Odd Question About CPAP Dreaming

[Drowsy Dancer]

Back on topic.

Call me crazy, but here's what I started coming up with:

The nightmares of sleep apnea: nightmare frequency declines with increasing apnea hypopnea index (emphasis added).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20191941

[Logies101]

For whatever it's worth my first night on Cpap I had a nightmare that a two tigers were ripping me apart, yeah not fun. Since tweaking some things, mask, chin strap etc I haven't had nightmares in the past two weeks.

[palerider]

Makes me want to cite stuff too, so pr can call me batshit crazy, too!!

what? me? say something like that about you?

only if you ask nicely!

[palerider]

Back on topic.

Call me crazy, but here's what I started coming up with:

The nightmares of sleep apnea: nightmare frequency declines with increasing apnea hypopnea index (emphasis added).

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20191941

finding evidence that reality is the opposite of what borgready says is no surprise at all.

[Sludge]

"IMHO", having all that dream recall may not necessarily be a good thing. Because of the nature of dream recall, it suggests that your period of post-REM enlightenment goes to Wake instead of light NREM.

That said, a variety of things could be underfoot. Are you taking any drugs (legal or not)? Lots of them can cause "lucid dreaming" (which may be more of what's happening here):

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/dre ... and-dreams

[Sludge]

However, that being said2:

For the past three nights I have had very vivid dreams that I remember when I wake up and retain in memory.

Normal wake-up should be after your final REM period, so if you're talking about one recalled dream per night, at the end of the night, then this could/should be decidedly normal.

[kell66]

Been on cpap machine for just over a year and just started having very vivid dreams . Thought I was going crazier then normal , then I started reading these posts. Having dreams every night can remember bits and pieces .