I sometimes get these too. Are you sure they're actually 5-10 minutes after falling asleep, or does it just seem like it? These often are my first dreams of the night, and upon waking I find that about 2 hours have actually passed. Even though REM is the last part of your sleep cycle, it's usually the only part you remember, so you might have a memory lapse making it seem like falling asleep and your dream are adjacent memories when there's a huge lapse in time, in reality.
This is from my own experience, and I hardly mean to discredit what you're experiencing--it's possible to dream in other sleep stages as well, which would also explain the different state of mind. Also, my brother used to have night terrors--he would literally scream and shout and romp around the houses, remembering nothing, so I don't think you're experiencing those, at least
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