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Posted by jscottb on December 6, 2001, at 15:18:02
I have been taking the sleep medication, Trazedone for a few months now and have had some truly bizarre dreams, or nightmares. For example, last night I dreamt that my mother, sister, & me were on some type of "pontoon" cruise ship and my mother, having to relieve herself, jumped from the deck into alligator infested waters. She never resurfaced and we later found out that that she had been eaten by a humongous alligator. Of course, it was awful. I just want to know if Trazedone, or any other medications, seem to cause terrible dreams. I will mention that I rarely, if ever, have such dreams and I have such dreams with frequency while on this medication.
Posted by Bob on December 6, 2001, at 15:46:44
In reply to Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by jscottb on December 6, 2001, at 15:18:02
I don't think dreams like that are all that uncommon on some meds. I have experienced them also. They are always quite horrific, and gory. They involved things like you have mentioned, with death, dismemberment, etc... A horror screenplay writer's inspiration. They are not only gory, but extremely bizarre. Sometimes I wake up from them with slight panic.
Posted by Willow on December 6, 2001, at 17:57:23
In reply to Re: Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by Bob on December 6, 2001, at 15:46:44
A doctor had put me on this medication, I was on it for a year. It made my sleep worse. I would wake up choking, probably from dry mouth. If I'm correct I didn't dream at all or much on it, which is different for me because I usually recall my dreams.
Now effexor has been a different story. At first I had really bizarre dreams. One being my husband telling me to cut off his arms to sell for money. I didn't want to do it but he insisted. I asked how will you scratch yourself. Then he had me cut the hand off the arm and attach the hand to his shoulder. See now I can scratch he said.
There have been others which were bizarre, but now the dreams are becoming more realistic yet still disturbing. I think this is worse. Spent my last hour at the psych complaining about this.
Whispering Willow
Posted by bob on December 6, 2001, at 23:31:02
In reply to Re: Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by Willow on December 6, 2001, at 17:57:23
I wonder what the heck it is about certain psychactive drugs (I think it's ones with significant SSRI properties) that causes us not only to dream, but to dream about macabre, bizarre themes involving loved ones????!!!!!
Posted by jazzdog on December 6, 2001, at 23:43:57
In reply to Re: Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by bob on December 6, 2001, at 23:31:02
> I wonder what the heck it is about certain psychactive drugs (I think it's ones with significant SSRI properties) that causes us not only to dream, but to dream about macabre, bizarre themes involving loved ones????!!!!!
I believe it has to do with ssri's reducing rem sleep, so that the rem sleep we do have is condensed. We try to get all our dreaming into a shorter period of dreamtime, so the dreams become more intense. At least, that's what I've heard.
- Jane
Posted by bob on December 7, 2001, at 0:04:50
In reply to Re: Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by jazzdog on December 6, 2001, at 23:43:57
> > I wonder what the heck it is about certain psychactive drugs (I think it's ones with significant SSRI properties) that causes us not only to dream, but to dream about macabre, bizarre themes involving loved ones????!!!!!
>
> I believe it has to do with ssri's reducing rem sleep, so that the rem sleep we do have is condensed. We try to get all our dreaming into a shorter period of dreamtime, so the dreams become more intense. At least, that's what I've heard.
>
> - JaneWell... "intense" is certainly one way to describe it.
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