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Does Anyone Experience Violent Dreams?

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msmini14 Enthusiast
msmini14
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I am wondering if anyone on this board has experienced violent dreams before going gluten-free or after going gluten-free? Some dreams can be vivid and your remember them and others are just vague. When I say violent, that is exactly what I mean. Sometimes you the dreamer are being violent and other dreams something violent is happening to you.

I really need to know if anyone has ever dealt with this. I am wondering if I am consuming hidden gluten? I recently stopped smoking, can that be it?

Any help or information would be much appreciated.

Thanks =)

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MySuicidalTurtle Enthusiast
MySuicidalTurtle
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https://www.celiac.com/gluten-free/index.ph...amp;#entry96891

That topic was made in 2004 by me. I have loads of nightmares still but not as much as I did back then. Still, though, I have more than any other people that I know.

mushroom Proficient
mushroom
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I don't know if you would count this as violence per se, but I always had dreams where there was wars and battles going on and I was fleeing and hiding (but funnily enough never really felt in danger--just knew I had to escape.) Maybe it was telling me to escape the clutches of gluten!! Cos I don't have these any more. Have other much better dreams :)

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Storm
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In the past few months, I have been experiencing very sad but very vivid dreams.

No violence at all, but dreams of loss which I have remembered very very well when I have woken the following morning.

I used to recall certain dreams, but nothing like I have done in the past few months.

I have been able to sit down and tell my partner all about them, right down to the smallest detail, which I feel, is kinda scary.....

LadyCyclist87 Apprentice
LadyCyclist87
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Yes, I've definitely had bad dreams before, especially as a child before I was fully diagnosed with Celiac Disease at the time. Then again, children are prone to nightmares as it is.

How long has it been since you started the gluten-free diet? Because if it's been recent, the stress of that on top of stopping smoking is probably contributing to a number of systemic reactions in your body. Your body may be under a lot of stress right now; it might be a subconscious psychological reaction of handling that stress. If the nightmares persist for a long time, I would see my doctor about it and see if there's anything that can be done.

Hope this helps...

P.S. Your picture made me smile to myself :-)

Mother of Jibril Enthusiast
Mother of Jibril
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I also have very vivid dreams, especially when I'm starting something new and my brain is working really hard. I've always had vivid dreams. When I was little I had recurring dreams about an alien spaceship landing in my front yard :rolleyes: A few years ago I had a dream about witnessing an atomic blast... still trying to figure out what that one was about. It was very, very memorable (and colorful). I had some especially strange and violent dreams when I was taking anti-malarial drugs during a semester in West Africa.

I don't really notice any changes connected to diet, but I do think hormones play a role. A few days before I found out I was pregnant with my first child I had a pretty crazy dream... I was going to a conference and the hotel lost my reservation. They sent me across the street to another hotel. The only problem is that it was just one big open room with lots of bunk beds. Everyone had to sleep on the top bunk (the bottom was for your luggage) because in the morning giraffes would come into the room and lick your face for the wake-up call :blink: Weird...

msmini14 Enthusiast
msmini14
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P.S. Your picture made me smile to myself :-) Thanks =)

Thanks for all the responses, I appreciate it. No I have been gluten-free for over a year now, just experiencing these vivid dreams and had to ask. You never know I could be consuming a hidden gluten or I can just be stressed out to the max and not realize it.

I used to have vivid dreams as a child too. I also had a dream about an atomic blast, I still remember it to this day and it has been years. How funny, once again glad I am not the only one. Thanks all

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I have been having nite-mares more often than I normaly do. And they are so vivid that when I wake up I am seriously bothered by them. I have been blaming it on some of the food I have eaten just before I go to bed. Before celiac disease I don't recall having such disturbing dreams. So, you are not alone in this. I have recently been listening to calming music before I go to bed and prayer to help ease my mind.

radioraheem Newbie
radioraheem
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Newbie here, started gluten free about a month ago. Saw this topic and immediately felt a connection, as I too have been having really vivid, disturbing dreams. Turns out I have been eating non gluten friendly food, though listed as "wheat free"...*shakes fist at Puffins cereal* It might just be the stress from the change too, though, as someone else mentioned. Or general stress caused by the situation the world is in these days. Dreams are a fickle beast.

Anyways, you might want to take a closer look at your diet of late. I'm sure you know more about what you should and shouldn't have than I do, being gluten-free for a year, but it never hurts to go back and double check. And really, having such vivid, memorable dreams are kind of a blessing. Like that saying goes, all men are great in their dreams.

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fripp017 Apprentice
fripp017
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I have always had dreams I could remember - some bad and some good, some very violent or disturbing. When I started having Celiac symptoms my dreams were usually worse. I definetly sleep better when I haven't had any gluten, but I still have dreams. I mostly did want to comment on the smoking part. I also quit smoking after being diagnosed and I had horrible dreams. I attributed them to the nicotine withdrawl since I did it cold turkey. I started up again due to stress, but I am quiting as soon as I run out :) So, maybe if you get all the nicotine out of your system and stay on the diet (read labels!! lol) then you will be able to sleep alittle better. Best of luck and hope your dreams get better!

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newtoceliac Newbie
newtoceliac
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I am wondering if anyone on this board has experienced violent dreams before going gluten-free or after going gluten-free? Some dreams can be vivid and your remember them and others are just vague. When I say violent, that is exactly what I mean. Sometimes you the dreamer are being violent and other dreams something violent is happening to you.

I really need to know if anyone has ever dealt with this. I am wondering if I am consuming hidden gluten? I recently stopped smoking, can that be it?

Any help or information would be much appreciated.

Thanks =)

Hi,

Even i experienced vivid dreams multiple times in the night..Until i went to my GI and he discovered that i have celiac disease. Yes i dream every night 3-4 of them..i remember them and feel like whole night i was thinking rather than sleeping..So when i wake up in the morning i feel tired and there is immense pain arouund my eyes and forehead.. Have recently started Gluten free diet.Now i need to see how it helps my sleep and lifestyle.

I also feel that my stomach is empty even after a good dinner, feel very thirsty and wake up several times i the night.. Once i wake up ,it is difficult to go back to sleep for hours and i end of thinking. If i am sleeping i am dreaming else i wake up and cannot go back to sleep.. Does anyone else experience such symptoms.. Will gluten free diest help me get back my sleep?

jackay Enthusiast
jackay
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I often wake up after dreaming that I have been glutened. The last time I dreamt that I had flour sprinkled on my bed. Not exactly a nightmare but gluten contamination is always on my mind.

Martok42 Rookie
Martok42
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I don't personally but I know my older sister does and she has been gluten free for 2 or 3 years. She has extremely violent dreams. She frightens me... :blink:

SGWhiskers Collaborator
SGWhiskers
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My dreams were always violent with either me hurting someone, something terrorizing me, or something hurting someone I know before going gluten free. When I was at my sickest, I had a lot of physical pain and the dreams increased in intensity and I would wake up screaming. It still happens with even the slightest gluten. PMS also increased the violence some. I'm jealous of my husband who laughs and giggles in his dreams. At least he tells me I'm dreaming and safe when I start screaming. He has learned not to hug me. I just think the villan has caught me. lol.

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