ANYBODY ELSE REMEMBER THEIR DREAMS THAT SEEM TO LAST FOREVER

vdol52 · Post by **vdol52** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:17 am

I'm just wondering if I have more of a problem than Sleep Apnea. I seem to need 10 hours of "SLEEP" {and I use the term loosely} at night. I usually go right to sleep and sleep until 2-3 am. I usually take some Valerian {herb} to get me back to sleep and sleep until 8 or later. My early morning sleep is eratic and I have long rambling dreams and frequently awaken remembering them. Is this normal? I don't think so
I my nerves feel edgy at night. I sleep with a new Remstar Auto with C-flex and am still trying to decide what to do.
I drag through the day but can't sleep during the day.
Anybody else like this or am I am alien?

Wulfman · Post by **Wulfman** » Sun May 21, 2006 9:33 am

You MAY be an "alien" but your experiences aren't unique. (we probably ALL look like aliens when we're "hosed up")

Are you fairly new to CPAP therapy? If so, the experiences with dreams is called "REM rebound". Your brain (and the rest of your body) is getting more oxygen. Also, depending on how long you've suffered from OSA, your body will crave good rest. It's not unusual to want/need more good, oxygenated sleep. I wouldn't worry about it. In fact, try to enjoy it.

Best wishes,

Den

roster · Post by **roster** » Sun May 21, 2006 7:00 pm

I agree with Wulfman: Enjoy the dreams.

Prior to starting cpap, I had not had dreams in years. You dream in the REM stage of sleep and you have to go through the first four stages of sleep to get to REM. Stages three and four are the deep stages of sleep.

A few nights after I started cpap I had a weird dream. I was elated the next morning because I figured I went through all five stages of sleep the night before. In normal sleep you cycle through all five stages several times per night.

Last night I had several dreams and I really felt good when I awoke this morning. I am in my fifth month of cpap therapy after going for years undiagnosed and misdiagnosed. I was a basket case in December of last year and it took about four months on cpap before I really began to sleep well and started feeling better.

Regarding the edgy feeling at night, I suffered with more extreme feelings but these continue to improve with the cpap therapy. My advise is to hang in there with the therapy and you should see gradual but dramatic improvement.

SuxBeingU · Post by **SuxBeingU** » Sun May 21, 2006 10:22 pm

rooster wrote:I agree with Wulfman: Enjoy the dreams.

Prior to starting cpap, I had not had dreams in years. You dream in the REM stage of sleep and you have to go through the first four stages of sleep to get to REM. Stages three and four are the deep stages of sleep.

A few nights after I started cpap I had a weird dream. I was elated the next morning because I figured I went through all five stages of sleep the night before. In normal sleep you cycle through all five stages several times per night.

Last night I had several dreams and I really felt good when I awoke this morning. I am in my fifth month of cpap therapy after going for years undiagnosed and misdiagnosed. I was a basket case in December of last year and it took about four months on cpap before I really began to sleep well and started feeling better.

Regarding the edgy feeling at night, I suffered with more extreme feelings but these continue to improve with the cpap therapy. My advise is to hang in there with the therapy and you should see gradual but dramatic improvement.

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this me exactly I have been on a cpap for about a month now. I remember having my 1st dream in at least a yr. I woke up like a 6yr old on Xmas morning. Couldn't wait to tell the wife that I had a dream. I seem to still get very tired right before bedtime but sleep great wake up rested and can now take on the day w/o a nap.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon May 22, 2006 6:30 am

It's a while since I started on the machine, but I do remember having some particularly intense, vivid and disturbing dreams at around the time I started. This only lasted for a month or two and I soon reverted to a more normal pattern of dreaming. For me, this means I don't always remember dreaming and when I do, most are fairly innocuous (though sometimes a little strange but let's not go there )