Does anyone else have weird dreams ?

[Semiskimmed10]

MY partner is experiencing weird dreams at night. Leaving him tired out and anxious. Not sure if this all part of the decompressed liver disease or medications or abstaining from alcohol? Is this normal?

[Hidden]

I can resonate with that entirely. When I gave up alcohol 11 months ago I, too, had the most terrible dreams. Nightmares every night. I still have weird, really deep dreams, but they are much kinder to me these days. A friend of mine said they are called "night terrors", common with people who give up alcohol. She works for the NHS. It'll pass in time. X

[Semiskimmed10 in reply to Hidden]

That is so comforting to hear. Thank you. It can be a bit tough trying to get my head around all he talks about. This site has been invaluable for me to learn and ask questions openly. Many thanks

[Nerico]

I had weird dreams while they were getting my mix of meds right, I had hepatic encephalopathy. I was also falling over a lot and struggling to communicate as i kept forgetting words and saying unintelligible things. Bad time.One dream I recall was absolutely terrifying, I woke up drenched in sweat and screaming. It settled down over time, now if I remember a dream, they're often a bit strange but usually quite cheerful!

[Semiskimmed10 in reply to Nerico]

It’s reassuring to hear that others have come across this too. Thank you for replying. Much appreciated.

[Hidden]

Come to think about it I had strange dreams when I was admitted to hospital. I remember watching the television off the ceiling where there wasnt one.The show was Emmerdale. Perhaps a nightmare in itself.

2 years later I dont get any.

[Semiskimmed10]

As you said ….A nightmare in its self lol

[Hayley2904]

i gave up alcohol for 10 months twp years ago and had crazy dreams every night, nightmares that seemed real. Long story short but i started drinking again moderately when carers moved in to help with my MIL at end of life in covid. They were old friends and heavy drinkers and I gradually drank more until I was back to a bottle of wine s night. At that stage the crazy dreams stopped. In May this year I had a fibroscan with bad results after a local blood test showing raised GGT and stopped again, this time with the knowledge that I cannot moderate. The crazy dreams started again from night 1. 92 days later I still woke up this morning in the middle of another crazy lifelike nightmare so for me yes it is giving up alcohol! My GGT levels are however now normal and upper right pain gone and MRI showed liver working normally but I will have another fibroscan at the 12 month anniversary as cirrhosis score was very high

[taar]

I have never been a drinker, but since I was put on Ramipril about 8m ago, I too have experienced very weird very vivid dreams, verging on, but not quite nightmares, wandering around dystopian landscapes, looking for my lost car, meeting with now deceased family members. ...th weird thing, I never used to remember dreams before starting on high dose Ramipril!

[Semiskimmed10]

Thanks everyone for sharing your experiences. Well done to each and everyone of you. It gives me great hope. What an amazing community this is.

[Grassroots112]

Since I quit drinking I randomly have very vivid dreams where in my dreams I’ve started drinking again and I would wake up feeling really angry and upset with myself as they were so real as if I’d actually experienced them for real. Of course when I realise it was all a bad dream the sense of relief is huge and has been overwhelming at times. I’ve even forced myself to wake up from my dream in my dream if that makes sense.

I’ve always had weird dreams all my life and several of my family members sleep talk or sleep walk or suffer with serious insomnia, I have always had poor sleep all my life too so it kind of runs in the family this issu with sleeping.

I often have some awful and some amazing dreams, I also suffer with Deja Vu a lot, both of which absolutely freak me out in terms of me trying to make sense of it. Whoever can fathom out that and the whole process of dreams could unlock the mind itself I feel.

[Chez2706]

I had some horrible nightmares whilst in hospital and after coming home. But my disease isn't alcohol related, so I guess it was down to being really ill and/or medication. This stopped within a few weeks.

[McEwan1962]

hi, I had terrible scary nightmares when I had beta blockers pre transplant. My sleep was horrific. I also had to eat during the night, so my body was waking me up too