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Anyone wake feeling exhausted after seemingly dreaming all night
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Hello @mazeppabob
Yes, I know what you mean. Many medications and disorders cause vivid dreams. I've experienced this as well. When I've had a night of vivid dreaming, I wake up feeling like I've worked all night. The dreams aren't nightmares they are just very active dreams. Is this your experience as well? For many people this is in reaction to certain medications or disorders like Parkinson's.
You might take a look at your medications and see if vivid dreams are described as a side effect. Since you've had this problem for a while and you've seen a sleep specialist it might not be the case for you but still might be worth looking into.
Will you let me know what you think about this?
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"Wake up feeling like I've worked all night" - couldn't describe the feeling better
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These seemingly realistic dreams - but often in unrealistic situations (like tiny elevators, stratospherically-high skyscrapers, marauding T. rex's on the skyline 🙂 ) - seem to occur especially in the hour just before finally getting up.
Other common topics are looking for a car parked somewhere - I have no idea of where - and frustration trying to find it and/or finding out in the dream it was stolen...
Teresa, you mentioned 'in reaction...to disorders like Parkinson's'...though not asking for a dream analysis, wondering about how some kinds of dreaming may be indicators of Parkinson's or other forms of cognitive impairment? Any links to NIH studies or Mayo research?
Thank you!