General Worst Nightmare Shock In A Long Time

[Ladyhope Somerset]

Normally after about 1.5 hoours sleep hubby gets up following a nightmare. He seems to have 'accepted' this as his norm & quietly goes downstairs and grounds himself with his routines. Tonight he had been asleep in bed for just about an hour then woke because of a nightmare, he was more troubled and desperate to get downstairs. My heart started pounding and I couln't stay in bed. I went downstairs because of my anxiety about how disoriented he seemed and I startled him & now I feel guilty. He said the nightmare was worse for him than usual.

He's made himself a drink of horlicks and is gonna watch a film on his computer with the earphones and will usually snooze on and off.

My heart's stopped pounnding and I feel calmer. He get's worried about me not getting enough sleep, which is ironic, so the best thing I can do is go back to bed and put my relaxation/guided imagery disc on. Phew perhaps it was just a little drama after all.

 

[Ladyhope Somerset]

Just remembered, hubby ran out of propanalol a couple of days ago and they should be ready to pick up later today. Maybe that could've had something to do with last night. Anyway, not to dwell on it.

Today's another day and I've got a hot stone massage booked. Never had it before but our local centre is offering cheap half hour taster sessions today.

 

[willis williams]

RG, I quit having night terrors or even dreams with my new meds. When I was on differant ones about a year and a half ago I would bounce from mild to real nasty ones back and fourth. I would sleep walk and do some really weird things like cut some cheese and go to bed to eat it and fight with Seren if she tried to take it. Make love and not no it happened. Walk out in the hall lean against the wall answer questions and go back to bed. Hell I even got up one night walked to the doorway and had a piss. I was not aproachable it was dangeress if desturbed I got agressive but not wake up so Seren would have to let run its coarse. Glad I'm off that med I was just showing that being on a med or running out can have some drastic consequences. That chemical imbalance in our brain while taking meds is quite scarry I used to be so scared of my children startleing me while sleeping for fear of my actions it would cause even more sleep problems. When I used to have night terrors I didn't want to go to sleep so I would get over tire and that would cause me to sleep hard which would intensify the night terrors. Daily stressors if they were higher would affect the night terrors. There could be any number of things that can cause drastic change and it sucks.