One thing I’ve noticed since my stroke. I’m having very vivid dreams. Nothing scary but very detailed. And most of them are from things that happened years ago. I’ve not worked at one place for over 20 years but I find myself back looking around the place. Last night I was sea fishing with people I have never seen in my life. But the reality is I’ve never been fishing and would never go on the sea. Suppose it’s either the medication or another stroke / brain issue.
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Gnasher - I slept the best I had for years after my stroke. I like to think thats the mind working at recovery (?). It doesn’t last though I back to 6/7 hours now but at least im not going to bed at 7! Thats a recent change btw.
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Got to admit I also slept great for a while after my stroke. Sometimes upto 10 hours. Normally can do on 6 hours max. Now it’s around 6 to 7 hours. But I’m still finding by 9 pm I’m ready for my pit. And wake up around 4 to 4 30. Then cat nap after that.
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I too had mamy vivid dreams & some nightmares after my stroke. Not sure if it is meds causing it, the fact that I was sleeping deeply every night or the brain trying to repair itself. I still get them but not as frequently now.
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I’ve just awakened from a catnap.
It is lunch time.
As I woke Hilary’s son-in-law drove past the window in a very garishly painted car and parked on our next door neighbour’s lawn.
Getting out of bed I steeled myself waiting for the doorbell to ring.
Hilary is preparing lunch and we will be having it soon.
Dreams? Yes there are dreams sometimes.
They can be surprisingly realistic, if a little strange.
keep on keepin on
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Yep, I do too. Which I love because for many years I’d just be too exhausted going to bed and up too sharpish in the morning and buzzing about to even recall if I’d dreamt let alone what it was about. You don’t have that luxury when you’ve got kids, a hubby and work to do.
Dreams, I believe, are all like a collidescope of the sites, sounds, people, places, thoughts etc that your brain has taken that day; even from those from tv, the internet, etc. This mountain of information has landed on your brains desk and it now has to figure out what the heck do I file it all under 
As for my sleeping pattern, I’m just stuck on 4/5am to 11/12noon 
Periodically I’ve tried to break the habit by going to bed earlier but it doesn’t work. Even when I have to be up earlier, say 8am, I still won’t get to sleep any earlier. But I’m just grateful for the 8hrs I do get because for the first year or it was virtually none. The most I got were short light naps throughout the day and night.
Lorraine
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perhaps you did in a previous life ?
Roland
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Honestly, every night I dream that I can walk again.
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An interesting post 
@pando - I had the same thought
It seems to me this is a dream that can and will come true
Sweet dreams everyone !!
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Ah but even day dream and long for that in your waking hours. We all wish and hope that one day they’ll be a break through don’t we 
Lorraine
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Last night I ran into the street to deal with a large truck that was reversing outside our house. I handled that remarkably well I thought as I turned over in my bed.
These short ultra realistic experiences are not at all disturbing and somehow my everyday awareness can slot them easily into the category ‘Oh, just another dream’.
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I never remembered my dreams in the past either, tbh I think I had terrible sleep but just always had it so never questioned it. I would sleep for maybe 5 hours, no dreams, just ages to drop off, then I’d get up.
Now, I can slip into a snooze for 10mins and wake having had a dream I thought was happening for hours! Brilliant stuff.
Sleep has gotten a bit weirder recently, wake 3-4 times a night now, but dreams are still there which is quite soothing (and mildly exhausting, but in a different way to previous “life”)
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