Nightmares
Do you experience nightmares as part of your narcolepsy symptoms and do they affect you even after waking?
Nightmare for me, happen like a few times every week. It makes me too scared to go back to sleep.My favourite TV show characters enter my dreams as well as my deep fears.Physically, it feels like I have the same sensations from the dream in reality.
It must be an awful feeling to fear sleep. Are you ever able to tell yourself it's not real? - Lori (Team Member) I am aware my nightmares aren't really but inside my dream it feels real, like I can feel the pain I am experiencing, sometimes I cry in my sleep too because of it. It does make me aware though, of deeper insecurities i didn't know I had until the nightmares presented it to me.
I developed ptsd over my 1st 40 years of N1 and a crazy and sometimes horrific dreamlife. Started Baclofen about 10 years ago and I barely ever dream anymore or have sleep paralysis which I’m thankful for but I still go to sleep with either the tv or my phone if I’m not at home. I’m still just that fearful of slipping straight into REM like I used to ☹️🤷♀️
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. Your fear is understandable. I'm glad Baclofen is helping and I hope it is always effective. Sending the best of all wishes your way. - Lori (Team Member)
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. Have you found ways to cope with them? It must be difficult to have nightmares so often. - Lori (Team Member)
