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Posted by noa on May 24, 2003, at 22:27:54
I'm asking this on behalf of a friend of mine. She takes paxil, which works for her depression and anxiety. But she has intense, vivid, and scary nightmares all the time. She is particularly aware of the dreams in the early morning, ie, just before getting up.
She doses the paxil in the morning.
My own experience with ADs is that my dreams are very vivid, but with out the emotional intensity--they are never really scary or anything.
I don't know if her nightmares are SSRI dreams (vivid) or related to the paxil wearing off by morning?
I told her to ask her pdoc about periactin, which I know was used to treat vets with PTSD who had nightmares.
Any other suggestions?
Thanks.
Posted by slinky on May 25, 2003, at 18:30:29
In reply to Paxil Nightmares, posted by noa on May 24, 2003, at 22:27:54
> I'm asking this on behalf of a friend of mine. She takes paxil, which works for her depression and anxiety. But she has intense, vivid, and scary nightmares all the time. She is particularly aware of the dreams in the early morning, ie, just before getting up.
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> She doses the paxil in the morning.
>
> My own experience with ADs is that my dreams are very vivid, but with out the emotional intensity--they are never really scary or anything.
>
> I don't know if her nightmares are SSRI dreams (vivid) or related to the paxil wearing off by morning?
>
> I told her to ask her pdoc about periactin, which I know was used to treat vets with PTSD who had nightmares.
>
> Any other suggestions?Hi Noa
I get scary dreams on effexor..when I took small dose zyprexa ( think 2mg at night) it wasn't so bad-slept much deeper...
Hope this helps somewhat..everyone's different.
Posted by Meghan on August 21, 2003, at 11:18:08
In reply to Re: Paxil Nightmares » noa, posted by slinky on May 25, 2003, at 18:30:29
I am currently taking 40 miligrams of paxil every night before going to bed. I have the most terrifying, emotional, devistating, epic nightmares. It is quite distressing for me. It causes me to scream and punch and kick in my sleep. (So I have been told.) It is also quite dificult to be stirred awake from sleep in the morning. It is very frightening for me. :-(
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