Strange behaviors

[QUEEBELL]

I ask this humbly and with a bit of embaressment as my own admission is crazy at best, but has anyone had any strange post surgical behaviors? After months of not feeling quite right and attributing a fall I'd had in the early evening hours to low blood sugar, I awoke the evening of New Years day in my bed, my pillow soked with blood. From the blood spatter on the floor and the gruesome hand prints on my wall I asertained I'd fallen, hit the back of my head on the chest at the end of my bed, got up, and got in bed all while still sleeping!!! The pieces of the puzzle all came together. The frozen dinner packages in my room I don't remember eating, conversations with my children they sware I'd had with them I hadn't remembered having, falls I don't remember, not remembering how I get from my recliner from the chair. I know it sounds insane, but for the past I don't know how many months I've been sleep walking nearly every night I think. I've now taken steps to help the problem, though all the information I've read says that it usually does not require medical attention unless you are hurting yourself, my falls are evidence that medical attention is required. I just need to know if anyone else is experiencing any kind of strange behaviors? Sleep walking usually begins in childhood, but can occur in adults with post trumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression all of which I was under the impression I was under control of. Here is my question for the good Doc: How can I control subcontiocly what I think I am under control of during my waking hours?
Isabel

[Jamie]

Hi Isabel,

This sounds like it could be dangerous. I don't think Dr. Jon has ever answered anything on this site before, so maybe you should give him a call or at least call Dr. Allam and see what he thinks. Maybe Dr. Jon will be at the meeting on the 20th, and you could approach him there, but I am not sure if he will be there or not. I would try to get in touch with a doctor and maybe they will have an answer for you.

Good luck,

Jamie

[QUEEBELL]

OK. I should probably clarify. I have seen my doctor. I will begin individual therapy again next week, though as I said I'm not sure how to make my subcontious believe what I do conciously know, and will return to support group metings as a manditory event in my scehedule this month. What I am trying to find out is if anyone else has experienced any strange behaviors post surgery? Am I the only one? Nightmares, Sleep walking/eating, panic issues, anything. I think I would feel better, ie. more sane, to know I am not the only one who has experienced post surgical mental health/behavioral issues.
Isabel

UPDATE: Saw my doctor on Monday. Diagnosed with a slow heart rate. Given Holter monitor after all other cardiac tests turned up negative. One of the pills I take about 2 hours before bed causing the problem. Medication discontinued. Cleared for take off!

[eileen]

Isabel, to answer your question, NO, I have not experienced any strange behaviors post surgery. This sounds serious!

[QUEEBELL]

OK. Here goes. Just so all of you know I'm not crazy I thought I'd post an update on what I have learned about sleep walking. Sleepwalkink causes can include post traumatic stress disorder, medication, substance abuse, sleep depravation along with a host of many other things. One thing I do not believe I devulged to anyone on here is that prior to my worst and most recent episode I had a breast surgery that went teribly wrong. That coupled with the medication that I had been taking as a mood stabelizer was the most likely cause of the episodes I'd been having as per my psychiatrist. I am in therapy and off that medication. I am on a new one and the episodes have completely stoped. The lesson I have learned from all this is to not be embaressed to ask for help even if you only think you may have a problem. Like when I had thyroid cancer I thought the symptoms ment I was going crazy so I didn't go to the doctor until it was almost too late. Thank you all for your consern.
Isabel

[AnnieP68@yahoo.]

Glad you have a new medication that works for you. Drugs can do some crazy things and have unexpected side effects. Glad things are worked out for you! Take care.