Normal dreaming involves paralysis, otherwise we would all be trying to actively act out our dreams.

But dream deprivation is just as hard on you as not getting enough deep sleep. Have you had a sleep study done? Some meds depress dreaming, so that might be something to consider. (Other meds cause more vivid dreaming.)

We need our dreams to work out a lot of issues while we are not conscious. I hope you can get the intervention you need to restore a more normal sleep pattern.

That's all I've got. I hope you get the suggestions you are looking for.

I know I used to dream, but now I very rarely remember my dreams. I assume I still dream as I often wake myself by talking to myself in my sleep...In fact yesterday when my home health nurse was here to administer an infusion, I fell asleep and she said at one point I sat straight up and said "Oh Yes, that would be fine!"

I have no recollection, but I imagine it must have been part of a dream?

Here's hoping for the best Zzzzzz's you can get,
LuLu

Oh yes, I dream about every night yet only sleep an hour or so at a time. Lots of times I wake up just at the most interesting part.

Was on some medicine recently for a new health problem & it lead to some bad dreams. In one, Richard Dawson & I were fighting the Germans in WWII. Then I had one where my dentist wanted me to take part in a new dental procedure he was working on: TEETH ROTATION. Yes, teeth rotation - just like rotating the tires on your car. Had a dentist appointment several days later & I shared that one with him & his staff - they all loved it.

Had several more, but thank goodness I am off the medicine & now I am back to my old boring dreams.

Summer is here - hope everyone has a good one!!!

I either don't dream or dream the weirdest things. I agree with letibe. Take care of you.
SLK

I third what Letitbe posted. Plus, as LuLu pointed out, it is normal to sleep and not remember. Most people remember bits of dreams if something like an alarm wakes us while we are dreaming. Now that i am taking naltrexone, i remember whatever I was dreaming about, i guess right before I woke up. It is the one side effect that has been documented.

BTW, I was reading DS right before going to sleep and I dreamt something about looking at my hair in the mirror,which in my dream was long, and thinking that I didn't look like me. My face was purple/blue. Clearly, I had read one of Letitbe's posts. LOL

I do remember periods in my life pre fibro when I remembered dreams and periods when I didn't.

I dream. I remember bits, pieces, etc., but I also have trouble "waking up" and "getting out". Part of that is meds, part is just normal old dream sleep.

My therapist says dreams are just ways for our subsconscious to tell us what's on our mind, bu t it does it in symbols instead of sending a nice polite note. I dream of zombies a lot if I am stressed, for example. But I wish my subconscious would just send an e-mail saying, "Hey, you feel overwhelmed right now. Just letting you know. Love, You."

Hugs,
Leo

Yes, I do dream. And I was confused about the dreaming during REM sleep part. That's good to know, so I guess I get good REM sleep.

Sugarbear....that's hilarious....teeth rotation!! That sounds like some of the crazy ones I have!

I will pass on the teeth rotation and the zombies, lol! Like I said I rarely dream and usually if I do it is one of those paralyzing dreams. Also though, once I get to sleep I do sleep sound. I rarely am awoken by anything. I can sleep through 3 barking dogs, 2 fighting kids, whatever. I think a bomb could go off beside me and I wouldn't know. I once had a very large tree in our yard fall and land within 15 feet of my bedroom and I never heard the crash. A few years back a house about a half mile away from us exploded. It woke my husband up instantly but he had to yell and shake me to get me awake to see it. Its almost like I am dead when I sleep!