[Nevvy]

Hey everyone,

I have had this on my mind for awhile, and decided to post about it, so here it goes.

Pre-diagnosis and meds I used to have terrible hallucinations at night, things moving in the shadows. I would also wake up and feel that something was coming to get me.

After I was on my medicine for quite some time (the list is in my sig) I seemed to have traded those in for realistic dreams. I don't even bother logging them really in my journal because they stay with me like memories.

Has anyone ever experienced this? This switch from the hallucinations to freaky, I could have sworn I was there, dreams? I suppose it means that my cocktail is helping a bit, but these dreams are sometimes terrifying, or showing things that I would definitely not do unless I was in a manic state.

[Crazy Hitch]

(((Nevy)))

Yes I do understand hallucinations.

I get these during an extreme mood state.

It is good that yours have settled.

I am sorry to hear that your dreams are now disturbing you and causing you to feel terrified.

Of course you are not going to do what is in your dreams.

When you were hallucinating it was merely a chemical imbalance in your brain conjuring up wild events. It was not the human within you creating this at all. It was just a chemical imbalance. This does happen. But the beautiful gentle genuine human you is still there and will always be there as the most powerful force.

Your dreams may just be recalling what your chemical imbalance created.

The genuine human you that is beautiful over rides all this chemical imbalance.

Hang in there.

You're great.

[Nevvy]

Thank you hooligan

It's a nice feeling to know that I'm not alone.

[wiretwister]

(((Nevvy)))...

Hi Nevvy, welcome!

My meds makes me dream better and real, sometimes too real. Even certaing meds give me vivid dreams. These are dreams that are loud, bright, and in your face. I'll stay trapped in the vivid dream till I explode awake, sometimes in a cold sweat. Nicotine patches do the same to me. If your dreams are too much to handle and it is ruining your day, talk to your pdoc to maybe try a different route on meds.

[Nevvy]

AlwaysChanging, that's almost exactly my experience right now.

I am sort of afraid to discuss this with my pdoc because I feel that now that my hallucinations are suppressed and I am functioning a bit better, I don't want to mess it up by changing things again.

I feel that I have spent so long trying to get back to something that resembles a functional me, that I don't dare to mix up my pills again .

Originally Posted by Nevvy

AlwaysChanging, that's almost exactly my experience right now.

I am sort of afraid to discuss this with my pdoc because I feel that now that my hallucinations are suppressed and I am functioning a bit better, I don't want to mess it up by changing things again.

I feel that I have spent so long trying to get back to something that resembles a functional me, that I don't dare to mix up my pills again .

If the dreams aren't bothering you, I wouldn't say anything myself. It's great the meds are helping you well. I'm so happy to hear

[venusss]

One theory is that dreaming is a way for your brain to get rid of the bad ****, so you don't go crazy. It is there in you and now it's supressed in awake state........ and has to come out somehow. And dreams are preferable to having to experience it in awake state of being, right?