Posted by geekUK on May 20, 2001, at 8:33:46
In reply to Re: Anti-depressant medications and nightmares, posted by Glenn Fagelson on May 18, 2001, at 21:21:35
May have something to do with Noradrenaline as prozac gave me no dreams (usual) but effexor which works on seratonin and NA gave me some scary dreams. I put this down to the NA. The following is my reasoning, so take it wiht a pinch of salt. NA activity in an area of the brain known as the 'Locus coeruleus' stops totaly during REM sleep. The NA increase by the drugs messes with this silence of this area causing the problem.
So if any of your meds work on noradrenaline (norepinephrene) and you beleive the rational then this might be the problem.
Good luck tracking it down,
M
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