Posted by tina on July 10, 2001, at 11:27:09
In reply to Re: trazodone, REM sleep, etc., posted by chiaratara on July 9, 2001, at 13:43:08
trazodone had the opposite effect on me. It made me really really manic but that's just me. I seem to always have the opposite effect from these types of drugs(AD's)
> i didn't have sleep disturbances, but i didhave insomnia from Effexor. Trazadone was like a wonder drug for my sleep. i don't even dream. i slept solid as a rock. when i would get up, i would feel as though there must be some sort of imprint in my bed, because i slept so hard.
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> try trazadone. it is supposed to help with sleep architecture. good luck
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> > > 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?
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> > 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.
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> > > Which ADs caused sex problems for you that you didn't expect?
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> > 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!.
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> > > My impression has been that Nardil is much likelier to cause problems in that realm than Parnate is. FWIW.
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> > 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.
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> > Thrud
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> > Sorry, but what does this symbol mean?
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