Posted by elanor roosevelt on October 20, 2008, at 22:40:42
In reply to Re: Does anyone have cronic nightmares? » raisinb, posted by cactus on October 17, 2008, at 20:14:22
the queen of nightmares here
ever since i was a small child when i also talked and walked in my sleep
as i got older the nightmares were more frequent
often abstract terror and sometimes that spooky sh*t of being attacked-- just torn at by some beingalso went through stages during which i would go back to sleep and return to the nightmare that woke me up
three things i learned that may or may not fit into your belief system1)a small pillow of rosemary near your face helps
2) look at your hand(is it real or in your mind's eye can't tell you)concentrate on looking at your hand and you can then then control your dream (including exiting)
3) a very good therapist told me that my nightmares would stop when I started to deal with my fears in my waking hours
as far as meds go
remeron gave me very structured quest-like dreams
i failed at every quest and woke up crankymost meds steal my dreams away and i do not like that as i consider dreams of great importance
recently tapered off effexor and had fabulous nightmares--so interesting that they were worth the fear
at this point in my life i would suggest keeping a rosemary pillow and taking xanax
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