly, now every few months. The subjects are on occasion, so vile I do not describe them as it is the best way of eventually forgetting at least the detail.

Recently, when I wake from them my body is in full flight or fight mode, with that buzzy feeling you get with an adrenaline rush, which often stays with me for hours.

I have done some googling and these dreams seem to be particularly connected with the menopause/PTSD, although this doesn't preclude other people suffering from them. The only potential remedy I have read is having small protein dense snack just before going to bed. This snack was defined as a small plain biscuit with butter and small piece of cheese/ham/cold meat.

My sleep patterns aren't very good and I do get the odd nightmare. It's not a recurrent theme but always ends the same, with me screaming and shouting. I feel such a fool afterwards too. Once my cousin came to stay for a few nights and I had one of my 'moments.' Poor girl thought I was being murdered and I was so embarrassed.
I have now made my husband promise to wake me at the first sign of me having a nightmare particularly if we have visitors to stay or if we are visiting friends.?

May I suggest that you try meditation this really helped me, I too had regular nightmares always involving loved ones it really is distressing

My sympathies too gillybob. Nightmares can seem so real and be upsetting.

I was just going to post more or less the same as whitewave. I was prescribed some tablets and they gave me awful nightmares. Dr changed my prescription, and the nightmares disappeared.

That happened to me for months after my mother died. falconbird I can still remember how very vivid the dreams were. Waking up filled with grief.

Have you started any medication lately?

Most definitely a problem for me too.

Sympathies, I know how you feel, especially horrid dreams about family.

When my husband passed away I expected to have some nightmares, but I didn't, however occasionally I have a dream where he is alive and we are talking together, usually trying to solve a problem of some kind as we used to. I now have to solve all problems alone.

The dream feels so real and nice. Then I wake up and realise that we will never talk together again and it makes me very sad for several days.

Yes, gilly my mind drives me mad too! Sometimes I think that my brain doesn't know how to relax,and I'm awake regularly in the early hours.

You have my sympathy gillybob I haven't been a great sleeper for about 20 years. I don't usually have nightmares though. I did last night and It really unsettled me. Once I realised it was just a horrible dream I started to worry I'd had a premonition. Stupid really because I've never had a premonition in my life.