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Posted by Nibor on July 29, 2000, at 16:19:41
This started off as a response to JudithC about stopping meds and dreams, but it seemed to spin off into an entirely different subject area.
I'm new here so I'm not sure.I take paxil and synthroid--and don't want to stop the paxil until there is something the docs tell me is "safer" or doesn't have the few side effects I experience. I think of the paxil in the same way as the synthroid: I could live without them, but I wouldn't have as much fun.
Funny about the dream thing, though. I never used to remember my dreams, but since taking paxil, I have these action dreams--I'm running after buses to rescue someone, or fighting off the bad guys who are beating up a friend. And I move around and shout out in my sleep, sometimes waking myself, often waking my husband. Last month I flung myself out of bed, thinking I was doing a sideways flip from one room to another to make a rescue. You should know this is hysterically funny because I am 57 years old, under 5 feet tall and almost that wide.
But I actually enjoy these dreams. I have all kinds of adventures I would never have come close to having. Has this kind of thing happened to anyone else?
Nibor
Posted by Cam W. on July 30, 2000, at 1:15:37
In reply to Action Hero Dreams, posted by Nibor on July 29, 2000, at 16:19:41
Nibor - Your post reminded me that when I had a trial of Paxil, I had the same sort of dreams. I hadn't thought about these since then. I used to fight terrorists in recurring (almost sequential) dreams. It was bizarre; I always managed to convince the leader that everything that I did to them was the other person's fault. I don't remember actually killing any of the terrorists, just getting in their face when they were trying to attempt a mission. Very strange.
I wonder if others have had these dreams as well. Vivid dreams are a side effect of the SSRIs, but I have never seen any reports on the topics of these dreams. - Cam
Posted by paul on July 30, 2000, at 1:36:05
In reply to Action Hero Dreams, posted by Nibor on July 29, 2000, at 16:19:41
since taking seroquel my recall of my trademark wacky dreams is back. last night it was of my alto saxophone being all damaged and rusty because i don't play her much anymore-generally the dreams are quite vivid and VERY welcome. DREAM ON!!! ps your post was hilarious!!
p(c(l))
Posted by Rach on July 30, 2000, at 8:34:32
In reply to Re: Action Hero Dreams, posted by paul on July 30, 2000, at 1:36:05
I have always had very vivid dreams that I remember, usually one or two a night. But since taking zoloft I have been having an abnormal amount of dreams - last night I think I had around 7 that I remember. They're also getting more violent, or are affecting me to a greater extent. Sometimes I wake up shaking, sweating and crying - in one I had recently I saw a little girl and an old man get hit by a bus, then my boyfriend rode away in the bus, then my sister and my dog were killed, and a crowd of people condemned me to death then threw me off a bridge.
Usually, though, they are just weird, and give me a good laugh in the morning!
Happy Dreaming, Super Nibor!
Rach
Posted by shar on July 30, 2000, at 11:29:53
In reply to Re: Action Hero Dreams, posted by Rach on July 30, 2000, at 8:34:32
Nibor,
I haven't had dreams like yours, but I wish I would!
I really got a kick out of your post. Are you wearing a special outfit when you are performing your amazing deeds?
Us middle of the age women need heroic role models, and you are a great one! Faster than a speeding bullet, able to side flip from one room to another, protector of the innocent.....
Shar
Posted by Nibor on July 30, 2000, at 13:27:21
In reply to The amazing Nibor...., posted by shar on July 30, 2000, at 11:29:53
> Nibor,
>
> I haven't had dreams like yours, but I wish I
would!
>
> I really got a kick out of your post. Are you wearing a special outfit when you are performing your amazing deeds?
>
> Us middle of the age women need heroic role
models, and you are a great one! Faster than a speeding bullet, able to side flip from one room to another, protector of the innocent.....
>
> Shar
I sat here laughing at the idea of my being a role model. Actually, in the dreams I dress and look very much the way I really do. But the black and blue marks I got on MY back and shoulder lasted for several weeks. Dream Nibor got not a scratch.
It might be fun to do a cartoon strip--if I could only draw. There could be a P for Paxil on my shirt--or do I want to give so much credit to the paxil? Could something else have done as much to
bring me back to my old self? Don't really know.
What I do know is that about ten years ago, I slipped in to a depression that was always there
but under the surface. We think it came about partly from living with and loving a long-time sufferer. Long story, some of it on the website. In any case we have it under control now. And I'm back to my normal self, if that can be called "normal." And the dreams are so real. Something that happens in a lot of them is that I have the ability to glide along a few inches about the ground--like a moving sidewalk, but it's on the air. Whenever
bad guy tries to get me, I can shoot up out of his reach. Not that big of a deal like bending steel in my bare hands, but pretty amazing nonetheless--yet because it's so everyday in a way and happens so often, it seems like it actually happens. And I get
disappointed when it doesn't work for the real me.
(Now I have to go find my Roy Orbison--can't seem to get that great song out of my head.)
Nibor
Posted by ksvt on July 30, 2000, at 21:53:19
In reply to Re: The amazing Nibor....In Dreams » shar, posted by Nibor on July 30, 2000, at 13:27:21
> > Nibor,
> >
> > I haven't had dreams like yours, but I wish I
> would!
> >
> > I really got a kick out of your post. Are you wearing a special outfit when you are performing your amazing deeds?
> >
> > Us middle of the age women need heroic role
> models, and you are a great one! Faster than a speeding bullet, able to side flip from one room to another, protector of the innocent.....
> >
> > Shar
>
>
> I sat here laughing at the idea of my being a role model. Actually, in the dreams I dress and look very much the way I really do. But the black and blue marks I got on MY back and shoulder lasted for several weeks. Dream Nibor got not a scratch.
> It might be fun to do a cartoon strip--if I could only draw. There could be a P for Paxil on my shirt--or do I want to give so much credit to the paxil? Could something else have done as much to
> bring me back to my old self? Don't really know.
> What I do know is that about ten years ago, I slipped in to a depression that was always there
> but under the surface. We think it came about partly from living with and loving a long-time sufferer. Long story, some of it on the website. In any case we have it under control now. And I'm back to my normal self, if that can be called "normal." And the dreams are so real. Something that happens in a lot of them is that I have the ability to glide along a few inches about the ground--like a moving sidewalk, but it's on the air. Whenever
> bad guy tries to get me, I can shoot up out of his reach. Not that big of a deal like bending steel in my bare hands, but pretty amazing nonetheless--yet because it's so everyday in a way and happens so often, it seems like it actually happens. And I get
> disappointed when it doesn't work for the real me.
> (Now I have to go find my Roy Orbison--can't seem to get that great song out of my head.)
> Nibor
>Nibor - I, too, got a real kick out of the story of your dream. I so very rarely remember anything that I dream, and thus am a little jealous. It would be nice to feel like I was someone different. You are Super Nibor!
Posted by shar on August 1, 2000, at 23:57:05
In reply to Re: The amazing Nibor....In Dreams, posted by ksvt on July 30, 2000, at 21:53:19
As I've said in some posts, I sweat tons on meds. So, I use a lot of cologne, well it's not really cologne, more like "after shower moisturizer" or something. But I especially spray my neck in front and back, and inner elbows, and use a hand cream with the same scent.
The scent is vanilla, just very plain, not too sweet. It isn't strong enough to really get unless I'm pretty close to someone.
Well one night after group therapy, M. gave me a hug and said, Mmmm, you smell vanilla-y, that's nice, or something like that.
So that night, I dreamed (and I rarely ever remember dreams) that I was in a place like the Roman Coliseum, but it was very clean, light, and everyone was dressed in white clothes, loose skirt and top, or loose top and pants. Everyone was very calm, content, serene. People were strolling around, chatting, and there were multiple rooms to go into, or one could stay in the "courtyard" or big open space.
We were underground but the stairs to the surface were right there, so were not locked up.
Anyhow, I said to a woman beside me, the vanilla smells very nice. and she said, "Yes, doesn't it. We spray all of the mutants with vanilla so they can be identified."
And I thought, what a good unobtrusive way to identify mutants. It wasn't negative, but you could definitely tell. And, of course, I was wearing vanilla too. It didn't upset me a lot, but I was a bit confused.
So, apparently, I am a Vanilla Mutant, perhaps the first to publicize it!
LOL 8-)
Shar
Posted by CarolAnn on August 2, 2000, at 7:30:40
In reply to My Vanilla Mutant Dream--Nibor, posted by shar on August 1, 2000, at 23:57:05
Shar, I know you didn't post the dream to me, but I couldn't resist the subject line! Sounds like some kind of 'sub-conscious' message to me ;^)
I can definitly relate to the idea of feeling like a "mutant", though it's more common for me to use the word 'alien'. Carol Ann
Posted by CarolAnn on August 2, 2000, at 7:34:53
In reply to My Vanilla Mutant Dream--Nibor, posted by shar on August 1, 2000, at 23:57:05
P.S. The whole dream sounds like some kind of 70's science fiction movie (ala Logan's Run)! !^)
CA
Posted by Nibor on August 2, 2000, at 16:12:20
In reply to My Vanilla Mutant Dream--Nibor, posted by shar on August 1, 2000, at 23:57:05
>
> So, apparently, I am a Vanilla Mutant, perhaps the first to publicize it!
>
> LOL 8-)
>
> SharGreat Dream, Shar, and what a great smell. And from all my science fiction reading, I think being a mutant is a good thing. Mutants are the ones who develop better skills or body parts to adapt to changing needs.
Wow. An idea. Maybe depression is a step in a change in mankind's brain that will eventually result in a so-far unused part of the brain being developed--but until the process is complete, there have to be some growing pains.
I guess I better stop or you'll realize how bizarre my thinking can get. But I have so much fun with my weird thoughts--and it's easier to tell them to people who can't throw something at me.
Happy Dreaming, You All...
Nibor
Posted by shar on August 2, 2000, at 18:35:38
In reply to Re: My Vanilla Mutant Dream-- P.S., posted by CarolAnn on August 2, 2000, at 7:34:53
CA-
When I was writing the description of the place I tried to think of the name of Logan's Run and I think there was one more show like it. But, brain wouldn't get me there. It was exactly like the place in LR except friendlier.
S
> P.S. The whole dream sounds like some kind of 70's science fiction movie (ala Logan's Run)! !^)
> CA
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