Just wondering if anyone has any nightmares. I don’t take any fibro meds because I had very bad reactions to them so the only thing I’m able to take is pain killers and muscle relaxers. So my question is if any of you suffer from constant nightmares. I always dream of people that are in such pain or being caused pain. When I wake up my body feels like I was tensing up all night so I wake up felling like my skin and muscles have chili on the top layer. The only relation I can make is that I could be having pain while sleeping and it causes me to dream about pain. Just hoping it not something the meds are causing me to have nightmares. So if anyone has experience this please comment and let me know what happens to you and if you have found a way to prevent this.
Well I do take tramadol so this might be it. Tamadol has really helped me so I’ll try to take it earlier to see if that helps. I think I’m traumatizing my husband when I tell him my dreams, lol. Thank Lovett for your response.
I have had nightmares as long as i can remember. Since i started taking requip and my other meds at night i guess i dont remember them any more. I would actually wake up in a panic attack. I hope you can find some thing to help.
It's one thing to have a nightmare once in a while but, it's another thing when they become regular. I think too they are side effect of your meds. Have you read the "side effect" section of the information of your meds? I think it's worth looking at.
Lovett has a good idea - I think it's worth a try. It' sure won't hurt anything :).
Ben
I would think that being in pain would sink down into your subconscious and then pop back up in dreams about pain. (I know it's not the same but I do this when I have to pee at night. I dream about visiting really crummy bathrooms. So my brain has processed the fact that I REALLY need to go, then plants it into my dreams.) I think that pain goes pure through us, all the way, hitting all areas of our body. Seems like it, anyway. I think the brain is stuck with a lot of stress and pain from our fibro, so it makes sense that some might leak out during our dreams at night.
Or maybe it is the meds. Have you checked the side effects listed for Tramadol?
Here is a discussion about this very topic: http://208.71.46.190/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=tramadol+nightm...
The website Right Diagnosis states that Tramadol toxicity can cause nightmares.: http://208.71.46.190/search/srpcache?ei=UTF-8&p=tramadol+nightm...
So I guess you're on the right track when you suspect the Tramadol. Too bad that doctors no longer warn us about possible side effects of drugs.
I hope your nightmares calm down, Karla. Maybe you could ask your doc about a different dose or a different dosage. I'm sure you'll find a way to reduce or get rid of them once you know for sure what causes them.
And finally, this may sound silly but the old cliche about pickles causing nightmares is also true! If you love pickles, try not to eat them too close to bed time.
Sweet dreams,
Petunia
Hi Karlaacuna, don't know that I can be of much help. It could be the meds and if their helping more than the nightmares are hurting (if that makes sense) than hopefully Lovett's suggestion works or helps. My husband and I are kind of big on dream psychology. I'm not an expert by any means, but it could be that you're in pain and your brains processing that. Or it could be processing what changes have happened in your life. Both my husband and I have done what you might call dream therapy. None of that astrology stuff - just straight up psychology on it there's only one book I think by the expert that I'm aware of that doesn't mix in other stuff. Anyway, we'd write our dreams down first thing in the morning at least enough bullet points to remember the dream(s) and look up the different parts. It can be kind of involved at least at first, but at different times it's really helped us understand what's going on - sometimes it's simple and other times it's complicated and revealing in an upsetting or enlightening kinds of ways. Other option might be to see a therapist who does EMDR - if there's "unprocessed" trauma or it's just not getting processed it could be helpful. I don't mean that any kind of offensive way. I'm in EMDR for trauma that's causing PTSD. My dreams get full of all this stuff and the EMDR helps in reprocessing it so it'll stop getting thrown at me. Just want to give any options that I could think of that might help. At any rate, I hope you're pain goes down and that the nightmares go away or at least that you get a break from them!
Warm, gentle hugs,
Butterflydragon
I’ve had nightmares since I’m a teenage but always the same one. Know there different kind of nightmares, to the point all I watch is comedy movies to see if it helps. I’m going to try what Lovett mentioned and take my meds a few hours before I go to sleep. Which it’s not hard because I can’t really fall asleep easily either. It’s not something I look forward in the mornings because I’m already tiered and in pain, then to top it off I remember my whole dreams so yeah it’s pretty much suck.
Thank you for the information. I’ve had a sleeping disorder since I’m a teenager. I think this and the combination of meds are probably causing the nightmares. Really appreciate all your help and information you provided to me, than you.
Sounds very interesting and it never hurts to try anything to help relieve any sort of stress to our bodies. I truly thank you for the information and I hope I can find a way to get ride of this dreams. What is the book called that you and your husband look up your dreams? I don’t think at this point anything offends me, specially when we are all here for similar reasons. I am extremely open minded to the point I gave a thought to PTSD already because I’m a retired police officer but my dreams are not about my accident at work or about the people involved in the cause of my retirement so this is why I’m a little confused. I honestly believe I’m in a lot of pain and my brain is creating this dreams to let me know or experience the pain in my sleep. However, I’m not the one who’s in pain in my dreams, I see others in pain but somehow I always relay to someone’s physical pain. Weird!
I’m a vegetarian and I don’t even drink teas with caffeine. I don’t have coffee but the only thing I have when I wake up and go to bed is cinnamon tea with honey and lemon. No chocolate or any sort of caffeine. I am unable to take any fibro meds because I’ve had a bad reaction to all the meds for fibro. All I’m taking is muscle relaxers and pain killers.
The book is called Dream Dictionary by Tony crisp http://www.amazon.com/Dream-Dictionary-Tony-Crisp-ebook/dp/B0012T6O08 It's actually not weird at all that it's other people. Our subconscious minds have ways of using different people or places etc to look at many different angles or aspects of ourselves. For example, how do we respond to ourselves in our pain, are be compassionate, indifferent, angry, helpless, etc. Usually, it's really helpful there are times though I learn something about myself that really pisses me off! Haha
Like you said though, it might be alerting you to the pain you're in while you're asleep. Or that you're in so much pain your not able to get deep enough sleep to block it out - like when music enters your dreams, but really it's being played in the house or whatever and gets woven into your dreams because it doesn't bring you fully awake...which is probably what you were saying. LOL I'm tired. Really hope whatever it is that you're able to find something to get some relief!
Hi…I have had nightmares off and on (more on) for years with some being what I can only describe as horrific and they can even be physically painful. I definitely have connected some of them to certain medication and even supplements. Normally if I take a new med or supplement and experience one of the worst nightmares I’ve ever had I will not take that drug/ supplement again. I know for sure that Trazadone and Benadryl always give me nightmares and I now generally just refuse to take those. One thing that sounds kind of hokey but does help is literally telling myself " I have happy, pleasant dreams" or something to that effect several times a day. I say it out loud. Oftentimes I will say it several times in a row, especially in a hot bath at night before bed. My brain seems to believe me most of the time. It’s not 100% foolproof of course but as long as I avoid any KNOWN meds that cause nightmares (some are iffy, just not sure-- I also take Tramadol and have not had an extreme nightmare problem with it) and remember to tell myself I have good dreams I have decent results. I have learned to rate my dreams on a scale of 1-5 with 1 being horrific, can’t get it out of my head or mood the entire next day to 5 being awesome, beautiful, wonderful…I have been around a 3 most nights for quite some time. Occasionally I will have a 1 and rarely a 5 but I will take a 3 (neither horrible or great) any night. I hope this helps!! Remember to say it out loud to yourself several times a day, especially in the beginning. It’s like training your brain. Also helps to avoid negative things especially at bedtime but I don’t watch horror movies and such ever because I’ve learned my brain/body just can’t take it. Good luck and sweet dreams 
I have had violent nightmares , for a long time, but over the last 3 months now since i was confirmed with fibromyalgia , I found that the nightmares have gotten even worst sometimes I think it is a state of mind. Then I also found that if i wake up while I was dreaming , that I would be in pain as I slept and I figured maybe it was me telling me I am hurting yet sleeping sounds strange I know but it is what was in my mind . I have not had a dream of other people in pain only of me being in pain it has been 5 days now since i havent had a nightmare or what the dr told me is for me is more then a nightmare but night terrors more extreme , I have had those off and on for a long time now though , I find that if I clear my mind as much as possible and try not think of my pain or sad situations and zone out before I sleep seemed to help little
Thank you for your comment and for telling me about your personal experience it’s very helpful to know its another thing we just have to deal with. I started looking for app on my phone and found iSleep Easy meditation so I’m going to try this out and see how it works for me. I’ll be sure to update on the outcome. I truly hope you have better nights and that you have better days as well.
I’m so sorry to hear you have night terrors. I hope you find something that works for you so you can have better nights. I started looking for app on my phone and found one I’m going to try it’s called iSleep Easy Meditation. I will be updating on the outcome in a couple of days to let you know if it works out for me. I do appreciate your respond and you sharing with me your experience in this matter. I guess it’s just something else we have to deal with. I truly hope you have better nights as well as, better days. Thank you once again.
I’ll have to check out that app! Good luck to you too, sweetie-- it’s a tough road but we can do it!!
Hey,
I still suffer from constant nightmares or what I call 'stress dreams'...dreams that are constant stress or possess a 'thriller' quality to them. Since getting a new better mattress and doing things to improve my sleep hygiene, I have had less of them but they still plague me. The only ways I have made them less are by trying to get as comfortable as possible, making sure nothing 'pins' my legs when I sleep so I can move and stretch freely, make sure my bed/room is warm and sometimes take a sleep aid when it gets really bad. If meds generally react bad with you, I would recommend melatonin to help with regulating you. Other than that, I dont really know but I know I'd like some additional tips as well!
Wishing you love and sweet dreams when you get there,
Calli, I’m happy to hear you have found some relefe with melatonin. I’ve treys this in the past and it didn’t do anything for me. I’ve been trying this app called iSleep Easy and I only have about 2 night and I haven’t had any nightmares. I’m not sure if it’s the meditation of the app or what it is but I’m going to do it for a week and if I have good results I will let you know. Thank you for your help and your feedback. Lots of gentle hugs.
Hi karlaacuna,
I do have pain dreams and usually it wakes me, then off to the cabinet to take a pill. Last night I dreamed that my left had at all the finger joints were swollen and malformed, and they hurt really bad. My hands have been swollen and hurting. It looked like in my dream I had rheumatoid arthritis. I was scared. It seemed so real. Muscle relaxers make me have weird color vivid dreams. Which I don’t like.
Joy
Justamom, I’m so sorry about your hand. I bet this weather doesn’t help much. Sound like it’s your subconscious telling you, your in pain. Sucks that some meds give us side effect but sometimes the pain relief is worth the side effects if there not so bad. I hope your hand gets better soon and thank you for your comment and sharing your experience with me. Wishing you pain free days.