Posted by Thrud on June 5, 2001, at 6:35:56
In reply to trazodone, REM sleep, etc. » Thrud, posted by Elizabeth on June 4, 2001, at 23:28:09
>I have REM sleep behaviour disorder (or a variant thereof), in which muscle tone is maintained during REM sleep (this is abnormal), so that I act out my dreams physically.
Steer clear of kickboxing dreams! ;)
> You don't have to, except for tap beer. I just posted something about this:
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> http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20010530/msgs/64979.htmlMaybe I would switch to bourbon, just to be safe...
> > In some ways I seem to have quite an atypical response to ADs. Dang.
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> Atypical how?
>Two areas specifically. The first is the vivid dreaming, so intense it can bust through the strongest of sedating ADs and are always associated with negative emotions (like your "anxiety dreams"?).
The second is sexual dysfunction. I get very significant problems even from those that aren't *supposed* to give you any problem. For someone who was probably hypersexual before I had to take medication, it has been a very bitter blow.
That is another reason I am not really interested in MAOIs: with the exception of selegiline they have a reputation for that side effect.
I'll have my impotence with beer rather than without, thanks. ;)Thrud
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