Music Banter - Your Day

It's totally not even medicated sleep, it's actually a blood pressure med called Prazosin. They usually prescribe 1-6 mgs and it happens to function literally to keep the adrenaline from flooding your body when you're having nightmares. It's a take as needed kind of thing, and I've been stable for a while so haven't needed it, but it absolutely makes a difference.

OccultHawk

11-23-2020 10:36 AM

Glad it’s working out for you.

Lucem Ferre

11-23-2020 01:41 PM

I don't take nightmare meds and my nightmares got more vivid on meds. I specifically say every time I'm asked that I don't want meds to help with nightmares because I like horror movies. It only sucks when I wake up in a panic attack and headbutt or punch something. What if I was snuggling a puppy?

Lucem Ferre

11-23-2020 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by WWWP (Post 2145940)

The medication Luce is referring to is the same nightmare medicine that I am on - there is no psych med that is going to stop you dreaming altogether, the meds just help control the adrenal responses so that you are able to get quality sleep. With mental health the first things they [should] address is your sleep, your diet, and your exercise habits - because those areas are the most detrimental to cognitive function.

In the ward they said that dreaming a lot in general is a sign of bad sleep because you never get deep sleep you're just stuck in a rem cycle which is why nightmares are bad. They wake you before getting deep sleep.

The Batlord

11-23-2020 03:36 PM

Now you'll be able to play Wing Commander!

The Batlord

11-23-2020 04:12 PM

But it's a DOS game!

The Batlord

11-26-2020 06:00 PM

Did your dumbass go home for Thanksgiving?

OccultHawk

11-26-2020 07:10 PM

Quote: