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Originally Posted by Elana05
Has anyone else had these?
I have been taking 900 mg St. John's Wort for over a year now and I'm not sure if this has anything to do with it. Anecdotally I have heard other people describe vibrant dreams while taking the herb.
I can't stop repeating the same 2 lines of a song I heard during the day. Or I can't stop dwelling on the information I took in during the day, just kind of repeating it over and over in my head like a broken record.
On top of that I have anxiety during the night as well as very active dreams. Not bad, just unceasing. I can't remember the last dreamless sleep I had.
I used to sleep very peacefully but my nights have been so unsound that I don't even feel like going to sleep.
I have been going over a lot of hard stuff in therapy lately and just started an AlAnon group so I was wondering if it's all like "psychological fallout."
Maybe I should try meditation. I've been pretty bad at it in the past, though I could try again.
I have tried a low dose of trazadone and it made it worse (almost passed out upon standing) so I'm so hesitant to try meds. But maybe a different one is the way to go.
Just wanna sleep soundly.  |
Hi,
What do you expect from your dreams? Dreams are dreamt to respond to external and internal influences in the sleep. Dreams are dreamt to solve problems that happen in sleep. If you are taking St Jonsworth, it may be doind something that needs a dream to divert your attention away from it.
In my experience repetitive dreams like yours happened to me when I had bad colds and taken medicines with a strong scent. In sleep a strong and unusal scent usually causes a very strange dream. I had dreams with monotonous music playing with just two notes repeating over and over.
However, withdrawal from a medicine or a drug also requires strange dreams to divert one from the craving.
You should regard your dreams as your nocturnal helpers, even your "guardian angels-in-sleep!