zainmatos
07-05-2005, 07:35 PM
brief history. 2001- pulmonary embolism after knee surgery. followed be weight gain. 2003 -diagnosed with sleep apnea, used cpap, also put on effexor after prozac did not work. (history of pms with 3 weeks of depression every cycle. due to PE, got off birth control pills that was regulating pms/depression) put on sonata due to insomnia 2004- lost weight, taken off cpap. still, sleepiness continued during day, insomnia at night. started provigil november 2004. sleep dr decided i have chronic fatigue syndrome, psychiatrist didn't quite agree. me, i am tired of labels being slapped on and yet still not functioning well.
nightmares, started 2 years ago when on ambian. switched to sonata, nightmares stopped for a bit but then started again. nightmares are in the morning or when napping during the day. there is fear and i am being harmed. most of it takes place in my house. it starts innocent enough. i am home, i am awake doing normal things. i think i am not sleeping. i think i wake and fall back to sleep. have a hard time knowing if i am sleeping or awake. then the dream gets ugly. i can't escape. i think i am awake, all is ok, but i am not, and all is not ok. once i determined (don't know if i was sleeping or awake) that if i can not feel with my hands, then it was a nightmare. that was helpful. had another one a few days ago. this time i could feel items. that was scary. i am also PARALYZED during these dreams, or the inbetween wake state. i thought in nightmare disorder one was not paralysed? then dont happen very often, could happen once a week for a month then stop for a number of months.
also, i am in menopause (i am 45) so that may be affecting.
sorry to go on so long. i have so many doctors my insurance company hates me. i am trying to get myself together and off of all the drugs.
anyone with any insight into what the heck is going on????
thanks
zain
nightmares, started 2 years ago when on ambian. switched to sonata, nightmares stopped for a bit but then started again. nightmares are in the morning or when napping during the day. there is fear and i am being harmed. most of it takes place in my house. it starts innocent enough. i am home, i am awake doing normal things. i think i am not sleeping. i think i wake and fall back to sleep. have a hard time knowing if i am sleeping or awake. then the dream gets ugly. i can't escape. i think i am awake, all is ok, but i am not, and all is not ok. once i determined (don't know if i was sleeping or awake) that if i can not feel with my hands, then it was a nightmare. that was helpful. had another one a few days ago. this time i could feel items. that was scary. i am also PARALYZED during these dreams, or the inbetween wake state. i thought in nightmare disorder one was not paralysed? then dont happen very often, could happen once a week for a month then stop for a number of months.
also, i am in menopause (i am 45) so that may be affecting.
sorry to go on so long. i have so many doctors my insurance company hates me. i am trying to get myself together and off of all the drugs.
anyone with any insight into what the heck is going on????
thanks
zain