A theory of mine, I don't think I have dreamed since my event and was wondering if that was causing some of my fatigue. As the episode Night Terrors in Star Trek Next Generation shows what happens when you don't dream. Please respond if you have or have not dreamed and list the fatigue you have. I can easily fall asleep anytime during the day even with 12 hours of sleep.
SYMPTOMS: A person lacking REM sleep will show all the general symptoms of sleep deprivation, such as reduced productivity in the workplace, daytime sleepiness, and not handling stress well. Losing REM sleep makes people more sensitive to pain, too. In addition, REM sleep seems to be necessary for verbal skills. A lack of it will cause a person to not be as creative in using language, and they will not do too well on language tests.
As both these articles state; The success of a stroke patients rehabilitation plan is heavily dependent on sleep.
http://strokerehabonline.com/2010/06/sleeping-and-sleep-for-stroke-recovery-speed-up/comment-page-1/#comment-503
http://ezinearticles.com/comment.php?Sleep-is-an-Important-Aid-to-Stroke-Recovery&id=3866857
What are your dreams like and do you have them? Do you dream pre-stroke or after stroke abilities?
I have now changed both my zocor and zoloft from evening meds to morning meds and I now dream. Don't do that without your doctors ok.
Good links Dean.
ReplyDeleteI am now 2 1/2 years post stroke. I would say for the first year I was sleeping all the time, not really dreaming and having a ton of weird health problems.
Then I a started with horrible nightmares that disturbed my sleep and made me resist falling asleep in the first place.
I would say that I have noticed a closer to normal dream pattern in the past 4 or 5 months but I am still sleeping somewhat irregularly and still exhausted more often than not. Health wise I am doing well now.
I do think I might have been having reactions to some of the various drugs I was on and that was part of the sleep disturbances too.
Linda
http://leadingahealthylife.blogspot.com/