Oh my gosh, I was accidentally glutened last evening and I actually didn't have an issue falling asleep but I had an issue STAYING asleep! I kept having terrifying dreams paired with panic attacks that I would wake up gasping for air and heart pounding!

I kept dreaming about an evil spirit in my house, grabbing me and I just recall having a super heavy feeling on my chest where I had a tough time breathing.

Please tell me this happens to others! I feel so neurotic!

I have had horrible dreams when glutened. I think it's because my heart is pounding and my brain makes up a story to justify it. very unpleasant. I also have totally crazy dreams when glutened.

I fall asleep quickly--I'm so exhausted when glutened, but I also have trouble staying asleep. I wake up several times during the night--my anxiety kicks up and I end up laying there worrying about everything and thinking things to death.

before going gluten-free i used to have night terrors that would leave my husband in a panic because he thought i was going to kill myself one night. he even made me sleep on the side of the bed against the wall because i would try to get up and run (downstairs and outside) while half asleep and screaming. once i was awake my heart would be practically pounding out of my chest. very scary stuff! now when i'm glutened i'll get a nightmare or two the first night but nowhere near as horrible as before.

I sure have gotten a lot more nightmares since having Celiac. And i can afree with everyone here that if I get glutened they get worse. But unfortunately I tend to get them in a regular basis even when NOT glutened...some of them are so "real" i wake up by sitting up and nearly having a panic attack.

~ Lisa ~

add me to the count! I get horrible nightmares, wake up with heart pounding so hard and it hurts! I also get anxiety something terribly, I worry about everything and I'm so tensed up it's ridiculous. I get horrific muscle pain just cuz I'm so tight!

I'm sorry to see I am not the only one I use to get night terrors a lot as a child and when I am PG I get them too but now? It's so strange and horrible! I cannot shake what I saw in my dreams last night! So freaky.

I have to be more careful!

Do you take any meds after being glutened that you don't usually take? I only ask because I know anti-nausea meds give me nightmares and restless sleep and even some wakeful delirium.

If not, I would certainly blame the nightmares on gluten. I get insomnia despite being exhausted after a gluten incident. And it looks like many others have gluten-induced sleep issues.

No meds. I sometimes will take a homeopathic remedy to calm my panic attacks and helps with insomnia but they have never given me terrifying dreams. I didn't even take any that night and I don't take any prescriptions at all anyway. but that is interesting

I am blaming the gluten for those dreams. I also get terrible insomnia after a glutening regardless of how tired I am as well.