Nightmares – why do they happen?
For a few weeks before I went back to the doctor to get anti-depressants, I was suffering quite often with nightmares, they were so detailed and utterly terrifying. Some so bad I was scared to sleep at times. It caused all manner of problems as you’d imagine, and my sister and I wondered if it was linked in with the depression. The themes of the nightmares weren’t related to anything I’d been through before but I guess in a way could be linked by a psychiatrist in some way? You know what the mind is and dreams at the best of times are surreal with lots of subconscious messages, perhaps nightmares are similar? I’m not sure, it’s something I might try and read up on.
It’s been 28 days that I’ve been on my new meds and so far they are helping me and fairly quickly which is great for me, but then the night before last I was woken at 1am by yet another nightmare, this one was horrifying, I woke up frantic, had to turn on almost every light in the house and then only after a big cuddle from my husband and a cuppa and something to calm me was I able to go back to bed, but I only dozed out of fear that I would sleep again. That’s the first one I’ve had since being back on my medication, so what’s the deal?
Anyone have a theory?
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