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Most of us have Dreams yep..but just lately I have been having dreams when I am just waking up in the mornings or afternoons...It feels like I'm awake and fully aware,but I cant stop the dreams...somehow they seem even more real when i'm in this state..Anybody else experience similar patterns? Also does anybody get violent in bed and lash out..My wife says I can get quite animated... Makes me wonder if it could be a meds issue...currently taking prozac,buspar & zopidem.
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Definatley a meds issue Happens to me all the time.
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Those are called wakeing dreams. The cool thing about them is you can control them with practice. If it is a scary dream you can when you wake change it to something you can deal with. A happy thing you did so on and so forth. Thse are good dreams to have. Could be a sign of you healing.
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sorry zolpidem...I always have to correct myself....derrrrrrr
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i have very vivid dreams and i experience the same thing when waking up in the afternoon like you do. i have learned to "control" them and have come to like the happy little world my dreams provide. I think the zolpidem(Ambien) may be contributing a bit to your experience, people have been known to have 'Ambien dreams' where they do things and don't remember them. Most sleep meds will either kill or enhance your dreams. Just mention it to your pdoc and say that it's been bothering you and your wife, the doc will know what to do.
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happens sometimes, never linked it wi meds. i go thru 2-3 wks dreaming same thing, stays with me, i sometimes get downstairs, and almost conciously shake ma head to wake up-remind me im not there anymore- then it goes away for a couple of months..then comes back again..Mines not scary, so i dont mind it..
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Lately I have been having dreams that are diff to distinquish from reality...did I really talk to that person, etc.?
My hubby has taken Darvocet for neuropathy for many, many years and he misunderstood the doc and quit cold turkey.
I couldn't sleep with him...he was flinging his arms all night, kicking his legs, I was afraid to be in the same bed...so that was def med related. Extremely violent. Stopped as soon as he took a Darvocet.
Ya know you COULD be lucid dreaming, from your description...awake IN your dreams. That is soooo cool you can go anywhere and do anything if you can lucid dream. Enjoy it!
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