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Re: trazodone, REM sleep, etc.

Posted by Thrud on June 6, 2001, at 23:43:17

In reply to Re: trazodone, REM sleep, etc. » Thrud, posted by Elizabeth on June 6, 2001, at 21:09:32

> Maybe. My "anxiety dreams" tend to have a fight-or-flight thing going on. How about your vivid dreams? What kind of emotions do you find associated with them?

Before my first episode of depression my dreams almost always had the same format. The "fight or flight" sequence followed by a happy ending, sort of like making it to the "promised land". After depression and antidepressants, the happy endings stopped and left only the anxiety ridden parts. They also became generally more bizarre. It is not an exaggeration to say I have not had a pleasant dream in over ten years.

>
> Which ADs caused sex problems for you that you didn't expect?

Serzone, Wellbutrin, Mianserin, Remeron, SAM-E, NADH, phosphatidylserine, Gingko, St Johns Wort, L-Tyrosine...probably more I can't remember. I've grown very tired of seeing studies where a given drug has sexual dysfunction rates at placebo, then when I try it I cop that problem. I know it is the drugs because if I go off them my functioning comes back fully. I'm still considering ECT to escape it, but it has a whole set of new problems of its own. Trazodone and Buspar are about my last realistic choices and given my past record I am not hopeful.
No wonder I like to compensate for that loss by gaining in beer. Ah, sweet amber bliss!.


> My impression has been that Nardil is much likelier to cause problems in that realm than Parnate is. FWIW.

I'll check out the literature on Parnate. If shows placebo levels of sexual dysfunction then I will seriously consider it.
Thanks for your help.

Thrud

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