Post ictal dreams?

[darkmarkshark]

I woke up in a position that indicated I had a big nocturnal seizure though my tongue and cheeks didn't appear to have been bit.

What interests me is that the dream I was having when I woke up resembles my post-ictal state when i'm awake - First I was screaming at customers of a museum? because I had purchased something that enabled me to make a greeting card using one of those kits where you end up with a picture on a raised piece of copper colored stuff (what is that by the way) - I was walking around screaming at the customers because I had purchased the largest one possible, which was larger than I am, and they didn't have a greeting card frame for my finished picture. I was mad because they would have had that frame in stock if not for all the other customers buying it.

Next I went outside and was yelling at someone because they were feeding their cows wrong - they put the hay stack inside when all but one cow was outside.

A few other nonsensical events later I end up in a shouting match with someone who was allegedly my great grandmother. I was mad at her because she said "you don't want to be gay" to a little girl. Went on quite a rant about how gay means happy, and so everyone should want to be gay, there is nothing wrong with other lifestyles, blah blah blah. And she's responding by holding up all the anniversary gifts she had purchased years ago to give me over the course of my life and is crying because she thinks i'm gay and now she will never be able to give these to me. I'm shouting back things like "do you think i would have divorced my wife 10 years ago if I was gay? that should prove I'm not gay" "why would I want a gift from you? You are my great grandmother." I think you get the gist.

Just wondering if anyone else has ever had this happen, or if this is just a weird coincidence

[Bernard]

Sounds like "you have much anger in you".

I tell my wife - dreams are for dreamland. I prefer to focus on my goals for the day when I awake rather than dwell on dreams (or listen to my wife tell me all about hers in excrutiating detail ).

[Georgiagirl88]

Hi Darkmark,

My seizures are primarily nocturnal (left temp.lobe,complex-partial)and they wake me up with weird feelings(physical).Long description.. it is in my profile I think. At any rate, I was wondering if you are on Lamictal or if could be one of your meds? My dreams have become much more weird and frequent since my meds. I am on Lamictal since the Spring. Could it be related do you think? I noticed that for me..

Michelle

[RobinN]

Dreams are typically meant as a way to work through issues that you are not dealing with day to day. I agree it sounds like there is a lot of anger.

I say put it into a creative outlet, write them down, draw them out, and let it go.
Move on to a more positive place.

[darkmarkshark]

In general I'm a happy person - I've had numerous people say they can tell when I'm not on my seizure medicine because I get offended/upset by everything. The neurologist said the reason I get so angry is because its my brains way of dealing with the shock of the seizure- its too much for my brain to handle so it invokes anger (I was even laughing when I recalled this dream here because it involved getting upset about so many silly things)

I did have some stress the day before - the letter saying I'm no longer eligible for medicare and with my medicine costing more than what I was making a month when I could work, thats more than a little upsetting

I'm not on lamictal but I did recently have my medicine dosage/combination adjusted. First I sleeping 12 hours a day, now I'm struggling to sleep for more than 4 hours every 8 or so

[RobinN]

I did have some stress the day before - the letter saying I'm no longer eligible for medicare and with my medicine costing more than what I was making a month when I could work, thats more than a little upsetting

There is certainly more than enough to be upset about here. Recording the "dreams" though for a while might be a good therapy. Perhaps you will see a pattern along the way (or not).

[jesusisonthefountain]

Hey, I am not on any medication and I dream very vivid almost every night. Some I can't tell if they are real or not, and others as yours I know are not real because of the nature. Your mind is very creative and detailed. I think that is great. I stopped telling others of my dreams including my kids because it was freaking them out and my husband as Bernard stated feels the same way...Hey, maybe we should start a dream thread. With my dreams I have to ask the real life persons did you say XYZ??? yesterday or did I just make that up...sort of like a joke because really sometimes I have a hard time telling the difference between a dream and real because mine is so vivid. Anyway, I liked the fact that you shared your dream, it makes me feel so much better about mine. Thank you DARKMARKSHARK

[brain]

My dreams, when I have nocturnal seizures, sometimes I
would be laughing, and it's hard to know if it's a Reflex
seizure or if I'm laughing because I'm dreaming? But it's
relatively short.

I do remember my dreams, but they are always very
peaceful, nature abounding, productive, or doing something.
It is really strange, because I sometimes cannot get "out of
them".

I don't know if this would be a good example to illustrate
it, as I'm hideous at trying to explain things sometimes;
but to give you an example like last night:

I was on a horseback, riding, in a very strange land, and
the only way to go for survival was to move forward on
my horse (and of course was bareback - I have had dreams
on saddle, which usually meant work, then those on bareback
meant eternity / never-ending endurance). The thing was,
"I" had to get "there" (wherever there was, I don't know),
before the sun began to set, there were no time to waste,
it was a go-go-go-go.

I didn't canter the horse, there were no rush, just trodded
along the unknown terrain. Sure dangers lurked all around
and about. Sure I would be tired, and I would actually feel
those auras (that's strange), and I would cling on the horse
and grab the mane and just trust the horse to take me
"there".

It's a very weird dream. But I've had hiking, walking, cycling,
and everything - where I've had to go solo - ever since I
was a very young child. I find this strange that a lot of
the dreams are what one would consider like an "a Wilderness
in Alaska" but not all my dreams are like that though, but
when I get these: these are the ones I can't get out of.

But it's only a dream, I don't take them personally, but it
is interesting.

[Ann T.]

In general I'm a happy person - I've had numerous people say they can tell when I'm not on my seizure medicine because I get offended/upset by everything. The neurologist said the reason I get so angry is because its my brains way of dealing with the shock of the seizure- its too much for my brain to handle so it invokes anger (I was even laughing when I recalled this dream here because it involved getting upset about so many silly things)

I did have some stress the day before - the letter saying I'm no longer eligible for medicare and with my medicine costing more than what I was making a month when I could work, thats more than a little upsetting

I'm not on lamictal but I did recently have my medicine dosage/combination adjusted. First I sleeping 12 hours a day, now I'm struggling to sleep for more than 4 hours every 8 or so

Hello, DarkMark:
By chance are you taking Depakote? Depakote gave me some weird, wild dreams bordering on nightmares. Believe it or not, I feel your crabbiness---I too, barely make enough a month to cover my meds. I don't mean to sound like a mom, so this is the teacher in me speaking: Don't skip or short your dosage. I tried it & ended up in the hospital for a wk...take care, Dark Mark. ~Ann

[salright2baredneck]

I used to have very vivid dreams every night before I started taking seizure medication, have had all of my life. Now I either don't dream, or the meds keep me from remembering them. When I drop off into sleep it's like a switch is shut off until the alarm wakes me in the morning. I also used to be a light sleeper, but now I think the house could burn down around me and I would sleep right through it.