Jlso111187
Gold Member
I was wondering if any one else has had bad nightmares if they don't take narcotics at night when they have been doing so for over a year.
Background:
I herniated my disc a year ago and had surgery for than then I herniated another one and yet another surgery, I also had a metal plate put in my hand and then taken out and replaced with a plastic plate. After my last back surgery I got a major infection that caused a lot of pain. So I have been on pain killers for a year straight.
Last night I did not take any before bed like I normally do and I kept having this nightmare that my husband was cheating on me and was leaving me for someone else. I would wake up crying and then settle my self and lay back down and go back to bed. I repeated this 5 times. It was a very hard night for me.
Normally when I wake up in the middle of the night I pop a pain pill because wake up in pain normally. That was not the case last night my body actually didn't hurt for one day so I didn't feel the need to use them.
I am wondering if its normal to have nightmares about anything when you body doesn't have the narcotics that it is used to. I hope not because I am trying to do away with them I am so sick of having them in my system because it keeps me from doing things I love to do like driving. I am the type of person even though one doesn't feel like it impairs me anymore I will not drive with it in my system. Its getting summer and I love to go on drives so I want to try to do without them as much as possible so I can drive. Is this a with drawl symptom?
Just looking for Ideas.
Background:
I herniated my disc a year ago and had surgery for than then I herniated another one and yet another surgery, I also had a metal plate put in my hand and then taken out and replaced with a plastic plate. After my last back surgery I got a major infection that caused a lot of pain. So I have been on pain killers for a year straight.
Last night I did not take any before bed like I normally do and I kept having this nightmare that my husband was cheating on me and was leaving me for someone else. I would wake up crying and then settle my self and lay back down and go back to bed. I repeated this 5 times. It was a very hard night for me.
Normally when I wake up in the middle of the night I pop a pain pill because wake up in pain normally. That was not the case last night my body actually didn't hurt for one day so I didn't feel the need to use them.
I am wondering if its normal to have nightmares about anything when you body doesn't have the narcotics that it is used to. I hope not because I am trying to do away with them I am so sick of having them in my system because it keeps me from doing things I love to do like driving. I am the type of person even though one doesn't feel like it impairs me anymore I will not drive with it in my system. Its getting summer and I love to go on drives so I want to try to do without them as much as possible so I can drive. Is this a with drawl symptom?
Just looking for Ideas.
