Fibromyalgia & Bad Dreams

[Fibroguy66]

Does anyone experience bad dream patterns that don't make any sense whatsoever ? Being on medication or not.Would be interested to know as it's puzzling 🤔 me.

Sensible answers please 🙏🏻

Kindest Regards

[Dizzytwo]

Hi 👋 I only get dreams due to medication. Had no medication last night and slept like a baby. So did hubby lol when I'm dreaming and shouting in my sleep he's obviously getting no sleep either.

[Yassytina FMA UK Volunteer]

Hello, sometimes I get nitemare dreams that don’t make any sense what so ever, maybe medication never sure, I hope your Xmas day was as comfortable as possible .Take care

[Fibroguy66 in reply to Yassytina]

HiHave COVID at the moment so definitely a nasty 🤢 Christmas time.

Aching all over & no taste or smell at all.

Have so many medical appointments soon so I hope this COVID goes soon as I've been awaiting the appointments for over a year now and I don't really want to cancel them all out & be pushed back to the end of the list 😞

[Yassytina FMA UK Volunteer]

So sorry too read you have Covid , in my area a lot people got this nasty bug going around , I hope you pick up for these appointments &the COVID jogs off .

[Fibroguy66 in reply to Yassytina]

Thanking you kindly 🙏🏻 It's a first time experience for me and with fibromyalgia it's far from fun 😔

[veggiefan70]

Yes, I take Amitriptyline and have vivid dreams and often very unpleasant ones. I can only guess its due to medication as there is no other reason I can think of.

[Kariss in reply to veggiefan70]

Hi veggiefan, I had to come off amitriptyline for the very reason that I had dreadful vivid nightmares on it. I felt silly saying that but the nurse said that it was quite a known side effect for that medication.

[veggiefan70 in reply to Kariss]

For me, it was purely guess work realising Amitriptyline was the cause of nightmares. I suppose medics don't know all the side effects of all medication, but it sure would help!

[loopy-lee]

Hi Fibroguy66

I have always been a person that dreams and can remember them( unlike my husband who never remembers his dreams) but when I first started taking Amitriptyline my dreams became so very vivid that on occasions I've woken up and I have not been ablet to tell if they were real or a dream. At first I found it upseting as some of my dreams were about family that are no longer here but the dreams have become less vivid over the past few months and now I only tend to get them when I'm stressed or extra tired. Some of my dreams though are so bloody weird but the benefits I get from taking the Amitriptyline for me outway the dreams.

[Janettewhitelaw in reply to loopy-lee]

I have exactly the same kind of dreams can’t tell if it’s reality or dreams broke my wrist have plaster on was sure the plaster came of in my hand during night went to accident aAnd emergency they said I could keep it of it wouldn’t budge now I don’t know if I was dreaming or not have a lot like this under a lot of stress at mosment taking panizc attacks and palpitations on a lot of meds to .wee jinty

[Fibroguy66 in reply to Janettewhitelaw]

Some so called dreams are strange & weird & like 30 minute episodes from the old twilight zone 60,s TV series.Mine make no sense whatsoever 😔

I'm on no pills at the moment only a prescribed pain patch called butec which are fundamentally useless anyway.

[Tory]

yes l had awful nightmares on gaberpentin. As soon as I stopped taking it they stopped

[Judithdalston]

Bisoprolol gave me horrendous claustrophobic nightmares, fortunately removed from me, but the ‘scared of the dark’ feeling stayed with me for some months …had me panicking in two very close evening power cuts…weird!

[caico]

Hello, I have had nightmares all my life. When I was a child I would wake up screaming most nights. I still have them now minus the screaming (though, plenty of screaming in my head unfortunately). For about 8 years (several years ago) I was on amitriptyline and also had them then - came off the drugs and nothing since then apart from paracetamol as too many side effects. My son also had screaming nightmares when he was a child. The joys of life!! Take care

[KMatrix]

I'm aware that you can't take valerian root with some medications but it works for me very well, it stops very random and weird dreams. So the amitriptyline helps me to go to sleep and the valerian relaxes my mind so I don't have psychedelic dreams

[Ontherun81]

Hi Fibroguy66

Yes I get bouts of strange or nightmare dreams. Especially if I take Amitriptyline. I wake in cold sweats, talk in my sleep etc. Quite startling. Otherwise not too bad.

[anni61]

Hi I often get bad dreams don't know why only meds are duloxetine. They are usually about my ex and I have fallen out of bed before now and definitely the bed looks like I've been fighting in my sleep! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with less pain! xx

[Jenwnojo]

Dreaming and shouting is when I forgot to use my apnoea machine and it can be a terrible nightmare and my children will hear me from their bedroom and come to wake me up. Yes as some body said, I dream of relatives or friends that have passed away as well. Thank you everyone. It shows no one is alone on this journey we are in together. It's encourages alots.

[giraffe8]

Yes have lots of dreams and horrid nightmare one too I am told I was shouting no no no the other night but I dont remember a dream aalongside that. wake up all through the night constantly , pain ,stiffness and irritable bladder I guess do not make for a good nights sleep Only on heart medication at moment pain relieving drugs do not help me

[Lolabuny1]

Yes I do 🤔

[Fibroguy66 in reply to Lolabuny1]

Thankyou for your reply.I must say that fibromyalgia does cause some very puzzling and bizarre dream structures etc.

I've tried all the medications on & off and the dreams still keep coming being in afternoon naps & night time sleeping etc.

Fibromyalgia is living hell for sure

[Lolabuny1 in reply to Fibroguy66]

It sure is I have type 1 diabetes aswell . What a mixture 😌

[Fibroguy66 in reply to Lolabuny1]

My personal mechanic has type 1 diabetes as well,it seems to make him very moody at times,so much so like he has a personality change.Sorry to hear you have diabetes most definitely.

Have sent you a private message to read.

Kindest Regards

[Lolabuny1 in reply to Fibroguy66]

Yes I can sympathise with your mechanic. All the different changes in sugar levels.Affects you in all sorts of ways.Regards lolabunny1

[Lolabuny1]

We're you born in 66?