I take 50 mg of Quetiapine (Seroquel) as a sleeping aid at night, but I'm afraid to take it because I don't really want to sleep because the nightmares have been particularly bad the past three nights and I really can't handle them another night. I know that I need to take my meds else I can't guarantee my own safety at night but if I take them I may not be able to stay awake and I really don't want to have a nightmare and I don't know what to do anymore.

[Hellion]

Have you taken it before? I personally hate the stuff...I tried it in the psych ward to help sleep and for anxiety and it just makes me feel weird and irritable. Not sure what effect that med would have on nightmares....I take trazodone to help sleep(not every night though) and it does certainly get me to sleep but yeah doesn't help my dreams much. Sometimes I try and avoid sleep to avoid disturbing dreams but I know its not healthy to go without enough sleep to.

I've been taking it for the past 10 weeks or so. It helps me sleep but I fall asleep more scared than without, although the nightmares are the same: every night, sometimes twice a night.

[Open Eyes]

I have been through that myself, so I know it is hard. Have you discussed these nightmares with a therapist? You mentioned that you have the same reoccurring one, I struggled with that too, but I found that talking about it slowly helped me process it better and I was slowly able to do better with the sleeping.

It's like I'm physically unable to actually discuss the content of the nightmares with my T or anyone else, so not the content, but we do discuss coping strategies. They are more focused on calming down once I wake up though.

[Open Eyes]

Yes, I believe what you are saying, it was hard for me to talk about some of the night terrors that I experienced. Be patient, take it slowly, that is what I did and I did slowly get to a point where I was able to talk about it more. I understand the challenge. It takes time and patience but you can work through this stage.

(((Supportive hugs)))

[Mental reward]

I totally understand..i ended up in the psych ward about 7 weeks ago. My meds were changed, and I have felt worlds better and more sane. I have been taking seroquel 50 mgs to sleep as well..I haven't been able to sleep through the night in years, so that part is fantastic. I too am having nightmares. I believe it was because I was self medicating and had been for a long time, so I couldn't remember my dreams, and I didn't want to. So now, I am having them and it is very difficult, but I feel I need to in order to move forward. Like they need to surface. I too talked to my therapist about them last week at the end of my session and she asked me how they made me feel when I woke up. I had never actually thought about the feeling but how intense they were, fear was there. So I almost immediately said shame..it was like a light bulb turned on. It's helped to know what the feeling is so I at least know where they are coming from. I talk to her next week about that.. So, maybe talk to your therapist about how you feel after them..does any of this help? Or can you relate? I hope it gets easier for you

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[Mental reward]

Oh, yes I also told her that's MAJOR for me, and discussing it is going to be massively hard.but like open eyes said, slowly...even if it's just recognizing a feeling, it's leaps and bounds. When're you're ready

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