jenbo50
12-05-11, 17:11
Hi guys
I have been on Cit for about 4 months now. Started at 10, up to 20 and now on 30mg.
My sleep is generally disrupted now on these meds with waking at 2 hour intervals for no reason? I do get back to sleep though but would benefit from a longer 4 hour cycle at some point soon I think!
More worryingly though, I seem to have started with sleep paralysis since starting on the meds. My dreams became very vivid as soon as I went on 20mg anyway but on 4 occassions including last night I have had terrifying (and I mean terrifying) experiences where I wake from a vivid dream but am unable to move at all. I am always on my back when this happens. I can't even open my eyes. I then start to feel that there is someone in the room coming closer and closer towards me (with evil intent). I can hear the floor creaking, breathing and other noises. Last night I also thought I could hear thunder and rain although it wasn't raining. I also imagined my toddler screaming in his room (as if he had been/ was being attacked)
I can't move or make any noise so just have to lie there, heart racing through my chest waiting to be attacked. Last night I coped my counting back in 7's from 100 until I was able to move. (Just to keep me breathing and as calm as possible really) My OH works away in the week so it is awful to wake up on my own to this? I haven't calmed down all day and am dreading sleep tonight.
It's so hard to explain.....has anyone else had this on Cit or even on another med? I am not asleep and dreaming at these times. I am awake but I cannot move a muscle?
Pls let me know if you had it - did it go eventually?
Thanks
Jen xx :scared15::scared15:
I have been on Cit for about 4 months now. Started at 10, up to 20 and now on 30mg.
My sleep is generally disrupted now on these meds with waking at 2 hour intervals for no reason? I do get back to sleep though but would benefit from a longer 4 hour cycle at some point soon I think!
More worryingly though, I seem to have started with sleep paralysis since starting on the meds. My dreams became very vivid as soon as I went on 20mg anyway but on 4 occassions including last night I have had terrifying (and I mean terrifying) experiences where I wake from a vivid dream but am unable to move at all. I am always on my back when this happens. I can't even open my eyes. I then start to feel that there is someone in the room coming closer and closer towards me (with evil intent). I can hear the floor creaking, breathing and other noises. Last night I also thought I could hear thunder and rain although it wasn't raining. I also imagined my toddler screaming in his room (as if he had been/ was being attacked)
I can't move or make any noise so just have to lie there, heart racing through my chest waiting to be attacked. Last night I coped my counting back in 7's from 100 until I was able to move. (Just to keep me breathing and as calm as possible really) My OH works away in the week so it is awful to wake up on my own to this? I haven't calmed down all day and am dreading sleep tonight.
It's so hard to explain.....has anyone else had this on Cit or even on another med? I am not asleep and dreaming at these times. I am awake but I cannot move a muscle?
Pls let me know if you had it - did it go eventually?
Thanks
Jen xx :scared15::scared15: