Violent Dreams After Rapid Detox

Hey all,

When my boyfriend went through rapid detox and was in the process of recovering, he woke up from a really violent dream. On just the 1st or 2nd night of recovery, I remember waking up to see that my boyfriend was hugging me tighter than usual. However i was surprised to know that my boyfriend was hugging me because he dreamt that i died. He described his dream to me and said that he dreamt that he just went around on a killing spree and started chopping everyone. How i died? Well.. in the killing spree, he killed me himself which i thought was really wierd but that's not really the point. It was the fact that he was having these nightmares and he would wake up a few times during these days feeling very uneasy. I was thinking that it could be all the medications that he was on that were all given to him during the rapid detox process or it could be the after affects of narcan. I didn't think it could be the naltrexone cause my bf is still taking them now and he doesn't have any problems so i'm just wondering out of curiousity what may be the reason and if anyone else has experienced the same thing. If you have.. i'd really like to have an insight and read about your experience.

xox
violet.
Hi. My brother went thru 7 day detox in the hospital. When he came home, for 3 or 4 nights in a row he had bad dreams. Two nights in a row he fought with the devil and stomped him into the ground. Hopefully this was a good sign. He was put on the naltrexone in the 2nd week of the outpatient program and hasn't had any bad dreams since. Also does not have the cravings for the H. Good luck.
Hi,

I went through rapid detox, and had really strange, freaky dreams afterwards. No violent dreams though, just strange etc.

I think it is normal after you have put your body through such a shock. I think also your sub-conscious might be fighting all those demons in your head.

I also found that after I cut down on the meds they had given me that the dreams started to settle. I was put on Naltrexone, but stopped taking it after a couple of days. I didn't need it. And I haven't had the desire to use. I'm over it.

Trinity
people,

they're called "dope dreams" and most H addicts have them when they're starting to get sick and in the early days of recovery. i'm 8 wks clean and i had one the other night. when i have a stressful day is when they usually occur now.