Talk to me about bad dreams and nightmares please!

AnnaBella · 07-22-2007, 10:40 PM

Hi Everyone,
I have vivid nonsense dreams, it feels so real, but they do not jive with reality at all. Like driving my daughter's van somewhere, getting out of the van, leaving her to sleep and driving around town on a rickety bicycle with my toddler son to find a Dairy Queen ice cream place.

Really strange. DD is 35, DS is 30, this would never be real.

Or the dreams are scary, like I am driving, but can't reach the pedals or can't see out the window, or the brake won't work. And violent scary crashes on the horizon. I see that if I drive a straight line , I avoid the accident, but all at the very last minute. I talk loudly in these dreams, enough to wake the dog up frantic.

I think I have been doing this for awhile, but am not sure. Is there anything that might help?

mapleleafgirl25 · 07-22-2007, 11:01 PM

i had the vivid dreams in the first week both times i went off paxil..they do go away!!

michele

texgirl · 07-22-2007, 11:45 PM

This was just about the last side effect to go for me. I'm 18 months off Paxil and 2 weeks from the end of an 8-month benzo taper, and it's only been the past few weeks that the bad dreams have finally stopped. I had them the whole time I was on meds, in fact they were the main reason I quit taking Paxil--a blessing in disguise, as it turned out.

Someone posted here a day or two ago that listening to soothing music while falling asleep helps. I have some relaxation CDs and I find that listening to them at bedtime does help with the dreams.

AnnaBella · 07-23-2007, 12:42 AM

Oh good to know. Or maybe not? But they are quite intense sometimes. I will try some music, or maybe a noisy fan.

Thanks!

07-22-2007, 10:40 PM	#1
AnnaBella Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 56	Talk to me about bad dreams and nightmares please! Hi Everyone, I have vivid nonsense dreams, it feels so real, but they do not jive with reality at all. Like driving my daughter's van somewhere, getting out of the van, leaving her to sleep and driving around town on a rickety bicycle with my toddler son to find a Dairy Queen ice cream place. Really strange. DD is 35, DS is 30, this would never be real. Or the dreams are scary, like I am driving, but can't reach the pedals or can't see out the window, or the brake won't work. And violent scary crashes on the horizon. I see that if I drive a straight line , I avoid the accident, but all at the very last minute. I talk loudly in these dreams, enough to wake the dog up frantic. I think I have been doing this for awhile, but am not sure. Is there anything that might help?

07-22-2007, 11:01 PM	#2
mapleleafgirl25 Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Vancouver, Canada Posts: 2,132	Re: Talk to me about bad dreams and nightmares please! i had the vivid dreams in the first week both times i went off paxil..they do go away!! michele __________________ aka MICHELE My history with paxil is too long to write here..lol..but you can look at my old posts to see!

07-22-2007, 11:45 PM	#3
texgirl The original" F$%^you "gal, from the cranky corner! Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 2,977	Re: Talk to me about bad dreams and nightmares please! This was just about the last side effect to go for me. I'm 18 months off Paxil and 2 weeks from the end of an 8-month benzo taper, and it's only been the past few weeks that the bad dreams have finally stopped. I had them the whole time I was on meds, in fact they were the main reason I quit taking Paxil--a blessing in disguise, as it turned out. Someone posted here a day or two ago that listening to soothing music while falling asleep helps. I have some relaxation CDs and I find that listening to them at bedtime does help with the dreams. __________________ Completely free from psychiatry since 8/5/07 If we are fools enough to remain at the mercy of the people who want to sell us happiness, it will be impossible for us to ever be content with anything. How would they profit if we became content? (Thomas Merton)

07-23-2007, 12:42 AM	#4
AnnaBella Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 56	Re: Talk to me about bad dreams and nightmares please! Oh good to know. Or maybe not? But they are quite intense sometimes. I will try some music, or maybe a noisy fan. Thanks!

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