My mother was very ill this past week and given liquid morphine for pain. She started having scary dreams like she was covered by a black blanket and surrounded by dirt. After a day of this we stopped the morphine. Now after five days of not taking this drug she is having bad dreams again. This time she is surrounded by all kinds of animals and when she wakes up they are gone. Shouldn't the drug be out of her system by now? Other than removing the morphine, her medications are the same.
My mom couldn’t handle strong drugs. She had episodes of hallucination while in an ICU visit one time and then again right before she died. She never wanted to take anything strong because she knew she would have bad dreams.
I hope your mom is feeling better. You might want to mention this to her doctor. The doctor will have it in her chart regarding her reaction for future reference. I hope she has sweet dreams tonight.