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Why Am I Having Confusing Dreams?

A MyEpilepsyTeam Member asked a question 💭
England, AR

Since being diagnosed, I’ve been having lots of confusing dreams, I can never work out what’s going on in the dream, or if I do I completely forget. I then feel really confused and sometimes have a sense of déjà vu .

February 25, 2023
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A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

@A MyEpilepsyTeam Member,
I never see the end of my dreams.

February 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I used to never have (memorable) dreams. Now I do. People I don't know breaking into my apartment are the most vivid ones.
I think these dreams are residual effects of the Gabapentin I was administered when in the hospital. (It gave me hallucinations while I was still on it. I had never hallucinated before then.) I'm glad those have faded away.

February 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have a dream like this nearly every night now, for the first few weeks the dream was about me knowing where my phone is but not being able to get to it. I think this is because I was on the phone when my seizure began. It’s very strange, now the dreams are always a blur or I’ll remember faces at times.

February 26, 2023 (edited)
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

I have a similar thing where it's basically like a dream will start but I only really see the end. I know it makes no sense. It's basically like your watching tv the show starts at 7 and goes until 8 and you jump in on the show at around 7:45-7:50.

February 26, 2023
A MyEpilepsyTeam Member

It's dif per person, I do have strange dreams now and then, and I have a few good ones but once In a while I'd say, but I'll take it, I am ok with that, I am not complaining about it, I do try to make some sense of the strange ones, but a brief moment 3 min if that, a little bit longer if that is something I could find of some kinda use it and a message to the dream I had,if not I throw it out, my opinion here

September 24, 2024

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