I have very realistic dreams, not exactly “Lucid” but memorable. I’m about 13 months into stroke and my dream self in all my dreams is absolutely normal. No symptoms no spasticity, just my old self (gosh I miss him). But…twice I’ve had a dream that I realize everything about my body works fine and that I am suddenly “cured” and I am jumping with joy…ecstatic. Wonderful; and what a let-down when I awaken. Can any of you relate?
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To a certain degree @Outlander
I have some very lucid dreams too but often they are about things like me forgettig my stick and being annoyed or reliving an argument…
Often about something not being done or being late or something and I know those are all classic signs of blah blah blah
Sometime I still have my flying dreams and I love those and my occasional ones where I’m actually a polar bear are the best.
I wake up every day thinking I can see normally for 5s before I realise oh no I can’t and won’t ever (probably - never say never) again…
I’m not sure that helps or is the same but interesting to muse on!!
I also think that like I have heard from others for a few months I was very much in denial about how ‘broken’ I am and was always tryig to do too much and that didn’t help so now I’m more realistic so I try not to think like that.
Saying that now you’ve said it let’s see ha ha!! My brain as all on here works in mysterious ways.
K
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Oh yes, I walk for miles in my dreams, go disco dancing on a Saturday night, fly off on foreign adventures. Ah yes, the joy of waking up and thinking about what I might manage today. I did manage to go in a taxi and get some food from the supermarket so at least I can sit and daydream about that nice salmon fillet for my tea today!
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@Outlander i can relate totally. My dreams are much more vivid since my stroke & i’m usually fully fit in them. It’s always a disappointment when I get up & realise i’m still disabled.
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I think that is true for quite a few posts…
I often wonder if a ‘like’ is offensive as I’m trying to say ok hugs as you say @SimonInEdinburgh
but normally I do like because I want to show I have read and care
reminds me of things like facebook when they said ok you can stop ‘liking’ people being berieved etc
K
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I’m always fit and well in my dreams, usually walking around trying to find something somewhere at speed (I quite often don’t find it), but I walk for miles. I also swim in the sea (I no longer have the strength or arm movement). It’s depressing to wake up and realise it was all a dream…
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I don’t really know how I am in my dreams, but most of mine involve visits with people who have passed away or I haven’t seen in a very long time. I enjoy them. In them everyone is happy and loving. I have dreamed of driving more than a few times, but it doesn’t turn out well. I want to be ready for that, but I am not and may never be. I will keep trying for now.
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It does to me!!
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It is interesting to read that. Just last night I had a dream about a man I worked with over 40 years ago. In the dream we spent a lot of time catching up on where we had been for the last 40 years!
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Love it
K
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More dreams last night about forgetting my stick - and my freedom pass - and being out and confused so not really uplifting then crashing ability or flying or polar bears dreams last night 
what am I worried about today? hmmm. Everythng? Probably
K
Good luck with the field test tomo. Do you know what % or whatever you have at the mo - I recall left hemianopia? What did you have before and what is the threshold?
Sorry just curious!
I have basically lost 45-50% of right hand side in both eyes as you know and I have been told that I will never be able to drive.
I will keep my fingers crossed for you that it’s improved but I don’t want you to get totally distraught if you haven’t. I’m sorry to say but I have been told that now after 10 months it is very unlikely that I will ever improve (I’m not saying never but it’s a sort of medical fact if there is such a thing).
Please let me know how it goes.
K
just looked this up
No defects should be present within the radius of the central 20 degrees.
that rules me out I’m afraid!!
But seriously good luck
K
It’s so horrible for you
I really need some positive hope my eyesight is improving, it really gets me down x
If it doesn’t happen then it doesn’t I’m afraid but try and have a focus on something else too? What else nice can you plan?!?!?
K
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That sounds positive!! I have sent you a provate message with a visual field map of one of my eyes…
K
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Good luck with your eye test. Really hope there is some positive news for you x
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My partner also has very vivid dreams like this. He’s always using his right hand in the dreams, doing practical jobs, screwing something or whisking. He was very handy before and also always cooking. In the dreams he is always fine too. He’s devastated each time he wakes and realisation hits. We both feel for you.
He says it’s kind of nice and kind of not too. The brain is certainly a complex beast ey.
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I quite often dream that I wake up and am able to walk properly again, I have difficulty walking as I have severe weakness in my leg, need to wear a splint and use a walking stick. Funny thing is that, because i’ve had the dream so many times now, I am usually suspicious that I am probably dreaming, within the dream. Then sometimes I think it’s not a dream because it’s so real and I wake up disappointed. I had my stroke 4 years ago, have made some considerable progress, and try different things every day to try to improve further so maybe that’s why I keep on having the same dream because I’m so desperate to get my mobility back
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Maybe that is our sub-concious mind willing us on to get better. It is always good to maintain a positive mindset. Even a small improvement is a positive step.
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Have you considered hypnotherapy??
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Hi my dream last night and in fact all my dreams feature me in a normal state no disability no stick, last night I had a long walk with my brother in the estate we grew up on in wales, great trip down memory lane.
A psychic friend of mine told me the dreams are future state as current and past woul involve the disability.
Take hop everyone it is all to play for!!!
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My first dreams were so original, never featured in them, so clear , liked watching a good film, then nonsensical, convinced they were meant for someone else. Now just pointless ones I cold do
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