Just over 3 months sober and still having VERY vivid, lucid nightmares! I've been put on medication for them (not working)... I'm exhausted from them. Anyone else dealing with this??
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try to work through the nightmares with journaling and talking about them,, may be hard to do I understand, but could be a root to the reoccurring dreams. 
hopefully this could help.
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Something that helps me is listening to scripture. Or if not ur thing something positive with rain and thunder throughout the night
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Thanks for the tips, I'll give all of it a try. They're so upsetting at this point I'm terrified to fall asleep. I only end up getting about 3, sometimes 4 hours of sleep 😮💨
Hi Shay, I took Prazosin and it helped with the night terrors but not bad dreams - since I went off the med, they have come back - all the suggestions are good ones - I believe there is still trauma I haven’t reconciled
Shay, ive had them my whole life. I wish I could say sober helps but ive dealt with em WAY before ever drinking a drop of alcohol. I can say staying sober does help decipher them sometimes and it definitely removes some of there power. Stay strong and if possible, (not sure if really advice) try doing or watching or listening to something that gives you GREAT happiness and laughter b4 going to sleep. Occasionally it helps me.
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Hi Shay. I sometimes turn to Bedtime Stories for Adults on YouTube. There’s quite a big selection. That may help. Good luck! 
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Nightmares in early sobriety can feel really overwhelming. I remember having them. Honestly, the brain’s still rewiring and a lot of stuff can surface. It will take time but they will subside. Have you ever tried somatic therapy? I still do it today. After one session I feel like I’ve slept for 8 hours. Before bed if I’m in overthinking mode I’ll do it to wind down. I also needed to put my phone down which was a big challenge. Take it day by day, it gets better.
Proud of you for sticking with it. Hang in there.
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That sounds rough. You'll get there, stick with it
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That's the medication I'm on, it's not helping... going to titrate up another 2 mg tonight. My nightmares are always related to trauma as well. It's tough to relive every night 😮💨... have you looked into ketamine therapy for PTSD? It's quite a miracle, I'm thinking that's my next step.
I LOVE small somatic exercises as well as somatic yoga...I was just telling my mom about it. I was arrested 5 years ago (DUI), spent 2 years in the court system due to COVID, spent 48 days in jail (first TWO weeks in solitary...no books, no pillow, no way to journal, not one second of sun, only 30 minutes out of the cell to walk around indoors... for "quarantine") It almost broke me. That's always what my nightmares are related to. I feel like I go back to jail every night 😮💨. Thanks for all of the support!
I take Prazosin for night terrors and it works really good for me.
I've been on 6 mg of it for awhile.... doesn't work for me 
All i can say is that they will lessen dramatically. And you seem to be doing the things. Somatic work and sobriety. Trying different methods. Theres no one fix all. In my experience with all the things together i now can have a dream from the past and see whats different in them now. And what emotions did i feel that could maybe be lingering in my being. Then i take those into my somatic work. In my prayers, in my sweat lodges. Whatever comes up. I love it and thank it. And dig deeper.
Hope something i shared helps. And you find your way. 🫶🏻
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Nightmares totally suck! I’ve dealt with them often, and they are no fun. It’s taken in a lot of prayer ,meditation and other things to learn how to control them. I didn’t use meds, I’m on enough meds and being an addict, I didn’t wanna go to the ketamine route. It does get better! Stay with it it’s, totally worth it!!!!