Dreams

[Lurcher-lady]

Does anyone experience vivid/odd dreams when low on B12? I wouldn’t call them nightmares exactly but odd/weird and sometimes disturbing. This has happened for some years now, but only just connected it to when a jab is due 😵‍💫

[Nackapan]

Yes.I think in my case I wake too early when low in b12 so not a good night's sleep..

Early morning odd dreams as I drift in snd out to about 0530 0600

[Lurcher-lady in reply to Nackapan]

Interesting. I’m overdue my B12, staggered home with my dog today so will to up tomorrow and check the dream situation 👍🏻

[Cherylclaire Forum Support in reply to Nackapan]

Yes !

No Bradley Walsh - but dreams that are strange but seem totally real at the time.

[pitney]

Yes all the time, a few nights ago I was dreaming all night that I was trying to get a very drunk Bradley Walsh home from a night out at a country pub, we walked miles and he kept trying to run off in the wrong direction with me running after him and trying to pull him back, I woke up laughing and feeling totally exhausted😂😂

[Nackapan in reply to pitney]

🤣🤣

[Lurcher-lady in reply to pitney]

Sounds about right for Bradley, he probably thought you were Barney setting him up for some mad trip 🤣

[Ghound in reply to pitney]

🤣🤣

[rubyone]

Yes, I start having strange dreams starting about two weeks before my injection is due. Haven’t mentioned it to my doctor but would be interested on his take of it so may one day I will. Enjoy your weekend. 🙂

[Lurcher-lady in reply to rubyone]

That’s interesting, thank you. I’d be interested to know what your doc says 🙂

[Bellabab]

No I never have - however I do find that when my B12 treatment is stable I do dream & never do so when B12 is down.

[Ghound]

Yes !!! I didn't think about the possible connection with B12 because I've been having crazy dreams for so long now.

They're always very realistic and memorable.

Last week I dreamt that Princess Anne knocked at our door. We spoke for a few minutes, then my husband said to her " Right, it's time you went because we're just about to have our tea " !😳

[Lurcher-lady in reply to Ghound]

😋😂😆😂

[Myoldcat]

I'm the opposite! Hadn't realised I'd stopped dreaming (or remembering my dreams) but during loading doses they came roaring back! Crazy, sometimes nightmarish, but thank **** never as bad as drunk Bradley Walsh! 😉

[Cobalt1312 in reply to Myoldcat]

That's so interesting! When I was doing loading doses, I had some terrifying nightmares. One so bad I woke up and sobbed because I was so panicked.

[JMACCDADDY]

yes I was having them almost every night until I increased my dosage on b12

[JMACCDADDY in reply to JMACCDADDY]

b12

[Litatamon]

Off topic a bit, but just want to add that constant nightmares of any form can be a sign of sleep apnea.

[Lurcher-lady in reply to Litatamon]

Oh heck!!!

[Showgem]

I get vivid or bad dreams at times but this happens if I have more than one Gabapentin tablet before bed to help with my painful feet.

I don’t know if this is because I sleep better but I don’t like having these dreams so I only take one tablet at night and one or two early in the day if I need to.

[Cobalt1312]

Hi Lurcher-lady , it's interesting for me to hear your observation about needing an injection and having really vivid dreams. I am an incredibly vivid dreamer!! Now I'm wondering if PA is why... 🤔 I have been this way for years, and I definitely think it got more intense as I was declining before getting diagnosed.

I would actually have nightmares and scary dreams though, in addition to being vivid. Now that I've been getting injections for a few years, it's more vivid and less scary, but still sometimes when my body is more stressed I will have scary dreams.

[Lurcher-lady in reply to Cobalt1312]

I’d say mine are more anxious, but sometimes can be scary 😵‍💫

[Cobalt1312 in reply to Lurcher-lady]

I definitely relate to the anxious part. I think mine have a worried theme most nights, although not necessarily scary per say. I also have terrible insomnia that is VERY weather sensitive. Like, I am really good at predicting intense weather 2 days ahead. I'm super consistent in predicting it with horrible time falling asleep - like can't sleep past 4 am bad.

[Galeflower]

I have vivid and wild dreams now that I am on b12 injections. In the 4 years of undiagnosed PA and worsening neurological symptoms, I rarely remembered dreams, so I am delighted and hopeful that I am healing because my dreams are returning. My symptoms are severe neurological damage to the nerves in my head, intolerance to high histamine in foods, and neuropathy in both feet. My neuropathy in feet is better every day. My head has taken longer to show improvement, but I can tell it is slowly happening.

I've been into the study of dreams for decades now and often write them down in my dream journal when I wake up. I belong to IASD, The International Association Of The Study of Dreams and was taught that all dreams come in the service of health and wholeness and there are no bad dreams. I also learned that most dreams have a component regarding physical health.

I am hopeful these new vivid and colorful dreams are a sign that my head and brain(also effected by PA with white matter and hyper intensities I did not have before appearing since my symptoms began) is on the right path of recovery. I am so grateful.

[Lurcher-lady]

IASD are welcome to tell me there are no bad dreams, but I’d have to disagree with them ☹️

[Cobalt1312 in reply to Lurcher-lady]

Dreams can be very traumatic, both the way you feel while having them, and the distress they cause upon waking. Sending you a hug 🩷

[Lurcher-lady]

Aw thanks, not sure where they came from. I do wonder though if knowing they are going to happen on going to bed makes them happen. Oh well could be worse 😂