Posted by stjames on September 11, 2000, at 4:36:03
In reply to Re: Drugs that suppress dreaming?, posted by Rick on September 11, 2000, at 3:00:10
> Nardil definitely killed my dreaming, and that was the one side effect I really welcomed! My dreams tend to be annoying. I can't recall for sure, but I DON'T think the MAOI-B inhibitor selegiline (which I took at low, no-food-restriction doses) had the same effect. I know nothing else has kept the dreams at bay, althogh I don't have as many truly troubling dreams now as I did pre-meds (I'm now taking Klonopin, Serzone, and Provigil).
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> However, I recall reading that Nardil does NOT suppress dreaming. Instead, it keeps you from remembering them. I don't recall the source for this information, so I can't vouch for it. But it would seem to make sense.
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> RickJames here....
Again, It is well reported that if you don't dream
you go psychotic. Any freshman pysco 101 book tells us this. Well documented.
Remembering dreams is, of course, what you are talking about.
That is a different issue. Some meds supress this. i have done
some training to be able to remember them. I find this info usefull.
Some meds do change the amount of time spent in REM sleep or mess with
sleep architecture. Sleep studies show that REM is what the body needs most
of all stages. In tests where REM in not allowed for a few nights, people will
fall asleep and go right to REM.
james
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