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HAS ANYONE HAD VERY SCARY NIGHTMARES AFTER DETOX???
I am on day 21 from detoxing off the 150mcg fentanyl patch and I am feeling a lot better now. Except for my pain an THESE SCARY *** NIGHTMARES!! The only new medicine I am on is Lyrica 75mg 3 x a day, but Ive been taking it for about 3 weeks. Anyway, last night I don't know what was going on but, I was trying to wake up in my dream like crazy b/c something was holding me down and It was the scariest thing that ever happened to me. I opened my eyes and could not move and saw a dark figure on the side of my bed and still couldn't barely move. I ended up getting up in my dream and running around the house and couldn't find help. I finally woke up and was scared to death. I am catholic so I found a rosary and was praying not have this happen again and no more bad dreams. Well I fell asleep again and had more vivid, scary dreams. They felt so, so real. Ive had bad nightmares before but nothing like this. I am now scared to go to sleep! Please someone help!!
Thanks, Shell
Thanks, Shell
I've had very bad dreams detoxing too. My addiction to speed..aka meth,ice you know what i'm talking about, very different from opiates i know but the potency about the same. When i was forced to quit i didn't mind it i knew it was time. You also gotta remember you were taking the most powerful opiate concentration thats available to man, i've banged dog before, still not as powerful as fentanyl. Its gonna be awhile before you feel normal again and with that comes the wd. Give it some time, i used to have bad dreams that were so real, unlike nothing i've exeperienced before. Before you go to bed try to fill your head w/ good thoughts or memories. Detoxing you'll find you start to remember things you forgot about usually do to importance or likability. Even the bad things unfortunitly, you got to take the good w/ the bad, its life. I'm Catholic too as well, its good to pray it gives the human mind hope as stupid as it sounds. Just hang in there your in my prayers
WOW.....YOU KNOW THEY SAY WE DON'Y EVEN USE 90% OF OUR BRAINS.....THEY ARE PRETTY STRONG THINGS.....I MEAN TO VIVIDLY RECALL ALL KIDS OF MEMORIES AND HAVE THESE CRAZY *** DREAMS. WONDERING WHAT OUR BRAINS COULD REALLY DO.....YA KNOW AND WHY WE DON'T USE MOST OF IT.....ITS A PRETTY POWERFUL THING!
Now here is something strange for you guys ! I was reading this post yesterday and thinking WOW ! how awful to go threw this on top of everything else . Guess what ? It happened to me last night .In the doctors office for some pain and he wants to give me Vicodin and I tell him no I can`t take that . So he says ok no problem I have something else for you . OXY and I take the script . :( yikes strange Jim
NO YOUR NOT CRAZY!!!!! I WAS LAYING AT THE END OF BED WHEN I HEARD MY FATHER CALLING OUT 2 ME. HIS HEAD & HIS BODY CAME UP AND GRABED HIS CHEST, THEN YELLED "WAKE UP!!!! PRETTY SPOOKY CAUSE HE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR 18YRS. I CALLED MY HUSBAND AND TOLD HIM ABOUT IT. THE NEXT MORNING MY AUNT CALLED TO TELL ME THAT MY UNCLE(WALKED ME DOWN THE ISLE AND RAISED ME) HAS PASSED AWAY WITH A HEART ATTACK AT 1129PM. WE LOOKED TO SEE WHAT TIME I CALLED MY HUBBY(IT WAS AS SOON AS I JUMPED UP) THE TIME READ 1120PM. THEN MY AUNT TOLD ME HE DIED 10 MINUTES BEFORE THEY PRONOUNCED HIM . THEY SPENT THAT 10 MIN TRYING TO BRING HIM BACK. TURNS OUT THAT HE DIED TEN MIN BEFORE, AT1019PM U DO THE MATH. SEE YOUR NOT CRAZY OR IT COULD MEAN WE R BOTH CRAZY. LOL "JUST KIDDING, YOUR NOT!!!!!!
i have very spooky dreams about my children being hurt or family being killed. so vivid i can feel touch smell ect. i was given VISTRIL". IT HELPED A LITTLE SO, I TRIED WHAT THEY BEING A DREAM MASTER. I KEEP A DREAM JOURNAL NEXT TO MY BED. THAN REMEMBER YOUR NIGHT-MARE FROM END TO BEGIN. THAN I GOT A BOOK ABOUT DREAMS. I LEARNED HOW TO USE IT AND TURNED IT INTO A GAME. EVEN MY FATHER THAT PASSED AWAY;I FOUND OUT HAS A REASON FOR HAPPENING IN MY DREAMS! SOME BOOKS WILL SHOW YOU HOW TO DREAM BETTER DREAMS! I DID HAVE A SLEEP THERAPY CLASS. THEY TAUGHT U HOW TO PREPARE FOR A GREAT NIGHTS SLEEP & HAVE GOOD DREAM. U CAN ALSO USE OR MAKE A DREAM PILLOW. YOU STUFF A LITTLE PILLOW WITH SLEEPYTIME TEA BAGS. OR JUST CAMOMILE& WEST INDIAN LEMONGRASS( IN TEA BAGS). GOOD LUCK 2U!!!!!!!! -MAREBEAR
Thanks so much again....Ijust woke ...no dreams so far but i have the rest of the night!
From what I have read here, normal sleep patterns are the last thing that comes back. It may take a month to get back to normal. I think that your/our brain is busy re-wiring itself during these intensive dream times. When we were using, I don't believe that we were really getting normal sleep, (just me thinking here) and now that you are off the meds the brain takes a while to heal. I know it's hard to believe right now, but eventually everything will return to normal again. I can remember some of the most horrifying dreams of something being in the room and I could not get myself to move to see what it was, but I knew it was there. Anyway, the intense dreams will start to fade as time go by, just think that your brain is getting better and better everyday, hope this helps.
I still remember one particular dream from over a year ago while WDing from tramadol.
I was inside a large Victorian house, and several people either lived there or were visiting. Most of the dream consisted mainly of me exploring the massive house, which had four floors and three basement levels. IIRC there were over thirty rooms above ground, and a dozen more under the house. But the corridors, rooms, staircases, and doorways were otherworldly, almost like something out of a Myst game. Many rooms had strange archaic devices and decorations for which I could discern no specific function, but which obviously caused things to change elsewhere within the house.
One of the people in the dream was my wife or girlfriend, although she was purely a creation of my mind, and not someone from my waking life. She had gotten lost inside the house at some point, and I began searching for her. It always seemed that she was just in the next room or hallway, but upon checking, the house's configuration would change, making it impossible to locate her. And I couldn't figure out which device would cause a door to open or hallway to shift.
The devices resembled a mish-mash of large & small antique brass and sliver astronomy equipment, distillery piping, steam engine valves & controls, ship telemotors, and were covered with indecipherable glyphs and writing in an unknown language. But one feature of the house is particularly distinctive; a raised black-marble dias in a darkly panelled sitting room, decorated with green velvet-covered high-back chairs and settees. Upon the dias was mounted at waist-level, a large black alabaster basin, set upon a grey pillar made of entwined pewter snakes. The basin was filled with a mixture of tears and mercury, and served as a mirror. Why, I never knew, but I instinctively understood what was in the basin, and that it was inherently alien or paranormal.
During the dream I never felt in danger or threatened by the other people, but there was definitely a malevolent presence in the house which seemed more at odds with my girlfriend/wife rather than me.
That dream I can still recall vivid images from, and even smells, sounds, and textures. I've never had such a dream unless I was WD'ing; I have had violent and inherently terrifying ones, but I've never been unsettled at all upon waking, or scared within the dream. They've consistently been lucid, I've always been aware that I'm dreaming, and that allows me to enjoy them for what they are. I don't know if they mean anthing, but I wonder often about it.
I was inside a large Victorian house, and several people either lived there or were visiting. Most of the dream consisted mainly of me exploring the massive house, which had four floors and three basement levels. IIRC there were over thirty rooms above ground, and a dozen more under the house. But the corridors, rooms, staircases, and doorways were otherworldly, almost like something out of a Myst game. Many rooms had strange archaic devices and decorations for which I could discern no specific function, but which obviously caused things to change elsewhere within the house.
One of the people in the dream was my wife or girlfriend, although she was purely a creation of my mind, and not someone from my waking life. She had gotten lost inside the house at some point, and I began searching for her. It always seemed that she was just in the next room or hallway, but upon checking, the house's configuration would change, making it impossible to locate her. And I couldn't figure out which device would cause a door to open or hallway to shift.
The devices resembled a mish-mash of large & small antique brass and sliver astronomy equipment, distillery piping, steam engine valves & controls, ship telemotors, and were covered with indecipherable glyphs and writing in an unknown language. But one feature of the house is particularly distinctive; a raised black-marble dias in a darkly panelled sitting room, decorated with green velvet-covered high-back chairs and settees. Upon the dias was mounted at waist-level, a large black alabaster basin, set upon a grey pillar made of entwined pewter snakes. The basin was filled with a mixture of tears and mercury, and served as a mirror. Why, I never knew, but I instinctively understood what was in the basin, and that it was inherently alien or paranormal.
During the dream I never felt in danger or threatened by the other people, but there was definitely a malevolent presence in the house which seemed more at odds with my girlfriend/wife rather than me.
That dream I can still recall vivid images from, and even smells, sounds, and textures. I've never had such a dream unless I was WD'ing; I have had violent and inherently terrifying ones, but I've never been unsettled at all upon waking, or scared within the dream. They've consistently been lucid, I've always been aware that I'm dreaming, and that allows me to enjoy them for what they are. I don't know if they mean anthing, but I wonder often about it.
everyone is different, even though we have the same symptoms phyically are minds are our owns. I got real emotional, cry very easy, i felt so sad. but then also frustration, anger, just that UGH!!!! feeling. My skin just crawled. I felt itchy, my face breaks out. No appetite. I am taking suboxine this time. My biggest complaints are sweating like crazy and loss of appetite. My sleep is not great but I can sleep usually at least 4 hrs straight. rarely the same 4 !!
Wow that is a real scary dream! Again these detox nightmares and the sleep paralysis I had no idea about! Anything else gonna come up????
Hi,
I started suboxine 6-24-08. Almost right away I had very vivid & scary dreams.
I don't remember dreaming much when I was using. Plus I took xanax. didn't help me sleep like some people but I know it still affected my sleep. Once the opiates were out of my system seems like I began to dream.
Now I wake up sweating, my heart racing, short of breath (cigarettes) ,shaking. This is still going on but not as bad as it was at first.
I try to think of happy stuff before I fall asleep so "maybe" I'll have a nice dream.but hasn't worked yet
Some are that I am stuck under a bridge by highway and the water starts to rise till it's at my face and I can't move. Also people chase me allot. I run but I am not going any where, I scream but nothing comes out.( Least I know what that means now.)
Some dreams are just weired!!
I started suboxine 6-24-08. Almost right away I had very vivid & scary dreams.
I don't remember dreaming much when I was using. Plus I took xanax. didn't help me sleep like some people but I know it still affected my sleep. Once the opiates were out of my system seems like I began to dream.
Now I wake up sweating, my heart racing, short of breath (cigarettes) ,shaking. This is still going on but not as bad as it was at first.
I try to think of happy stuff before I fall asleep so "maybe" I'll have a nice dream.but hasn't worked yet
Some are that I am stuck under a bridge by highway and the water starts to rise till it's at my face and I can't move. Also people chase me allot. I run but I am not going any where, I scream but nothing comes out.( Least I know what that means now.)
Some dreams are just weired!!
I too have those dreams when I have no pills. I have 3 days clean now and am dreading those dreams only because in the dreams I have pills and I am so happy only to wake up and realize I don't really have any pills. I am looking forward to waking up from those dreams and being relieved that I don't have any pills.
I had the most vivid and wild dreams of my life when WD'ing off of tramadol, although I've had some coming off of morphine.
Personally I welcome all types of dreams, and the incredibly real and intense ones I get when WDs hit are possibly the only enjoyable things during the throes of WD.
Personally I welcome all types of dreams, and the incredibly real and intense ones I get when WDs hit are possibly the only enjoyable things during the throes of WD.
OHBOY do you have some crazy dreams, nightmares and etc.. in vivid detail. I had some really crazy dreams that I could recall every detail about. I would wake up exhausted from the nights activities. They do go away in time thank goodness!
Google "Sleep paralysis" it's common in drug withdrawal. It happened when I detoxed from Oxycontin. These dreams will fade away as you get over the WD's. Hope you feel better!
WOW THANK YA'LL SOOO MUCH! I thought something was extra wrong with me.....like I was being possesed by the devil or something. Sooo Soo scary and real. I did not like the dream with something evil holding me down and not being able to move with my eyes open. I kept saying Michelle wake up and saying hail marys and our fathers and thinking I was getting uo but it was still the dream. Wow I hope this goes away soon b/c the lyrica makes me tired and I want to sleep. But its bad! Can't wait ti'll that goes away. I thought no one was gonna post on this, I felt alone and scared! Damn exorsist movie and freddy movies.....they come to life after detox. I hope tonight is better. Im tired and really scared to fall asleep! Thanks again, Shell
in my early days of wds i had some real crazy dreams that made no sense at all. just really crazy..now i am dreaming that different people are giving me pills, people that have nothing to do with my life. i just posted a question about it. it makes me sad in the dream but i am happy when i wake up but wonder why i am dreaming these dreams when i am trying so hard to forget that chapter of my life.
i can relate to you also, my hubbie says i get very agitated sometimes, at times i scream, but he wont wake me up anymore because the last time he did that , i was dreaming someone was chasing me and when he grabbed me i thought it was the person or thing in my dreams and i punched him right in the face. So yeah, now he just watches me, and will comment in the morning "bad dreams again huh?"
Yes! Yes! Yes!
I had many visits from Freddie on Elm Street.
It the part that I could swear I was awake, and that what was happening was so real.
After having so much trouble sleeping, and finally getting sleep, I had to make myself stay awake after that, because the nightmares just rolled into another.
I remember I was sitting up in bed reading (for real - I was!) Apparrently I had fallen asleep though. A strange man came into the room, jumped in bed w/me and I was fighting him off. I hit my arms & hands several times on the headboard and got bruises and a busted vein.
That's just one incidence. It happened a lot, then slacked down, and now I'll have drug dreams ever so often.
Sleep w/the lights on for now. That's hard, but better to awake in the light for a nightmare.
I had many visits from Freddie on Elm Street.
It the part that I could swear I was awake, and that what was happening was so real.
After having so much trouble sleeping, and finally getting sleep, I had to make myself stay awake after that, because the nightmares just rolled into another.
I remember I was sitting up in bed reading (for real - I was!) Apparrently I had fallen asleep though. A strange man came into the room, jumped in bed w/me and I was fighting him off. I hit my arms & hands several times on the headboard and got bruises and a busted vein.
That's just one incidence. It happened a lot, then slacked down, and now I'll have drug dreams ever so often.
Sleep w/the lights on for now. That's hard, but better to awake in the light for a nightmare.
hey shell, that is very normal for you to experience agter detox. sometimes they last awhile. BUT, my mom took lyrica for a bout a month it made her have nitemares too. my guess would be detox dreams....but its only my opinion...the good news is if thats what it is they do go away!!!lol
I am sure it will pass...i used to have very vivid dreams about the past...people from my past but it was unsettling...not really scary...seems like i would dream about things that triggered me to use........ur brain is healing and dont be afraid to sleep..take ur rosary to be with u and hold on to it tight...all will be welll
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