Upgraded Laravel 5.1 to 5.2, CSRF and Sessions not persisting on request

So I decided to upgrade from Laravel 5.1 to 5.2 and in the process my user authentication has broken. I use database sessions and I upgraded them as per the instructions from Laravel. (See "Sessions" section) and it is saving to the DB. However when I try and login it resets my CSRF and erases my session. In fact I have noticed that every time any request happens (even ajax) it will update with a new session. Attempting to login creates 5 sessions for me and does not log me in, any ideas?

via Chebli Mohamed