Bad dreams...

[Mytimenow17 99]

When I was in the hospital every time I dozed off I would have a bad dream, and since I've gotten home (surgery was 9/11/17) I've had 2 horrible very real like dreams. I'm not one to hardly ever dream at all, so this is really weird for me! I thought maybe when I was in the hospital that maybe it was a side effect to the pain medicine, but I haven't been taking any pain meds since I've been home. The only medicine I take is the antacid they prescribed, and my Vitamins. This is so weird! Has anyone else had this issue??

[sundog 8]

I had horrible vivid dreams but it was definitely the pain meds. I can't handle any kind of opiod medication. The dreams feel like hallucinations. From what I've read, a small percent of the population has that reaction. As soon as I stopped taking medication then things were better. Since then though, I don't sleep well and wake up a lot at night. I seem to have a lot of jittery energy.

Two left field ideas for you... supposedly drugs stored in body fat can be released during weight loss - so maybe you have taken something recently before you lost weight and stored it, and now it gets released.

Also, poor sleep can take its toll.... and in the first month or two, we are essentially in starvation mode because we eat so little. So its no wonder the brain acts up!

[Mytimenow17 99]

Thank you so much for your comment!! The only thing I had taken prior to surgery was ibuprofen, which except for like 2 weeks prior to surgery I was taking it almost every day due to severe knee pain. So maybe it is still trying to get out of my system. Who knows?? I've never slept very well at all. Although I am sleeping some better since surgery. I just hope the bad dreams stop soon! Thanks again!