Waking Hallucinations and then some
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On Sat, 28 Mar 1998 06:21:52 GMT, "Tundra" <tor…@polarnet.com> wrote: >Sounds like a night terror episode. I have similar episodes, I sit >straight up in bed and scream my fool head off. I can never remember what >the "dream" is, most likely there never was one. Sometimes I leap out of >bed and run around the room before I wake up (usually screaming). My >husband has put up with this for the last eleven years. I think he’s >actually getting good at sleeping through them (amazing!). >My night terrors seem to be influenced by stress levels, not drugs. Maybe >the its the same for you. >Good luck! >-Tundra
Have you seen Dirk’s website: Finally a special home-page for Night Terror Sufferers world-wide, You can find it on: http://www.xs4all.nl/~dramah/night-terrors/ You can help make the dream come true. Regards, Dirk.
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Sounds like a night terror episode. I have similar episodes, I sit straight up in bed and scream my fool head off. I can never remember what the "dream" is, most likely there never was one. Sometimes I leap out of bed and run around the room before I wake up (usually screaming). My husband has put up with this for the last eleven years. I think he’s actually getting good at sleeping through them (amazing!). My night terrors seem to be influenced by stress levels, not drugs. Maybe the its the same for you. Good luck! -Tundra
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Louise, I don’t know about the rest of this stuff you are taking but Doxepin and Claritin are both anti-histamines. Sounds like overkill to me. Doxepin is usually prescribed specifically for sleep and anti itch characteristics, but it is also a powerful anti-histamine. My wife takes it to sleep at night because of severe psoriasis. The doctor told her not to take it with other anti-histamines. I would also suggest that Flexeril will also interact with Doxepin in the sleepiness department and may well cause exaggerated interaction. I am with you in the number of drugs I take though. I would suggest though that you defend yourself from the doctors, who often don’t take the whole picture into view, by getting down a PDR and looking these drugs up and really consider why you are taking them. For instance are you taking one to counter the side effects of another. If so can you take something else without the side effect? Remember also that so called natural medicine is not always safe medicine. Just because it says natural does not mean non-toxic or without side effects and some of those side effects may be interactions with other medications. Sorry, I’m going to have to delete your text my server won’t take posts with more old text than new. Good luck Gary
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Dear Louise, I too have awaken from a deep sleep screaming. The screaming would actually wake me up and I would feel like such a fool, especially if I had people sleeping overnight in my home. When there was overnight guests, I would tell them not to be frightened if they heard me screaming. Well, since I have been on my CPAP last summer, I have not screamed once. Don’t know why. The screaming was because I was being frightened to death in my dream. I still dream vividly with cpap, but thank goodness, no more screaming. Do you have a CPAP. I actually used to blame my screaming on the Prozac I take, but have not cut out my prozac; the only thing that has changed is that I now have my cpap. When one wakes up from a very deep sleep (so to speak) screaming at the top of their lungs, doesn’t do much for the spirit, I’ll tell you. Makes you feel like such a loser. That is one of the reasons why I had my sleep study done at a psychiatric hospital instead of a local hospital….I belived I was going nuts. Good luck to you and write to me if you want to talk further about "our" screaming. Are you familiar with the song "In a Twenty Mile Zone" by Dory Previn. Regards, Mrs. Duck
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Okay, so I have been having waking hallucinations for months now. They are really starting to get on my nerves. I hate being frightened half to death over nothing. However, lately things have gotten much worse. I don’t know what to call the recent episodes. I go to sleep and stay there for an 1-2 hours. That’s the okay part. Next, I bolt up in bed screaming. I am terrified and I can’t remember what scared me. My husband isn’t real thrilled with this sleep pattern. I was wondering if it is some kind of drug interaction. So, here is my list of meds. Maybe someone can tell me if this is a normal side effect of any of these. 2 Aleve twice a day 100 mg. Atenolol 200 mg. Doxepin 10 mg. Flexeril 10 mg. Claritin 1200 mg. Guaifenesin 400 mg. Rezulin Plus an assortment of vitamin and mineral supplements that I am loathe to give up. Part of me always wonders about all these drugs. Do they actually test these drugs together to determine if there are any adverse interactions or do they count on me to tell them before it kills me. *SIGH* Louise
