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I am sleeping the full 8 hrs. a night without waking up but, the last dream of the night I have is always weird. The dreams are not the same, but always seem to take a weird turn, forcing me to wake-up. I'm with people I didn't really like, and haven't seen in years, places I don't know, etc.

Anyone know why this would suddenly be happening? It's so fustrating to wake-up with an uncomfortable feeling, and then constantly have to remind yourself your only upset about the dream, not anything real in your life.


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Just checking that you are not coming off benzodiazapines.....I had to go on them temporarily a few years ago so that I could eat, but when I came off them, I had horrific nightmares. Probably not your case, just thought I'd mention it.

One thing you can try, I've read this someplace, is write down your thoughts and worries and stuff before going to bed at night - have the paper and pencil right there at your bed. Write them down and then put them aside, knowing that the paper will keep them for you all night until you wake up. You have every right to worry about that stuff on the list the next day, but try really hard to just put it all in that lockbox before you go to sleep.

Another thing to check out is Chinese medicine on this. I know they have all sorts of ideas about how you wake up, when you wake up, etc. And there might be something there to work with.

Lastly, if you are eating anything before bed, quit doing that. Or drinking anything. Whatever it is you do before bed if it is food/drink related, don't do. Switch it up.

Good luck to you.

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Thanks for the hints, especially the chinese medicine!

It is just bothering me that I wake-up nervous each day and then when I start my day I'm fine.

I have a feeling that it is the chiropratic sublaxations I am having 3 x's a week. You feel worse while they adjust your nervous system back to normal. My back X-rays were horrible, from years of medical abuse, and we think there was chemo left in my head from 30 yrs. ago. I actually felt it draining through my itchy ears and got naucious, etc.

This is going to be followed with a visit to the acupuncturist if things to seem to get better.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular

Thanks for the hints, especially the chinese medicine!

It is just bothering me that I wake-up nervous each day and then when I start my day I'm fine.

I have a feeling that it is the chiropratic sublaxations I am having 3 x's a week. You feel worse while they adjust your nervous system back to normal. My back X-rays were horrible, from years of medical abuse, and we think there was chemo left in my head from 30 yrs. ago. I actually felt it draining through my itchy ears and got naucious, etc.

This is going to be followed with a visit to the acupuncturist if things to seem to get better.

That sounds like a perfectly reasonable explanation to me. I would suggest some cleansing herbs, maybe Traditional Medicinals or Yogi cleansing teas, (Peach Detox from Yogi is fairly tasty) and maybe some chlorella or spirulina in pill form. You might also try eat/drinking things heavy on the cinnamon/ginger/nutmeg spices, they'll improve circulation and make your tummy feel better. I'm currently dealing with a bout of shingles, so I've got the list of 'cleansing, healing' herb remedies right at the top of my head!

I've had that problem with freaky dreams right before you wake up too, I hope you're able to recover quickly form them. I find that playing some music that makes me happy or drinking something tasty right off helps bring me out of my bad-dream funk.

JNBunnie1 Community Regular

Thanks for the hints, especially the chinese medicine!

It is just bothering me that I wake-up nervous each day and then when I start my day I'm fine.

I have a feeling that it is the chiropratic sublaxations I am having 3 x's a week. You feel worse while they adjust your nervous system back to normal. My back X-rays were horrible, from years of medical abuse, and we think there was chemo left in my head from 30 yrs. ago. I actually felt it draining through my itchy ears and got naucious, etc.

This is going to be followed with a visit to the acupuncturist if things to seem to get better.

Oh, if your ears are itchy, it's totally ok to put a bit of olive oil on a qtip and swirl it around. Keeps earwax loose so it can come out and helps relieve dry skin, also quite antiseptic so no worries about starting an infection. I've used remedies where you soak a small piece of onion in olive oil and put in your ear for ear infections, so when I'm not dealing with an infection and it's just dry I just use olive oil.

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Thanks the detox tea sounds good. I too use the olive oil treatment!

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I am sleeping the full 8 hrs. a night without waking up but, the last dream of the night I have is always weird. The dreams are not the same, but always seem to take a weird turn, forcing me to wake-up. I'm with people I didn't really like, and haven't seen in years, places I don't know, etc.

Anyone know why this would suddenly be happening? It's so fustrating to wake-up with an uncomfortable feeling, and then constantly have to remind yourself your only upset about the dream, not anything real in your life.

From a psychological end....it sounds like you are uncomfortable with where you are in life. Is there something you feel like needs to change? I have been facinated with dream interpretation...not even close to an expert...but that would be my guess.

All the other posts I read also make sense. The connection between our mind and body is so amazing and so poorly understood. Hope you have sweet dreams tonight! :D


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