My Dreams During an Induced Coma.

[BrianEn]

I was thinking of ways to share my dreams from when I was kept in an induced coma that I kept under from September 30th til Noverember 7th, 2011. I have many memories of the dreams that I had during that time. From time to time I get flashes and remember more from time to time.
Some dreams were quite bizarre. Such as Charlie Sheen and I were seeking the craziest woman on the planet which turned out to look a lot a nurse that took care of me. I also did a lot of partying with nurses. I was also held hostage by nurses where they demanded cash payment or they would cut off body parts.
I was able to hear what was going on with my surroundings so many of these dreams are fairly explainable. However there are dreams such as time travel, spending time with dead realatives. Finding relatives that I never knew I had. Being related to the Russian Czar are the ones that kinda get my curiosity.

[Deej]

I spent six weeks in a coma following a car accident... don't remember a thing.

I speak about it in my book, "Surviving Black Ice." You can check it out on Amazon.

[BrianEn]

Mine was induced by drugs so I don't think it was a real coma.

[sandy]

Sounds interesting to say the least for both of your experiences :)

[Deej]

Mine was induced by drugs so I don't think it was a real coma.

Actually, I address types of coma in my book as being the reason that I can't remember anything or remember hearing anything. I say in the book I think that the reason someone is in a coma might be why experiences vary.

I use the example of a someone in a diabetic coma, but I imagine your induced coma may be similar. I was in a coma because I was brain injured and even when I came out of the coma, my cognitive functioning was greatly impaired. When I "woke up," I would only look around the room, move around in my bed, respond to stimuli and then go back to sleep. This lasted for two weeks post coma. I say in "Surviving Black Ice" -

"If someone had said something to me, I don't know if I could cognitively understand it." "If I took a trip down a tunnel or spoke with God, I don't remember."

My memory machine was injured! After the coma, I couldn't speak and many initial memories of that time are gone. I am told that old friends came to see me in the hospital and I carried on conversations with them, but I have no memory of them being there.

[BrianEn]

Very different experieces. When I woke up for the last time. They asked a lot of simple questions. What's your name? What city are you in? Just to check if there was any damage. They had woken me up a few times and I was told that I was confused, frightened and pulled on tubes. So they kept me under til all the were machines off.

[BrianEn]

Haven't really gotten to the writing. Procastination is making you wait.

[BrianEn]

One of my dreams I talked to a Native Canadian in a medical facility. He was a doctor. He was telling me that I was very sick. I told him I knew. He told me I didn't understand how sick I was. I told him I did and replied that I didn't know how sick I was at the time. That's all I remember from that one.

[RMorgan]

Hey folks,

A friend of mine was in coma for about two months after a hiking accident.

He told me that, during that period, he saw demons dressed as doctors, chopping up and torturing him and members of his family in every imaginable way.

The way he describes it, it seems like he literally was in hell during the coma. It was a real nightmarish experience, according to his reports.

Raf.

[Strat]

....Rahkyt, it happened again


There's a podcast I listen to and in one of the latest episodes a man describes his experiences in a (accidental heroin induced) coma, it was fascinating. He said he had one really good friend that would visit him every day and say things like, "You're gonna make it, you're gonna get through this and make it." He heard this in his dream-like coma state.

What's interesting is how his brain translated it. He describes his dream like state where he's trying out for a hockey team. He's on the ice, and his buddy (the one sitting next to him) is right next to him also trying out for the team. He hears, "You're gonna make it" but his brain translates it as, "You're gonna make it on the team" rather than a, "You're going to survive" kinda thing. Really, really fascinating.

[BrianEn]

One of my dreams some nurses were holding me hostage cutting off body parts. They were trying to export money from me by using their medical expertise to amputate parts safely. That was the only one one I didn't feel safe in.

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....Rahkyt, it happened again


There's a podcast I listen to and in one of the latest episodes a man describes his experiences in a (accidental heroin induced) coma, it was fascinating. He said he had one really good friend that would visit him every day and say things like, "You're gonna make it, you're gonna get through this and make it." He heard this in his dream-like coma state.

What's interesting is how his brain translated it. He describes his dream like state where he's trying out for a hockey team. He's on the ice, and his buddy (the one sitting next to him) is right next to him also trying out for the team. He hears, "You're gonna make it" but his brain translates it as, "You're gonna make it on the team" rather than a, "You're going to survive" kinda thing. Really, really fascinating.

I think a lot of that was going on. I'd be in a room somewhere and a friend of mine would show up and we'd talk. I don't remember about what though. Most of these were short and had no ending.

[Kindling]

Haven't really gotten to the writing. Procastination is making you wait.

Looking forward to you getting to that writing! The process might just bring back more memories. I'm hoping it will include your entire story. The whole experience and the transformation it caused in your life is so inspiring.

Edit to add: OMG to the losing body parts dream!!!:scared:

[BrianEn]

Not that inspiring. Inspiring enough I suppose. The people around me who knew how I was before are quite astounded by the changes I've made. It's definitly something I wouldn't have changed all by my own power. I'm not trying to keep score just follow the path.

[BrianEn]

Here's a quick non-sensible one.

Charlie Sheen and I were looking for the wildest woman on the planet. We found her. After I woke from my long night I saw one of my nurses. She was the wildest woman in the world. I shook my head on that. Weird though how I knew what she looked like. Yet she wasn't wild just a damn fine nurse. She brought me a crosswords and a little stuffed bear with a santa hat. I still have that bear.

[mahalall]

Hi BrianEn,

chuckling-nurses can be the wildest and finest at the same time

If i may contribute to clarify.
In addition to your sedation you would have received analgesia in the form of the opioid fentanyl. It has many different trade names but is essentially 50-100 times more potent than morphine. It can have quite an effect on ones dream scape(plus generalised sleep deprivation)
Best practise is to keep both sedation and analgesia within a therapeutic window, so as not to develop unnecessary side effects-(beyond that of unusually dreams). The lower the sedation the more conscious you are of your environment (and the chitter-chatter of the nurse-team). Within your induced coma you would have had varying vascular lines put in and replaced and may well have had more invasive procedures. Seems like your consciousness was interpreting these procedures as torture-cutting of limbs-maybe a little more sedation or more sensitivity in approach could have averted this.
When you were awoken and put back to sleep (sedation hold) this would have allowed the team to assess your neurological function and or appropriateness to extubate.
As for pulling out lines and general restlessness on waking-that's to be expected considering the time you were under for. Often that fight or flight response kicks in. Reads like you were in the hands of a good nurse to ride it out so well.
Good luck with the ongoing rehab

[BrianEn]

Hi BrianEn,

chuckling-nurses can be the wildest and finest at the same time

If i may contribute to clarify.
In addition to your sedation you would have received analgesia in the form of the opioid fentanyl. It has many different trade names but is essentially 50-100 times more potent than morphine. It can have quite an effect on ones dream scape(plus generalised sleep deprivation)
Best practise is to keep both sedation and analgesia within a therapeutic window, so as not to develop unnecessary side effects-(beyond that of unusually dreams). The lower the sedation the more conscious you are of your environment (and the chitter-chatter of the nurse-team). Within your induced coma you would have had varying vascular lines put in and replaced and may well have had more invasive procedures. Seems like your consciousness was interpreting these procedures as torture-cutting of limbs-maybe a little more sedation or more sensitivity in approach could have averted this.
When you were awoken and put back to sleep (sedation hold) this would have allowed the team to assess your neurological function and or appropriateness to extubate.
As for pulling out lines and general restlessness on waking-that's to be expected considering the time you were under for. Often that fight or flight response kicks in. Reads like you were in the hands of a good nurse to ride it out so well.
Good luck with the ongoing rehab


Yah, the icu staff where I was was incredible. The nurses lived up to the "Care beyond compare" hospital motto. I was told about the side effects. Little about the treatment because I didn't want to know all they did to me. The rehab has worked well. I can do short flights of stairs now. I haven't had to more more than short flights. I don't smoke and watch my diet like crazy.

[Nanoo Nanoo]

i sometimes have dreams of nurses but i cannot repeat them here . . .

so whatr happened to induce the coma ? ( forgive me if its been c0overed )

N

[BrianEn]

I had some heart attacks. I'm getting better though.

[BrianEn]

Hi BrianEn,

chuckling-nurses can be the wildest and finest at the same time

If i may contribute to clarify.
In addition to your sedation you would have received analgesia in the form of the opioid fentanyl. It has many different trade names but is essentially 50-100 times more potent than morphine. It can have quite an effect on ones dream scape(plus generalised sleep deprivation)
Best practise is to keep both sedation and analgesia within a therapeutic window, so as not to develop unnecessary side effects-(beyond that of unusually dreams). The lower the sedation the more conscious you are of your environment (and the chitter-chatter of the nurse-team). Within your induced coma you would have had varying vascular lines put in and replaced and may well have had more invasive procedures. Seems like your consciousness was interpreting these procedures as torture-cutting of limbs-maybe a little more sedation or more sensitivity in approach could have averted this.
When you were awoken and put back to sleep (sedation hold) this would have allowed the team to assess your neurological function and or appropriateness to extubate.
As for pulling out lines and general restlessness on waking-that's to be expected considering the time you were under for. Often that fight or flight response kicks in. Reads like you were in the hands of a good nurse to ride it out so well.
Good luck with the ongoing rehab


Thanks for that explanation. I knew medically there was an explanation. I had some really dreams though. It's weird though I knew what the ICU ward looked like. I did wake on a few occasions. Not that I remember. I could hear but don't remember that either.

[Lifebringer]

Speed healing for you to regain your memories "needed" to complete your mission in life, whatever it is. Perhaps this experience was one of them to tell others about, not just in the book. Injured pc you operate in safe mode, not taking in anything you cannot understand until the pc removes the foggy material and functions whole again.

[Lifebringer]

When I died, I was on the ceiling in the upper right corner, peering down at my body, and "it was like, oooo, you do float out the body!" when they zapped me with the peddles I was sucked back in. Not sucked exactly, more like a see yourself enter, and then your there, feeling the body's pain or relief after the procedure.

[BrianEn]

When I died, I was on the ceiling in the upper right corner, peering down at my body, and "it was like, oooo, you do float out the body!" when they zapped me with the peddles I was sucked back in. Not sucked exactly, more like a see yourself enter, and then your there, feeling the body's pain or relief after the procedure.

I have no memory of my dying. I have an inkling I may have been out of my body before that happened due to the amount of pain that I was told I was in.