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Do you suffer from nightmares or any other sleep disorders?

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I've read several times that Autistic individuals suffer from higher anxiety levels than non-Autistic ones.

I myself suffer from nightmares, for as long as I can remember, that is more than 15 years at least, with varying frequency but on average 1/day, everyday.

There seem to be some studies here and there about a possible link between Au and Nightmares or Sleep Disorders, but I wonder if there is any significance or not.

It's possible that there isn't any strong link as well.

So my questions are:

1. Do you suffer from nightmares or sleep disorders?

2. If you do, did you find practices that helps reduce them?

As for myself, I have tried some things like hot baths, breathing techniques, even medication. None has really helped.

3. Have you read any interesting study in this regard (i.e autism connection to Nightmares or Sleep Disorders.)

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  • I don't have nightmares commonly. Maybe only 1 or 2 in the last 30+ years.

    I don't sleep well. I am not sure why.

    I don't seem to need 8hrs anyway. I try to get 6 if I can. I wake up repeatedly. I have to be careful to try and blank my brain as once my brain goes to full speed there is no going back to sleep.

    I am also sensitive to vibration. I only realised this a few weeks ago after 25 years wondering what was waking me up. There is a lorry or farm machinery that goes past around 5:30 every morning, 364 days a year.

    I want to get a sleep tracker to see how much I really sleep.

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    Stuart333 said:
    I want to get a sleep tracker to see how much I really sleep.

    I've had my sleep tracker (watch) tell me I was asleep between 4 am and 6 am one morning when I know I wasn't. I was sitting up in bed reading a book. Admittedly I wasn't moving much, but the tracker is really only making wild guesses most of the time. I rarely wear it to bed.

    I do the whole waking-early-mind-racing thing most nights. If I can't get back to sleep in 30 minutes, I'll read for 30–60 minutes and try again (it took two rounds last night). I try to focus on my breathing and nothing else and that seems to bore me to "death" somewhat reliably. Foam ear plugs help a lot to keep me asleep when I finally get off. I can't wear them all night though (they get uncomfortable), so I pop them in around 4 am and hope for the best.

    Proper nightmares are relatively rare, but I had a really bad one last year. A real PTSD job. It took me a day or three to recover from it. Most of the time I'm just dreaming. I feel I dream nearly all night every night and every time I wake it's from a dreaming state. My dreams are very vivid and "creative". I don't know where my brain gets its ideas half the time.

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  • in reply to Stuart333
    Stuart333 said:
    I want to get a sleep tracker to see how much I really sleep.

    I've had my sleep tracker (watch) tell me I was asleep between 4 am and 6 am one morning when I know I wasn't. I was sitting up in bed reading a book. Admittedly I wasn't moving much, but the tracker is really only making wild guesses most of the time. I rarely wear it to bed.

    I do the whole waking-early-mind-racing thing most nights. If I can't get back to sleep in 30 minutes, I'll read for 30–60 minutes and try again (it took two rounds last night). I try to focus on my breathing and nothing else and that seems to bore me to "death" somewhat reliably. Foam ear plugs help a lot to keep me asleep when I finally get off. I can't wear them all night though (they get uncomfortable), so I pop them in around 4 am and hope for the best.

    Proper nightmares are relatively rare, but I had a really bad one last year. A real PTSD job. It took me a day or three to recover from it. Most of the time I'm just dreaming. I feel I dream nearly all night every night and every time I wake it's from a dreaming state. My dreams are very vivid and "creative". I don't know where my brain gets its ideas half the time.

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