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conundrum
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22 Jul 2010, 2:23 am
ASdogGeek wrote:
does anyone else have periods of constant nightmares? as a kid I had night terrors but now I simply have periods of intence nightmare. What I mean is they will last a week to two weeks and every night when I sleep I will have only nightmares and I will end up with 2-7 in one night. I hate sleeping during these periods and I can't find what triggers them. does anyone else go through this? The nightmares are also always diffrent or sometimes I will wake only to return and continue the one I just woke from
From: DSM-IV-TR:
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307.47 Nightmare Disorder
A. Repeated awakenings from the major sleep period or naps with detailed recall of extended and extremely frightening dreams, usually involving threats to survival, security, or self-esteem. The awakenings generally occur during the second half of the sleep period.
B. On awakening from the frightening dreams, the person rapidly becomes oriented and alert (in contrast to the confusion and disorientation seen in Sleep Terror Disorder and some forms of epilepsy).
C. The dream experience, or the sleep disturbance resulting from the awakening, causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The nightmares do not occur exclusively during the course of another mental disorder (e.g., a delirium, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) and are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
A. Repeated awakenings from the major sleep period or naps with detailed recall of extended and extremely frightening dreams, usually involving threats to survival, security, or self-esteem. The awakenings generally occur during the second half of the sleep period.
B. On awakening from the frightening dreams, the person rapidly becomes oriented and alert (in contrast to the confusion and disorientation seen in Sleep Terror Disorder and some forms of epilepsy).
C. The dream experience, or the sleep disturbance resulting from the awakening, causes clinically significant distress or impairment in social, occupational, or other important areas of functioning.
D. The nightmares do not occur exclusively during the course of another mental disorder (e.g., a delirium, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder) and are not due to the direct physiological effects of a substance (e.g., a drug of abuse, a medication) or a general medical condition.
Unfortunately, the DSM says nothing about suggested treatments.
The fact that you had night terrors as a child also suggests that this is a condition that warrants attention. Talk to your doctor first and get a referral to a sleep specialist. You'll probably sleep in a lab so they can monitor your brainwave patterns and make a concrete diagnosis. From there, a course of treatment can be worked out.
In the meantime, think about and write down anything that could be a stressor in your life, even things that seem insignificant. Sometimes it's the little things that have a big impact.
Take care. Let us know what happens.
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23 Jul 2010, 1:24 am
Chronos wrote:
takemitsu wrote:
One of my great interests as a kid was space aliens...to the point that I traumatized myself lol. I would have nightmares about being abducted -- one series of dreams would be of the aliens being in my yard and I can see them from my window, and I would wake up from the terror. The next night, it would continue from where the last one left off, and so on, going a little further each time.
Talk about socially inept. You'd think they'd have the decency to at least knock on the door and introduce themselves rather than break into people's bedrooms and *** probe them in the middle of the night.
That is proof that intelligence means nothing when it comes to social skills.
So true!
