Posted by sukarno on April 18, 2005, at 2:09:34
In reply to Re: Many things! » sukarno, posted by ed_uk on April 17, 2005, at 18:23:56
Well, last night I was feeling just great. :-) Went to bed feeling fine and relaxed, then had the most intense dream of my life and woke up in a cold sweat and panicked. My wife really thought I was about to lose my mind.. her opinion of these drugs just keeps getting lower. The word "Stablon" already makes her cringe.
What is interesting is that I actually had a panic attack (hyperventilation attack actually) inside the dream.
I was quite shaken up by it and thought I would end up in a psychiatric hospital, but 5 hours later the trauma of the dream wore off.
I read that nightmares are a common side effect of Stablon. Perhaps I should switch to Survector. Does it cause nightmares too?
Seems like most antidepressants cause dream abnormalities. Maybe they interfere with REM sleep or increase the amount of time spent in REM sleep?
"Nortriptyline is predominantly a norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor, it has little effect on serotonin reuptake."
Ahh...no wonder I felt so motivated on nortriptyline! :-) I've been told that serotonin is not the key, but rather, norepinephrine when it comes to increasing ambition and drive/motivation.
I'm afraid to try it now though because of my reaction to Effexor (venlafaxine). Did Effexor raise my blood pressure because of its norepinephrine reputake inhibition or because of some other mechanism? I wonder if nortriptyline would do the same thing since it acts on NE.
I hope that Survector won't cause horrible dreams. Well, my dream wasn't horrible, but just too intense and I felt very shaken up by it.
Prior to being on drugs of any sort, I had a lot of panic attacks, but strangely enough, my dreams were just fine and I didn't have severe problems with depression or agoraphobia.
It could just be coincidence. Perhaps the panic disorder would have worsened in the future anyway. It did worsen after significant life events (marriage, divorce, moving to another city, etc).
Ed, are you sure you are not a doctor? lol.. you really know what you are talking about. Come on over to Dr. Shipko's website if you haven't already been there.Panic Disorders Institute
http://www.algy.com/pdi/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi
Take care!
Paul :-)
poster:sukarno
thread:474445
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20050413/msgs/485743.html