Sorry this is one that gets me too. So bad that I would wake up and throw up as it is so real and vivid and scary. Now I sleep during the day as when I have the nightmares I can get up and people are awake etc.

Having a pet in bed with me also helps when I wake up and can just reach down and pat them to bring me back to me.

There are several sleeping pills that might help you get off to a better kind of sleep and several to avoid as they actually give you nightmares!!

What meds if any are you on? There are some that have side effects like nightmares which for a PWN is just so ridiculous, so check those out first.

Hi Fun, thanks for replying.

I've actually rearranged my room so that my bed is up against two walls that way if i wake up terrified I can put my back up into the corner to try and feel safe, doesn't always work.
I've tried everything i can think of to explain to my parents the benefit of my having a dog. When i take care of my aunts dogs they sleep in the room with me and the nightmares aren't soo bad. But "they're not ready to have a dog".
I'm not on any meds for N, but I"m on several others for other health issues but i dont think they have done anything to increase the nightmares.
i tried a generic store sleeping pills and they're ok, i mean i dont wake up as much throughout the night but still have nightmares.
The only thing that helped was one night I fell asleep while on the phone with the guy i'm seeing and he told me that at one point he could tell i was starting to have a nightmare and he just talked to me, didn't wake me up, just said things like "i'm here" and "its ok baby"
i have started writing out the nightmares i have and my dad read a few, said i should sell them to filmmakers. not helpful but funny.
ok i'm done rambling lol.

Long before I was diagnosed with N, I found myself having extremely vivid nightmares and dreams. Of course, now I know they are HH. What helped me was to avoid watching scary movies, the news, and reading anything negative before going to bed. Don't know if this helps you, but try making things in your room as positive as possible.

trust me sleepy I can relate. Long before I got diagnosed I actually thought that my nightmares were just like everyone elses, so not true. But i thought I was just weak and couldn't handle them and I ended up making some really dumb decisions to get sleep.

I used to love Stephen King books, and now I never touch them, I don't watch horrors anymore either and I used to love them, Studies show we keep those kind of things in our minds when we go to sleep so without them I did notice a difference like marcia said.

Writing them down is good, I used to have a dream notebook. I got told they would be great movies etc too lol Some of the worst nightmares still freak me out today, i can still remember them vividly and how I felt after waking up etc.

Some people don't realise that PWN have really really vivid nightmares, its not like normal nightmares.

I thought it was just me! I thought I just had an overactive imagination.

I went to doctors for years about my nightmares. I was put on all kinds of medications and anti-depressants and none of it worked. I am now taking Xyrem and for the first time in my life I do not have many dreams and only a few nightmares. I was SO relieved the first night I woke up and could not remember having any dreams. There are some nights that I do remember a dream and it reminds me of how happy I am to not be dreaming horrible dreams all night long!

I used to have horrible dreams, the ones that stayed with you for days. Then they just seemed to subside.

Here in the last few days though they have come back & they are scary. The good thing is they might wake me up & I am freaked out, but I go right back to sleep & don't remember them when I woke up. I mean I remember I dreamt something & that it scared me but don't remember what it was. So in that area I am lucky.

What seems to be getting worse for me too is he HH. I hate it! It is hard to tell HH from reality sometimes.

My biggest fear is that there will be a fire or someone break into the house & I will think it is a dream. That right there makes it very hard for me to sleep much. Hopefully it's something that will pass.

Hugs to all,
Troll Kimmers

You don't say what other meds, but if it is pain pills, this is a trigger for me. Every time I have surgery I ask to make sure that I am not on a morphine pump to avoid nightmares, but lo and behold I wake up to find the pump going away. It will trigger nightmares for weeks afterwards. Right now I am taking Percoset for pain on the lowest dose possible to keep me from screaming and crying all day; my dreams are especially vivid but there isn't anything else that will help.

i'm on b.p. meds and cholesterol meds, folic acid, and a few other vitamins. i dont have problems with pain pills, was on vicodin for 3 years till i finally had surgery.
really tired of the hh and nightmares. last nightmare had me screaming till my dad shook me awake
i'm outta ideas : \