- Messages
- 16
- Location
- United Kingdom - Glos
I wondered if anyone suffered with this.
I have always had very very vivid dreams, I seem to dream all night, I can dream 4-5 different types of dreams, very involved, very vivid, and full of detail, and quite often very bizarre!!
I find them a bit exhausting. Anyway, my partner , bless her has had to put up with me being very active at night. I move all over the place, have accidentally hit her, tried to kick her out of bed, climbed all over her, sat up in bed and yelled. All without having a clue I am doing any of this. I wake up exhausted, which obviously doesn't make her feel any better, because she has had a terribly restful sleep..NOT. It can make life a little strained
I was never this bad, always had very vivid dreams, but was jst told this was part of my M.E, the behavioural sleep thing has steadily got worse over the last 4 months.
Went to my GP, he thought it might be some of the drugs I was on, so he took me off them, for set amounts of times, which didn't make any difference. I am not on anything major, I take thyroxine, Pariet (reflux) and vesicare (overactive bladder) and a daily antihistimine (severe pollen/dust allergies) viscotears (i dont produce tears). I was on tons of other drugs but like many of us, I have too many sensitivities, and a lot of them made me more ill, I have to deal with pain on a daily basis, but have no relief from it, cos everything they gave me, made me feel dreadful!
I went back to him about it, and basically he fobbed me off, said that I could have retraining of my brain done, or something like that but would have to be private (which I cant afford to do). He was I feel unsympathetic, he didnt even want to refer me back to my neuro because my vertigo has been worse, with double vision, and basically said there wasnt a lot of point, because they cant treat it.
Anyway, does anyone else get sleep behaviour problems? Have you done anything to help it, I mentioned melatonin (not sure of right word) to him, and he didnt think it worked. Also I am getting a bit narked off with people ignoring my illness, as if I should just put up with it. Surely they can 'do' something?? I am sick of being the one who is always in charge of my illness......isnt this their job?
So any suggestions how to handle, my normally, 'good' doctor would be great!?
I have always had very very vivid dreams, I seem to dream all night, I can dream 4-5 different types of dreams, very involved, very vivid, and full of detail, and quite often very bizarre!!
I find them a bit exhausting. Anyway, my partner , bless her has had to put up with me being very active at night. I move all over the place, have accidentally hit her, tried to kick her out of bed, climbed all over her, sat up in bed and yelled. All without having a clue I am doing any of this. I wake up exhausted, which obviously doesn't make her feel any better, because she has had a terribly restful sleep..NOT. It can make life a little strained
I was never this bad, always had very vivid dreams, but was jst told this was part of my M.E, the behavioural sleep thing has steadily got worse over the last 4 months.
Went to my GP, he thought it might be some of the drugs I was on, so he took me off them, for set amounts of times, which didn't make any difference. I am not on anything major, I take thyroxine, Pariet (reflux) and vesicare (overactive bladder) and a daily antihistimine (severe pollen/dust allergies) viscotears (i dont produce tears). I was on tons of other drugs but like many of us, I have too many sensitivities, and a lot of them made me more ill, I have to deal with pain on a daily basis, but have no relief from it, cos everything they gave me, made me feel dreadful!
I went back to him about it, and basically he fobbed me off, said that I could have retraining of my brain done, or something like that but would have to be private (which I cant afford to do). He was I feel unsympathetic, he didnt even want to refer me back to my neuro because my vertigo has been worse, with double vision, and basically said there wasnt a lot of point, because they cant treat it.
Anyway, does anyone else get sleep behaviour problems? Have you done anything to help it, I mentioned melatonin (not sure of right word) to him, and he didnt think it worked. Also I am getting a bit narked off with people ignoring my illness, as if I should just put up with it. Surely they can 'do' something?? I am sick of being the one who is always in charge of my illness......isnt this their job?
So any suggestions how to handle, my normally, 'good' doctor would be great!?