Sleep deprivation lucid dreaming

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Avatar m tn I can answer your questions because i have the exact same symptoms and have been having them for years. I have sleep apnea and narcolepsy, and the hallucinations are caused by sleep deprivation. I hate the fact that i can't seem to get out of these dreams but i have recently found the solution. Get out of bed and do something for 5 or 10 minutes....i usually will come downstairs and check my email or just surf for a few minutes.
Avatar m tn You may find some help looking int Lucid Dreaming, I read a book by a PhD at Stanford that has me working on it. Lucid Dreaming means being asleep, dreaming, and knowing in your conscious mind you are dreaming. It sounds like you are almost there already. The book by Stephen Laberges ( or something like that) provides a methodology for achieving Lucidity. There's a lot on the web about it too, don't have to read that specific book.
5621933 tn?1371092794 Lucid dreaming is normal, I have the same issue, Except the only difference is that I have no trouble getting to sleep. If you're really needing the sleep you can get a prescription for sleep medication as I have done a few times. But other than that it is normal and a large group of my friends also have it.
Avatar f tn This would be a clear case of Lucid Dreaming and there is a lot of information on how to manage/use Lucid Dreaming - they may give you some ideas.
675347 tn?1365460645 I had lucid dreams (when you know, in the dream, that you are dreaming) But as soon as I do realize that it kind of gives me a shock, and I wake up! So I have no idea where this realization could lead. I've heard that lucid dreaming can be used to help solve problems in life, and give Spiritual direction. Also I don't seem to be able to do this at will. Does anyone have any experience with this?
Avatar f tn Medication can, at times, bring about nightmares and the user would no doubt jump up in a sweat, panicing and the likes. My doubt is the stage of sleep. i think you are more experiecning lucid dreams. they are the type that seem so real, that when we wake up, it takes a few minutes for us to cop onto the fact that it was just a dream. If you were dreaming dogs were attacking you in a lucid dream or anything with pain, you would really think you are feeling that pain.
10251584 tn?1408816557 I don't think it is normal... but are you able to engage your conscious mind when dreaming too? Look at the subject Lucid Dreaming (Stephen LaBerge - think that's the name has some ideas you may find helpful).
Avatar n tn , you were dreaming you were awake, or your conscious mind became active in parallel with dreaming - you were Lucid Dreaming. If that is the case you are just one step away from taking conscious control of you dream - look up Lucid Dreaming on the web, in particular I like the work by Stephen LaBarge (not sure of the last name) of Stanford U.
Avatar f tn You mention Lucid Dreaming, and I read you to say your are accomplished in the art. You may find something useful, perhaps you already have, in a brief study of the subject Lucid Dreaming. I like the book, which has an audio CD which I have listened to many times is by Stephen Laberge of Stanford University USA. This book may give you even more control of dreaming, thus sleeping. I can only immagine the confusion you describe - I think it woud drive me "crazy".
Avatar f tn In a dream, and I think this is an extension of a dream, one can try to resolve mental conflicts/concerns by first recognizing they are dreaming, then engaging the dream. Here you know you are awake, check on that - see Lucid Dreaming on the web (I like a book by Stephan DeBerges - think that the name, Stanford U) to see how to determine if you are dreaming or awake. Be sure you are dreaming before you take any physical risks.
Avatar n tn Best answer will come from your doc. Sounds to me like the possibility of a REM sleep disorder, but again describe to your doc to be sure.
Avatar m tn I get sleep paralysis at least 3 times a week since I was around 10, but I taught myself to not panic and return to sleep. You can actually teach yourself to lucid dream when this happens.
Avatar f tn That said, you may find some helpful tools in the methodology used to deal with Lucid Dreaming. Read book by Stephen LaBarge (not sure on the last name, google Lucid Dreaming, you'll get a lot of on line stuff and into to the PhD at Standford who leads that subject there.
Avatar f tn First let me correct, I meant to say Lucid Dreaming. I worked for Lucent Technologies Bell Labs and so Lucent just "flows" out of my touch-typing hands. I read a book: Lucid Dreaming Stephen Laberge whio is PhD, not an MD, at Stanford University. The book, I picked it up at my local library, has a DVD audio which I found particularly restful and mind provoking to listen to. I listened to it several times and seemed to pick up some new information almost each time.
Avatar f tn I'm not sure we have the same understanding of vivid dreams, but I suggest you take a look at Lucid Dreaming which is about taking control of vivid dreams. There is a lot on the web on this subject. I think it is next to impossible for one to bite him/herself while sleeping, that is contrary to the accepted "fact" that we all go into a physical paralysis when asleep, to prevent that sort of thing - so we don't turn crazy dreaming into self violence.
Avatar f tn I currently have a terrible cold and a terribly irregular sleep schedule. I usually go to sleep at 12 or 2 am. I fell asleep at 5am today.
Avatar m tn Given your description it sounds to me like you have achieved lucid dreaming, that is you know you are asleep. See Lucid Dreaming I recommend the book by Stephen DeBerges (I think that is the name) he's with Stanford University. The options you seem to have it to engage the dreams with you conscious mind, first make sure you are dreaming - DeBerges gives some ideas on how to test without taking unnecessary risks. The other option, I have taken, is wake myself up.
1542305 tn?1293169772 Insufficient or poor quality sleep that leads to chronic sleep deprivation can skew dreaming. As my sleep deprivation worsened, so did my my dreaming as I was going to sleep. Still do it, but it is less glaringly odd to me now.
Avatar m tn ll mark your post so I can follow along and see if you get any help I can use.. that said you may want to look into Lucid Dreaming, a strategy to deal with dreaming and it sounds like you are already in a near lucid state. Dr. Stephen Laberge (not sure on the spelling of the last name) of Stanford University in the USA wrote a book on Lucid Dreaming I found very interesting. I have not been able to accomplish a lucid dream yet, but then I haven't tried real hard.
Avatar m tn A quick way to learn more about you breathing during sleep time, asleep or not, is a recording Oximeter test. This test can (usually I think) done at home. I had one done and it was prescribed and arranged for by my primary care doctor. The test itself was not expensive, so even in the absence of insurance most can afford to have the test done. I think one can have the test done without a prescription, but insurance will require a doctor's prescription I believe.
Avatar f tn This is called a Lucid Night terror. Lucid night terrors are merely hallucinations that happen when you wake up from a deep sleep, but you have not regained full consciousness. More people than you'd think suffer from lucid dreaming, and though it can be quite frightening it seems very real. Some people even claim things actually happened when it was merely a lucid dream. Do not worry... Everything is okay! However if they get too bad, I'd talk with a doctor.