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Posted by Slum Goddess on November 7, 2002, at 2:39:23
I've had quite different experiences than the frightening dreams--I was prescribed Effexxor on top of the Trazedone. I never dreamt at all when only on Trazedone. But starting from the first night of the Effexxor, I had these very detailed and colorful dreams in which I found myself almost 'living' other people's roles.
At that point in my life, I was suicidally depressed. The Effexxor, in a way, gave me a reason for living--I couldn't wait to go to bed every night because (although it sounds stupid) it was like another world waiting for me when I closed my eyes.
Now I have a looseleaf notebook that's about three inches thick, all full of my dreams. I'd wake up after each one and write it down. And it didn't bother me that I'd wake up--it wasn't like that. They read like a book of adventure stories, really. There were so many times that I found myself in the past, as a ship's captain, as an English girl in the 19th century, as a spy (great shades of James Bond)--you get the idea.
I imagine it wasn't too mentally healthy to devote so much time thinking about why this was happening, but I did--I really wanted to figure it out but my doctor didn't have any answers. He was very, very surprised when I told him what was going on in my head, every night, but he could see that it was obvious I wasn't as depressed as I'd been.
I hope this helps someone--there really should be much more research done on medications that cause such a different effect in people.
Posted by Mr Cushing on November 7, 2002, at 7:59:13
In reply to Re: Trazedone bizarre dreams, posted by Slum Goddess on November 7, 2002, at 2:39:23
Well, the dream thing is VERY common as I've experienced pretty much the same thing on many of the different meds that I was taking. With Effexor, for maybe the first 6 weeks that I was on it I was having very vivid dreams every night. It was like you were producing your own movie in your head while you slept.lol... imagine the kind of stories you would get if you could give some of the great authors/directors of our time some Effexor to try for a few weeks
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