Im glad I read this, I do get them as well. I shiver in my sleep and wake up in the middle of the night. I have a hairdryer next to the bed so I can just blow the warm air on my legs and arms and feet until I calm down and then I can go back to sleep.
I have done that most of my life. I used the hairdryer before bedtime as a ritual, sometimes I can get thru a night without having to do it again.

I have been taking clonazapam to stop having the night time flashbacks. It has helped alot, but I am pretty groggy in the morning and I can feel it wear off and I start to dream or maybe my brain just wakes up. Well since finding out I have another deposition those flashbacks have returned and I had gotten to where I was barely having them, dam it.

I used to be able to have wonderful pleasant dreams. But now, I am always trying to problem solve in my sleep. If I have a very stressful day than I don't sleep well, I do shiver and have anxiety attacks in my sleep, how awful huh?

When I rode a lot I had a better nights sleep, I always enjoyed horseback riding. I havent been able to do that for a while, my feet were so badly damaged from handwalking the crippled ones, especially the big ones. I may try again this year, but if I find I can't I will get depressed again.

I also often go asleep with the TV on and the history channel on if it is about things other than war. I find that it takes my mind of my issues and gives it something to think about while I sleep. Sounds strange doesn't it? Well, that PTSD.

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