Anyone wake feeling exhausted after seemingly dreaming all night

@mazeppabob
I watched a series where the character says ..
"I don't sleep, I dream".
I've never related more!
The minute I doze off to the many time I wake, I stay in the same continuous dream for several nights
I need rest!

Hello, I also experienced similiar 'epic' dreaming.

For context:
I'm a 25 year-old (m) who began experiencing these 'epic' dreams which leave me completely exhausted and on edge every day. It began 8 years ago when preparing for a medical university entrance exam. I pushed myself despite feelings of fogginess, racing thoughts and pain in my body on questions I knew I found overwhelming to bear focus on whilst being time pressured due to the nature of the exam. All of a sudden one night my brain couldn't shut down when resting and it felt like it was constantly 'on' and racing with thoughts like when I was studying. I knew then and there something horrible has happened and I felt my brain has shifted into a state of chronic stress. Since that moment, I began having intense vivid dreams paired with a chronic stress response anytime I try to focus/concentrate. I've tried numerous therapies EMDR, EFT, CBT, acupuncture, etc. but my dreams remain as well my stress response to focusing. I haven't been able to resume my studies or work since as my energy levels makes it not possible for me.

This year, I saw a psychiatrist specialising in sleep issues this year. He said this phenomenon of chronic intense 'vivid' dreaming isn't well researched unfortunately. I have already tried numerous anti-anxiety and anti-depressive meds. Based off the medications I have yet to try, he recommended trying first pregabalin. Then if that doesn't work daridorexant -> trazadone -> agomelatine. I mentioned to him about prazosin but he said that this is meant to treat nightmares which I suppose I don't have since I'm not getting scared in the dreams, but I do find them intense as there is a lot of going on and I'm constantly monitoring my behaviour so I'm not being perceived negatively be others. I'm considering to start prazosin as I used AI and it mentions that prazosin reduces the noradrenergic (fight or flight) activity during rest.

I am an 84 year old female and have had epic dreams for about twenty years. Now I just found out I have sleep apnea. If I have to get up during the night when I go back to sleep I'll have another dream. Never scary but very detailed like a movie. Alway exhausted during the day.

Modafinil, did that help you? My Sleep Doctor prescribed that for me, and it did basically nothing to keep me awake during the day. I have sleep apnea, Inspire implant (its rubbish) but still fatigued after waking up. He now recommends SUNOSI. Has anyone tried this stimulant for sleepiness and fatigue during the day?
Dreams, so many these days, luckily I forget them after I have been awake for several hours.

I am 57 years old and have had this same problem for as long as I can remember. I wake up during the night, but I don’t fully wake up and I remember every single vivid dream. I have written several down and have joked that I should write a book about them. I am tired all day long and I’ve had two sleep studies done. The first sleep study was done in the clinic and I literally could not sleep there. They wanted me to sleep flat on my back without turning on my side, or propping up my head at all. They determined I had mild sleep apnea, though I don’t know how since I didn’t really sleep at all. I got a second opinion and had an at home sleep study, and that came back as me not having sleep apnea. Though I am not happy that everybody on here is having the same problem as me, I am feeling comfort that I am not the only one. My father, brother and niece all have had similar experiences. That led me to believe that it was genetic. I literally can’t remember what it feels like to not be tired all the time.