Posted by cecilia on March 12, 2006, at 1:33:09
In reply to Re: Meds to stop dreaming, posted by rjlockhart on March 11, 2006, at 22:32:26
Unfortunately, Ambien or temazepam help me (sometimes) get to sleep but don't stop the dreaming. I wouldn't even bother asking my doctor for barbituates-I can't imagine most doctors willing to prescribe them to a non-hospitalized, depressed patient. ( I can't blame them, they need to cover their assets). I can't remember whether I dreamed more or less on moclobemide, but I vividly remember the horrible way it made me grind my teeth at night, I kept trying unsuccessfully to find a mouth guard I could stand to wear, and the grinding kept up for a long time after I'd stopped the moclomebide. I've taken buspirone in hopes of "augmenting" various AD's without any real effects, perhaps it's something to consider trying on its own after I fail Emsam. (I know, I know, I should think positive). I take clonazepam, but I'm not sure what it does, if anything, it does nothing for insomnia, that's for sure, and I still dream constantly. The problem with a sleep study is, I can't imagine any possibility that I'd be able to sleep during it, and I don't want to waste a lot of money to be told I'm anxious and depressed, unfortunately, I know that already. Anyone who's had a sleep study, if you don't sleep, do you they just have you keep coming back night after night until you do? That could get very expensive very fast. I assume they wouldn't let you take sleep meds, since the point is to get a baseline without them. Xanax helps when I wake up with a nightmare, but usually when I'm not trying some insomnia inducing AD I just stay in this deep sleep with dreams that are unpleasant but not true nightmares and that never seem to end. It's very frustrating. Cecilia
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