Do you suffer from nightmares or any other sleep disorders?

1. Yes I suffer from nightmares like every night and it is horrible. It wakes me up in the night or if I do managed to sleep all night I wake up all sweaty and scared and jittery etc
2. I tend to distract myself by either watching something lightheaded like SpongeBob either on tv or on my phone or I play on my switch or something. 
3. I haven’t come across anything but I do believe there could be a connection to autism and sleep disorders and I also believe other mental illnesses can connect to sleep disorders

I do take sleep aids but I had to talk with the dr for that but when they kick in I’m too drained to think about anything but I do tend to have nightmares of bullies or that creepy manager or other disturbing things whether experienced or made up. I also seem to have recurring nightmares and also in the dream I realise I’ve been there before or I’ve had this dream before 

Sounds like we've the same issues. My condolences. 
Thanks for replying each question :-)

Sounds like we've the same issues. My condolences. 
Thanks for replying each question :-)

Thanks for this! That has explained a lot of stuff which was very helpful. I have seen psychotherapists in the past but they were useless and said they couldn’t help me and all I did was talk with them, didn’t learn any skills or anything. That’s why I was advised about a psychologist as they have much more knowledge and can deal with autism patients and other issues better apparently. I’m just going by the drs words there. I’ve normally just seen regular counsellors due to the price being the lowest but still think I could be spending money on something that makes me happy than just talking to some random person 

Thank you for the article. From what I read, I feel I can relate to what is mentioned when I was with CAMHS years ago but unfortunately I wasn’t with them long enough to progress and discuss the medication route as I turned 18. I could have carried on and seen the psychologist private but we were moving to a new area so the commute would have been too much, plus we never considered online at the time. I have an appointment with the GP on Thursday but I can’t see that being helpful as I’ll only get referred to this really bad place where I’m not even allowed to see the psychiatrist and they don’t even have psychologists or even counsellors there. I could be wrong, will ask on Thursday 

I found this NHS careers webpage helpful when learning about the difference between a psychiatrist and a psychologist in the UK:

www.healthcareers.nhs.uk/.../differences-between-psychology-psychiatry-and-psychotherapy

Elfilis said:

I believe psychologists are like one below psychiatrists where as counsellors and psychotherapists are a lot further down due to amount of qualifications etc.

Psychologists have to have a doctorate degree in psychology which is 5-7 years of study.

Psychiatrists have 4 years of medical school and 4 in a psychiatry residence.

The most obvious difference is psyciatrysts can prescribe drugs while psychologists cannot and tend to view the patient with more of a medical view rather than psychiatric view.

This is a US based article and may be slightly different for the UK.

source: https://www.forbes.com/health/mind/psychologist-vs-psychiatrist/ 

I understand where you are coming from and I’m sorry this is the case for you as well! It’s even worse during the heat waves and that. That’s so kind of your psychologist to half the price and good of her to be so understanding. I’ve been looking at ones that can do online so maybe that might reduce costs a bit but I don’t really know. The thing with psychologists is that they have much more knowledge and understanding of an array of mental illnesses and can probably do more than a regular counsellor who is really just someone to talk to, well that’s been my experience anyway and not been given any advice or techniques. Also I believe psychologists are like one below psychiatrists where as counsellors and psychotherapists are a lot further down due to amount of qualifications etc. I might have to look for online appointments with psychologists as there aren’t like any in my area. 

Same; I've tried and indeed it is a counsellor (without much experience imho), and they directed me somewhere else, and then I gave up.

I am now seeing a psychologist (though for other reasons, and it's no specialist in sleep disorders); I told her I was giving up due to being too expensive, and she halved the price for me. This was kind and I am still grateful.

In my case, I wake up several times a night covered in sweat, many times I need to change the place in the bed, or dry myself with a towel. It feels good to find I'm not alone, well, to an extent (not happy of anyone having this.)

No problem! I was advised to look into seeing a psychologist as they are meant to be best for this kind of stuff but omg the prices!! And don’t know if psychologists are on the nhs when I’ve searched it’s been more counsellors. That’s my area though