Re: Nightmares and Cognitive Difficulties Carol Ali

[Guest guest]

Everything that Ali wrote applies to me.. I love the bit about

forgetti ng whether you've taken the medication while the bottles in

your hand. I do that all the time. I keep meaning to make a list of

all the meds i have to take then tick them off but I feel too

halfwitted to do this.

And the nightmares are sometimes very bad, sleeping is very bad,

full of pain and waking with a start with the heart pounding.

Certainly when the head pain is there all the symptoms are worse. I

think it is encephalopathy/meningitis. Does your daughter have

light/sound sensitivity or back of the neck pain as well?

When I get better all these symptoms get better.I have had partial

remissions and have been able to read again. At the moment is is very

difficult to read a book as by the next day I have completely

forgotten what happened.

I hope your daughter feels better soon. Is she having treatment?

Best wishes

Pat

> Carol,

>

> Nightmares, yes. Very vivid. All the time. Awful nightmares.

> Problems with sleeping. Getting to sleep. Staying to sleep. Not

> getting restful sleep.

>

> Headaches a problem, too. Migraines as well.

>

> Brain fog! Awful. Problems concentrating. Problems remembering.

> Problems getting from point A to point B. Some days worse than

> others. Problems reading. Problems comprehending. Problems with

> vision blurring. At times from the headaches. At times just because

> of whatever is causing it that I don't know. However my vision

> acuity test fine. Sometimes I just drift and I don't even know what

> I'm doing. I can't remember if I've taken the medication while I'm

> holding the bottle in my hand. Word retrieval is bad. I have a hard

> time carrying on a conversation. Brain fog is a terrible thing.

>

> Symptoms vary in lymies. But these are some of mine. Hope this

helps.

> Ali

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Pat,

I had to get the pill containers and put my meds in there once a week, this way

I will know if I've take it or not. My sleeping problems and nightmares sound

alot like yours. I was hearing and seeing things and my psychiatrist put me on

several anti-psychotics and other meds to help me sleep. The dreams are very

vivid, sometimes good sometimes bad.

Thanks for letting ramble on,

bb

[ ] Re: Nightmares and Cognitive Difficulties Carol Ali

Everything that Ali wrote applies to me.. I love the bit about

forgetti ng whether you've taken the medication while the bottles in

your hand. I do that all the time. I keep meaning to make a list of

all the meds i have to take then tick them off but I feel too

halfwitted to do this.

And the nightmares are sometimes very bad, sleeping is very bad,

full of pain and waking with a start with the heart pounding.

Certainly when the head pain is there all the symptoms are worse. I

think it is encephalopathy/meningitis. Does your daughter have

light/sound sensitivity or back of the neck pain as well?

When I get better all these symptoms get better.I have had partial

remissions and have been able to read again. At the moment is is very

difficult to read a book as by the next day I have completely

forgotten what happened.

I hope your daughter feels better soon. Is she having treatment?

Best wishes

Pat