BPD + sleep disorders

Does anyone here with BPD also have a sleeping disorder? In particular does anyone experience hypnagogic hallucinations ? It is what got me on the track that led to BPD diagnosis so just curious if anyone else experiences the same things..

Also what are peoples opinions on the idea that people with BPD can be 'psychic'? (some members of my family were thinking i was seeing dead relatives when i hallucinated .. i dont necessarily agree.. just interested in people's thoughts)

Hi, yes I have been diagnosed with BPD for a while now and before i knew i had it i used to complain of seeing strange images in my head that really frightened me and seemed very real. The types of things i saw were just peoples heads and I remember one being a spider crawling down next to me doesn't seem very scary but it was!

I've experienced the feeling of not being able to move alot in my sleep as well which im not sure why
this mostly happens during my dreams and I will have to ask someone to lift me up to get going again.

Also, besides that when i wasn't medicated night time was a massive anxiety to me had lots of trouble falling off to sleep. It's comforting to know there are other people the same!

Well the inability to move is sleep paralysis and seeing spiders is quite common.. I get them fairly regularly.. scares the absolute crap out of me and I have to get up and turn all the lights on and try and find the spider until I realise I was seeing things.. Other than spiders I get people, either standing over me or standing in my room.. sometimes threatening, sometimes they talk, sometimes they look like theyre in trouble.. or I see strange shapes and things on the ceiling.. When it first started happening I was terrified to even go to sleep in case it happened.. then went to docs, got tested for narcolepsy.. no narcolepsy.. put on medication.. less scary people but then couldnt stay awake during the day.. went off medication.. learned to live with my night time visitors.. diagnosed with BPD, put on an SSRI and now less visitors.. now only happens when im stressed or if I think about it a lot before going to sleep.. for example I should hopefully be off to sleep soon and i'll probably hallucinate coz ive been talking about it..

so all in all youre not alone velour

I'm a very bad sleeper. Apparently I was so horrendous when I was a baby that my mum asked the doctor if there was something they could give me. He gave her something instead to help her relax. She was so paranoid of me waking up that she couldn't sleep in the end even when I did for a few hours. As a kid, things got better, but not super. I was a really early waker, like 4:00 am, sometimes earlier. This continued as I got older. As I went to bed later, I was getting less and less sleep. I could be out/up until 2:00 am, but still be awake at 6:00, but drained by noon. Not a ver compatible sleep/wake pattern with everyone else at uni. I've always been prone to totally sleepless nights, but things got particularly bad in my late twenties. I once went 5 days with maybe 5 hours sleep total. My brain just would not shut down. I think I've been sleep deprived most of my life, not helpful for optimal functioning or just generally dealing with life. I've been taking 25 mg of Seroquel before bed for the last 4 years, and the difference is amazing. I need a good 8-10 hours of sleep and it can be a slow start in the morning (fairly problematic for working), but other than that it's great. I can actually stay focused most of the time and I'm not exhausted by 7:00 pm.

I have some BPD traits - black and white thinking,unstable self image,sometimes I even dissociate.As for sleep - I sleep 2 to 3 hours a day,I spend most of the night either reading stuff or creeping in the forest.Anyway,I don't really consider this a sleep disorder.I'm probably hypomanic or something.Depression however would explain your sleep problems as anxiety is a number one cause for insomnia.

I either don't sleep enough or sleep excessively. At worst, I don't sleep at all or I sleep around 15+ hours a day. I've dealt with sleep paralysis quite a lot over these past few months. It's a pretty horrifying experience

I have almost all the traits of BPD and I also have the sleep paralysis. One of the most horrifying things that happens to me. I know it's harmless but every time it still scares me half to death. I thought I've seen a person in my room as well...I wasn't sure if I really saw it or if it was shadows playing tricks on me.

I don't have sleep paralysis but I've always had problems with sleep and night terrors and nightmares. When I was a child I almost always had to sleep with someone else in the room or I would be beyond terrified, I would lie there paralyzed with fear waiting for something to attack me. I would run into my parents room and sleep on the floor or in my sister's room but she usually didn't let me. I did hallucinate, one time I thought I saw a huge eyeball staring at me, another time I thought I saw a ghost.

I don't have night terrors any more but I do still have a lot of nightmares and in general, restless sleep. The only time I sleep well is when I medicate with pot but I quit smoking that last year and now my sleep problems are back. I wake up frequently throughout the night, I always feel very tense and on edge. I can't relax enough to fall into a deep, restful sleep. I get woken up by nightmares or anxiety, or I can't fall asleep. Last night I was up until 4 am. I've always had insomnia problems due to anxiety. I'm usually tired throughout the day because my sleep quality is so bad. It sucks.

Ive been diagnosed with insomnia and prescribed 300mg of Trazadone. It is a high dose but 150 mg doesnt always work for me. When I cant sleep, I get stuck in my own head.

I also have insomnia. Not that I can't get to sleep, but I can't stay there. I was on trazadone as well, but as of yesterday, I was moved to something stronger (sorry, I forget the name right now). However, my insomnia didn't really become an issue until after my MVA, so it's most likely linked more heavily to that than BPD.