Posted by linkadge on August 23, 2007, at 21:58:34
In reply to Re: WHY NOT START W/ MAOI? + NARDIL SIDE EFFECTS . » girlnterrupted78, posted by FredPotter on August 23, 2007, at 15:29:23
>In that awful book "Human Givens" they say REM >is an anxious mind with the eyes looking around >for danger. This is bs in my opinion. Have you >ever seen anyone's eyes twitch in that mad >fashion when they are in danger? Not at all
Was he speaking completely literally? I know I have heard from a few other sources, that during REM sleep, there is some kind of emotional processing going on, processing of fear, emotion, danger etc.
When I discontiuned a heavy REM supressor (in my case clomipramine) I had terrable REM rebound which was accompanied by panic. I would wake up in a panic and the content always had to do with events of the day that frigtened me or caused me anxiety. Ie tests, deadlines, fear of future, fear of falling behind, etc.
The eyes moving around rapidly is indicitive of the emotional content of the memory. Have you ever noticed that when somebody asks you a question you always look up to the left or to the right? There is some eye link with memory retrieval. When the eyes are moving back and forth like is showing that the brain is acessing memory.
REM rebound can sometimes cause psychosis. Abrupt MAOI withdrawl can sometimes cause psychosis, as the REM rebound happens too quickly, information overload.When an AD cuts out REM sleep it is cutting out that stage of processing emotionally pertainant information. So, the stressfull events of the day just don't sink in, and you don't get depressed.
(thats at least how it was explained to me).
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