Finally last year I was having them almost every night. “After several years, the night terrors became more frequent and more vivid. I would wake up screaming and a few times even struck my husband. The vivid dreams were always of someone attacking me in my bedroom. I began having night terrors every few weeks. “I was prescribed atorvastatin 8 years ago to lower hereditary high cholesterol. “I have been taking atorvastatin as part of my diabetes 2 treatment for a long time and have a lot of sleep disturbance, waking 2-3 times per night with persistent bad dreams.” “Anonymous” has a tale of woe and intrigue due to medication causing nightmares: But yes, the med gives me bad dreams.” Ernie adds that: Not always nightmares – strange and sad lately.
They were bad enough that I wanted to quit (I did for a while) but my doctor warned me that I am at high risk by not taking it and basically implied that I would have to deal with the dreams. “I think I’m obligated to say that I also have bad dreams due to atorvastatin. Scary Dreams on Statin Drugs: Joel also found that the medication causing nightmares was atorvastatin: When she started back on the statin, her nightmares returned. Her doctor discontinued the drug and the bad dreams disappeared. We did locate a case report of a woman who experienced extreme nightmares after starting atorvastatin ( BMJ, April 22, 2006). We were surprised to discover that there is not a lot of research linking statins to nightmares. I’ll talk to my doctor about an alternative medicine.” I just stopped taking atorvastatin, and I had a restful night for the first time in a long while. My family and I are getting very concerned. The night before last, I bit myself so hard on the arm that it left bad bruising. “I sat straight up in bed on my knees and hit the headboard so hard that I caused cuts to my knuckles and bad bruising. It feels like somebody is trying to harm me. I’ve sworn in my sleep (I don’t when I’m awake). I’ve kicked my husband and pulled his hair. Readers Share Stories About Medication Causing Nightmares:Ī surprising number of medications can cause really bad dreams. Then it can be hard to get back to sleep. When someone is chasing you or trying to do you severe harm in a dream, it can wake you up. Nothing interferes with restful sleep like a terrifying nightmare. Has anyone ever warned you about drug-induced bad dreams? We didn’t think so. One such reaction is an increase in nightmares.īe honest now. They can have a profound impact on patients, however. Some side effects seem so trivial to prescribers and pharmacists that they rarely, if ever, mention them. But is a medication causing nightmares? That’s not a question that is normally asked. If we have trouble falling asleep or if we wake up and can’t get back to sleep, we might get anxious just thinking of all these potential health problems. Sleep is also important for weight control, reaction time, athletic performance, mental health and immunity. That’s because scientists find that restful sleep is important for brain function, cardiovascular health and diabetes management. We are all encouraged to get a good night’s sleep.
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