Nightmares/vivid dreams triggered by mania??

I left the forums here for almost 2 months because I got all reclusive & didn't want to think about my disorder, but after a change of heart (& turning back into an increasingly manic/mixed/uncontrollable mess) I've decided to come back!!

I think you can all tell by how much I've been yammering on & rambling that I've been off my rocker lately... Still have to wait about a month to get my Puerto Rico ID so I can set up an appointment to get the government-issued health insurance & get myself treated! So that is taking a bit longer than I'd like it to. But in the meantime, I've started a journal & made myself promise that, no matter how many millions of things I think I need to do during the day, I need to spend at least an hour writing out what's been on my mind & concerning me. And my boyfriend has free access to reading this journal so that he can understand me, as I've been kind of lashing out at him for wanting to help... So I've definitely been a bit of a rollercoaster, but I'm trying to be self-aware, so I suppose that's keeping me "sane" so to speak.

ANYWAY. My initial concern. Does anyone else get really vivid dreams or nightmares when they are manic? For me, they are kind of co-dependent. I realized from this last episode that was coming on for a long time that it's only when I'm manic/hypomanic/mixed that I get lucid dreams & really horrible nightmares. Like, multiple times a week & even multiple times a night sometimes... Especially false awakenings.

Any sort of input would be greatly appreciated. I've kind of enjoyed being back, trying to talk to everyone. I'm a very reclusive creature, but-- having gotten rid of two close friends this month due to them mistreating me-- I've been really focusing on connecting with people who have kind intentions. And here, there is certainly plenty of that.

Hi and welcome back!

I do have terrible dreams and nightmares but have never connected them with a hypermanic state. However, I will try in future to see if they do coincide with each other.

All the best

I don't recall manic episodes causing those types of dreams. However intense stress seems to trigger then with me.

I definitley have terrible dreams when hyp0manic/mixed... I've tracked them,so i kn0w the 2 are c0nnected. Welc0me back, and kn0w that you're n0t alone...

Thank you guys for the welcome & the input!!
I only really discovered that they're connected during the start of this episode. For about the 2 week long incline before I finally lost it, I started having many vivid dreams, which I only have seldomly when I am down/normal. Then once **** finally hit the fan, they became terrifying & LUCID.
So, I've started keeping a dream log in my journal because perhaps that will be a good tool to keep myself under control. : )