Nightmares

[Momma2threegirls]

Anyone else having a terrible time sleeping since they began. I toss and turn all night and I've been having very disturbing nightmares. The kinds where you wake up out of breathe or sobbing. I'm not getting any rest and it makes my days with the girls VERY long. I'm eating and drinking enough. I'm not eating after 8pm and I'm not hungry. On days when I get exercise in it's before 5pm...and usually before 3:00pm

Just wondering if this is part of the diet and if anyone else is struggling with this. It's been going on NIGHTLY for 2 full weeks now.

Thanks for your thoughts,

Erika

[murphy'smom]

Well, I do have VERY vivid dreams on this WOL. I did toss and turn a lot in my first week of Induction. I think your body needs time to adjust to this drastic new way of eating and burning fat for energy instead of carbs. I never toss and turn anymore, but the dreams are really real! I kinda enjoy it, very weird dreams. Gives me something to tell my best friend about! LOL
I do hope you can get past this and get some rest! Maybe try taking a Benedril (SP) before you go to bed to help you sleep. That is what my doc told me to do on nights where you can't sleep. Good luck!

[carbless_in_seattle]

Yes. I have nightmares, they're usually that I'm stuffing my face with carbs! If you're talking about scary dreams, I haven't really had scary dreams, but I remember a couple of months ago I was having some. A few I woke up and cried from. But those have gone away, what hasn't gone away for me is the insomnia, I sleep very lightly now

[SunnySmile501]

Most people find they don't need as much sleep after they get into the swing of this WOL. It takes a lot of energy to try to digest crap.

Many of us have had very vivid dreams about eating carbs--so real that sometimes we have to get out of bed to go check the fridge and trash to see if we really did. I felt like I could still taste the carby food when I woke up. That tapered off within a few weeks.

Hope it settles down for you very soon. Maybe you could try taking magnesium at bedtime--it is a strong muscle relaxer and soother. Also, chamomile tea helps me sleep.

Sunny!

[joee5]

Me nightmares, are me scale. Or would it be called morningmares? God Bless, Joe

[Momma2threegirls]

Thanks for the support. I can't take a lot of "typical" OTC meds. Benedryl winds me up to no end. I avoid most of them. Thanks Sunny for reminding me about magnesium. I used that during my twin pregnancy to keep my muscles calm at the end and get some rest. I also use Rescue Remedy by Bach Flower Essences and Motherwort tincture. I'm falling asleep like a log since I began doing this. In the past I could never get my mind to turn off. Now I can drift off with no problems..but the dreams are terrible and then I wake up and I'm all upset and it's like my mind jumps right back into the dream and picks it up again. I've always been a big dreamer - but these are scarier. Tonados sucking the house and my daughter away, people taking everything away from me, people dying. No eating dreams...although i've had those in my carb filled past.


I'll try the magnesium tonight and keep my rescue rememdy right by the bedside - maybe that will help. I can't drink tea late - I'm up all night in the bathroom. White Peony tea is really nice as a calming/sleep tea as well.

[SunnySmile501]

Benedryl wires me to no end; I am up all night ricocheting off the walls. I was in the hospital having a procedure done and I was not asleep, and before I could stop them the surgeon said, "Give her so many cc's of Benedryl." It is now all over my chart not to EVER give me Benedryl.

[fat4now]

My dreams are very real as well. Not scarey but too real. A friend recommended Melatonin. Info can be found here. He told me he slept very deep and woke up very relaxed.
Melatonin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[Mirya]

When I first started ATKINS I had the exact same question. Some of them were really freaking horrible lol. They wear off, its the bodies reaction to an over abundance of chemicals and hormones from the fat and the body regulating.

[Mirya]

Originally Posted by Momma2threegirls

Thanks for the support. I can't take a lot of "typical" OTC meds. Benedryl winds me up to no end. I avoid most of them. Thanks Sunny for reminding me about magnesium. I used that during my twin pregnancy to keep my muscles calm at the end and get some rest. I also use Rescue Remedy by Bach Flower Essences and Motherwort tincture. I'm falling asleep like a log since I began doing this. In the past I could never get my mind to turn off. Now I can drift off with no problems..but the dreams are terrible and then I wake up and I'm all upset and it's like my mind jumps right back into the dream and picks it up again. I've always been a big dreamer - but these are scarier. Tonados sucking the house and my daughter away, people taking everything away from me, people dying. No eating dreams...although i've had those in my carb filled past.


I'll try the magnesium tonight and keep my rescue rememdy right by the bedside - maybe that will help. I can't drink tea late - I'm up all night in the bathroom. White Peony tea is really nice as a calming/sleep tea as well.

See if your Dr. can give you a script of hydroxyzine. It is a strong antihistimine used to treat anxiety and sleep issues without side effects of becomming addicted or dependant. Also helps ya breath better hehe