QuestionHi: I am seeking any medical insight I can get for a sleeping issue. I have noticed that every couple months, I go through a 3 day or so period where I have a really odd sleeping experience. I experience these dreams that could almost be called a delerium, in that they are constant and ongoing all night, not like normal dreams, and it seems like I am almost half awake. They frequently almost seem vaguely like a story going on over course of nightor even a common theme, and they continue even if I get up and use the restroom or the like. Sometimes the dreams appear related to waking thoughts, for example just had some one night related to job security and activity another involved and the Presidential Campaign. I frequently feel a bit sweaty from this experience; and when I wake up, I have this feeling of burned out exhaustion and kind of dizziness or lightheatedness - overall, not the most pleasant feeling, and different from just general tiredness of not getting enough sleep. My wife said she gets this kind of delerium type of sleep occasionally too, with some sweating as side effects. After 2 or 3 night like this it kind of goes away for me and my "normal" sleep pattern returns..
Was wondering if it is more of a dream/psychological issue, with stuff bubbling up from unconscious, and exhaustion and slight sweatiness is a byproduct of this? Or, could it also be related to side effects from medication? I am on synthroid for thyroid replacement, and recently discovered my dosage was quite a bit too high so they've been decreasing it to find the right level. And, I have been on Paxil for many years for general depression/anxiety.
Anyway, not deeply concerned, but just wanted to get a sense whether this is a purely sleep and/or psychological issue, or something else that is truly biological maybe causing this?
AnswerYes, it could be any of the things you suggest.
Depending on your integrative intake findings we might have you seen and followed by our psychologist to remove those factors then give you a B-100 b complex in the morning to make melatonin for the next evening, and magnesium oxide 250-500mg at bedtime for musculoskeletal relaxation and avoid stimulants like caffeine, bananas, flax, chips, nuts, soy and poultry.
