An Investigation of the Manifest Dream Content Associated with Migraine Headaches: A Study of the Dreams That Precede Nocturnal Migraines

Heather-Greener, Gail Q.; Comstock, Dana; Joyce, Roby P.

doi:10.1159/000289078

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“…To elucidate this hypothesis, it would be very interesting to study persons with periodic pain, e.g., persons with migraine, and compare pain dream frequencies in pain-free intervals with pain dream frequencies during their attacks. Interestingly, the dreams before waking up with a migraine attack are characterized by more anger and aggressive interactions [31] compared to awakenings without migraine but pain dreams have never been studied in that population. It would also be very interesting to study the hypothesis that dreams can not only reflect pain experienced by the dreamer in his or her waking life but might also reflect situations in which the person has seen another person in pain in real-life or via media.…”

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Pain Dreams and Dream Emotions in Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Healthy Controls

Schredl¹,

Kälberer²,

Zacharowski³

et al. 2017

TOPAINJ

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Pain Dreams and Dream Emotions in Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Healthy Controls

Schredl¹,

Kälberer²,

Zacharowski³

et al. 2017

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“…For example, Vgontzas et al (35) reported that adults with migraine were more than four times as likely to report nightmares of childhood onset compared to those without migraine. Small clinical studies have suggested that dreams, especially those characterized by a strong negative effect, can sometimes predict attacks of migraine particularly those characterized by a strong negative effect (36, 37). …”

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Physical Comorbidity of Migraine and Other Headaches in US Adolescents

Lateef

Cui

Nelson

et al. 2012

The Journal of Pediatrics

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Background Evidence regarding associations of headache with other somatic conditions in children has been largely based on clinical samples. The objective of this study was to examine the pattern and extent to which other physical conditions are comorbid with migraine and other headaches among youth in a representative sample of the US population. Methods The National Comorbidity Survey-Adolescent Supplement (NCS-A) is a face-to-face survey of adolescents aged 13–18 years in the continental United States. Sufficient information to assess the International Headache Society criteria for Migraine with and without Aura over past 12 months was available in the diagnostic module. A caretaker/parental self-administered report (PSAQ) was used to assess a broad range of other physical conditions. The sample for these analyses included 6843 adolescents with systematic caretaker/parent reports. Results Individuals with any headaches reported higher rates of other neurologic conditions such as epilepsy (OR 2.02 [95% CI: 1.04–3.94]), persistent nightmares (OR 2.28 [95% CI: 1.34–3.87]), and motion sickness (OR 1.6 [95% CI: 1.07–2.4]), as well as abdominal complaints (OR 2.36[95%CI: 1.59–3.51]). Adolescents with migraine more often reported asthma (OR 2.22 [95% CI: 1.26–3.92]) or seasonal allergies (OR 1.66 [95%CI: 1.12–2.48]) compared to those with non-specific headache. Conclusions Adolescent migraine is associated with inflammatory conditions such as asthma and seasonal allergies, and with epilepsy, persistent nightmares and motion sickness. Findings suggest that comorbid medical conditions should be evaluated comprehensively in determining treatment options in youth with headache. Such comorbidity could also be an important source of clinical and etiologic heterogeneity in migraine.

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“…Single case studies [40] and a controlled group study [41] demonstrated a relationship between negatively toned dream content and migraine attacks upon awakening. This relationship might again be explained, though, by the daytime stressors that were elicited in these studies.…”

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Nightmares and oxygen desaturations: is sleep apnea related to heightened nightmare frequency?

Schredl

Schmitt²,

Hein

et al. 2006

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In the 19th century, several authors held the view that nightmares are caused by oxygen shortage. The present study was designed to study nightmare frequency in patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome and its relationship to respiratory parameters. A brief questionnaire was administered to 323 patients with sleep apnea syndrome before their first laboratory night. The reduction in nightmare frequency in the sleep apnea group was explained by the reduced dream recall frequency. Despite some illustrative examples of a correlation between oxygen desaturation and dream content, the respiratory parameters as measures of sleep apnea syndrome severity did not correlate substantially with nightmare frequency. Psychiatric comorbidity and an intake of psychotropic medication were associated with heightened nightmare frequency in this sample. It must be concluded that the oxygen hypothesis did not play a major role in explaining the occurrence of nightmares. As this might be partly explained by adaptation to the nightly desaturation periods, it will be fruitful to apply experimental procedures that interrupt airflow during (rapid eye movement) REM sleep for short periods in a systematic way without the knowledge of the sleeper and to then study their effects on dream content. Some patients reported a correlation between daytime stressors and nightmares, which is in line with modern etiological models of nightmares.

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An Investigation of the Manifest Dream Content Associated with Migraine Headaches: A Study of the Dreams That Precede Nocturnal Migraines

Cited by 27 publications

References 13 publications

Pain Dreams and Dream Emotions in Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Healthy Controls

Pain Dreams and Dream Emotions in Patients with Chronic Back Pain and Healthy Controls

Physical Comorbidity of Migraine and Other Headaches in US Adolescents

Nightmares and oxygen desaturations: is sleep apnea related to heightened nightmare frequency?

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