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drunkitty

Strange Dreams

Jul 05, 2011 12:32

I've been having really weird dreams lately. For the most part I don't get more than a couple of hours of good sleep a night (induced by muscle relaxers). Pretty much every night I wake up between 2 and 2:30am and from them on I'm in and out of sleep (if you can call it that), it's the kind of sleep where you sleep for a few minutes having a ( Read more... )

strange dreams

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psychomom1974 July 5 2011, 17:58:58 UTC

I hate that we missed you! Next time you cme into town, let me know and we can get together for lunch or supper!

drunkitty July 5 2011, 22:27:12 UTC

It was so totally spur of the moment. I didn't even think about getting hold of you. :(

thatjen July 5 2011, 20:18:42 UTC

The only time I had dreams like that was when I was taking melatonin to try to get on a regular sleep schedule. It was horrible so I went off it:( I wonder if it's one of the medications that's causing it?

drunkitty July 5 2011, 22:26:34 UTC

Hmm... interesting. I have been taking melatonin for the last month or so.

drunkitty July 5 2011, 22:35:05 UTC

I just did a quick search and it does appear that "vivid dreams" or nightmares are pretty common with melatonin. Since it doesn't seem to be helping me sleep, either, another reason to just stop taking it.

thatjen July 6 2011, 03:57:44 UTC

Hopefully that will fix that problem! It didn't do anything sleep-wise for me either. There's also Valerian (an herb), but I don't know if it works or not, or if it has side effects. I bought it for my boyfriend because he always wakes up after a few hours, but he stopped taking it after a few days because he was lazy, and I haven't tried it.