Parasomnia Nightmares

[samuridude]

3 to 4 months post surgery, I was having delusional disassociated nightmares every night. I assumed it was because of all the opiates and Benoz's , so I got off those and started smoking marijuana. It wasn’t the only reason I got off the Pharma’s but the delusional disassociated nightmares stopped. I recently learned the Feds have made some deal with the medical community to drug test for marijuana so I went back on the tramadol and Xanax. Well the delusional disassociated nightmares every night started immediately again, so I guess the MJ suppressed them. I’ve been reading about damaged nerves systems (we all have) causing such dreams.

Any impute?  

[landofconfusion]

I don't have any wisdom to offer but I do know what it's like to be afraid to go to sleep at night because of vivid nightmares due to pharmaceuticals. My Rx wasn't related to my spinal tumor, but I had to get off of the medication that made me feel like I was living 7-8 hours of my life each night living in my own personal horror movie.

[kurtymac]

Have you tried ativan for your anxiety? Not sure if you have, but, when my father passed away in September I was waking up with really bad panic attacks. Ativan seemed to help me a lot.