Bad Nap! - Addiction & Recovery Message Board

maggie0704 · 10-30-2007, 04:48 PM

Hey guys,
I wanted to share what my nap was like today. I'm always so tired by the afternoon that i have to nap......hate that! And I layed down today so tired and ready for rest, then I began to have these seizure like things while i slept.
It was like I was 1/2 awake and 1/2 asleep....I knew what I was feeling and could sense something was wrong, but couldn't wake up from it.
I've had these things happen before, long time ago....not sure if i was on opiates then or not though.
Anyways, as i was sleeping, i began to have these brain zaps (which i've had before once when coming off an anti-depressent) where my brain would flutter or something and i'd squeeze my eyes tight from it. It kept happening, and i kept squeezing my eyes tight shut. Then i started to have these BOOMS in both my ears...going from right to left to right to left. Sounded like a low drum but it would switch ears back and forth.
Then....I swear this, my leg lifted out of the blue and stayed off the bed for a few seconds. It was horrible!
It felt like a seizure or something!
Like i said, i know i've had these things happen before, and for some reason they ONLY happen when napping. I'm a world class napper!
Do u think it's from withdrawaling from the sub? It scared the heck out of me, yet i was in such a weird state of sleep that i couldn't wake myself up from it.
I just think it's weird that it only happens when napping....not during a night sleep.
What the heck is it? I'm a little freaked here!

spark-o-cet · 10-30-2007, 05:03 PM

i really think it is from mixing the hydro with the sub,but im not for sure at all.when i mixed it over a period of time some crazy things happened to me.also i know what you mean by the half asleep/half awake thing.it happens to me quite a bit,and thats from the sub or brain damage from all the drugs over the yrs,who knows.

also when you go to the casino and have some time to kill go down and get in the sauna or steam room and sweat as much as you can.have fun-spark

mk7657 · 10-30-2007, 05:10 PM

Hi.

I vividly remember that horrible symptom.

I had those night terror, brain zap things happen during and after detox. Sometimes, I think that they were worse than the shakes and sweats. It's like being somewhere between awake, asleep, and paralysed. After the brain zap thing finished it's course, I was jolted into consciousness by flying out of the bed or chair where I nap. My body was so stressed that it almost certainly meant a migraine was on the way.

It must be a symptom of the mind healing starved nuerotransmitters.

Stay strong,

mk

FullCircle08 · 10-30-2007, 05:11 PM

You will be ok. Our bodies are trying to adjust. The chemicals are trying to get out of your system = physical withdrawal, and the chemicals are trying to figure themselves out in the brain = psychological withdrawal. I have had some weird stuff happen to me over the last few days also. The other night I thought I was awake, but i wasnt and I was totally convinced that beer was emmiting from my pores! I could smell it. very weird. Woke up in full sweat - and back to reality. This is what we have to go through to get this crap out of our system.

O

oh-notagain · 10-30-2007, 05:52 PM

Oh Maggie !!
thats sounds truly horrible !!! im so sorry you are going through this.... i can only believe what everyone else is saying... thats its part of this w/d and your body reacting to the chemicals in/coming out of your body... this too shall pass.. have faith.
i remember when i was detoxing off of heroin i would actually sleepwalk and have horrible hallucinations. i would belive people were in my closet or coming after me while i was sleepwalking... one time i even ran into a closed door and banged up my face pretty good. and then i didnt even remember where i got all the bruises/gashes from !!! but my husband had witnessed that whole ordeal and told me what i had been doing the night before.... it was surreal!
but it happened more than once and i would sometimes wake up in the middle of it and remember that i was trying to escape something... scary stuff.
our bodies/brains can really **ck with us sometimes, huh?
but i hope that you at least get a good nights sleep tonight and look forward to getting away...
hugs,

michelle