I had a dream!

This is unusual for me, these days. I haven’t had a dream since I started taking nerve blockers over a year ago. That is, I haven’t remembered any dreams. Presumably I’m still having them, if it means anything to have dreams without remembering them.

My dreams have always been insanely vivid, detailed, complicated, intense and often lucid. I was well into my 20s before I found out that most people don’t have dreams like those. It hadn’t really occurred to me to ask anyone. When I was a child, my dreams were often terrifying. Perhaps this accounts for my lifelong insomnia, who knows?

Anyway, I had a dream last night, which might be more evidence that the nerve blockers are leaving my system. I say ‘more’ evidence because the intense pain is also a bit of a give-away. It wasn’t a noteworthy dream, just a collection of vague, disjointed impressions, but a dream’s a dream, I guess.

Sleeping and dreaming are aspects of coming off the nerve blockers that I’m not sure how to prepare for. I’m fairly sure that the nerve blockers have been helping to regulate my sleep, which has been helpful, and I honestly haven’t missed the dreams. I don’t think there’s much I can do about it, though, except make sure I’m exhausted at bed time and hope for the best.