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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.  |
this seems to be a very old forum but i am going to post my own experience with st. john's wort (sjw) anyway.
i have severe fibromyalgia and have tried the gambit of ssris and snris used to keep the pain under control. i have no underlying psychiatric diagnoses.
when i started to use savella i developed horrific side effects (depersonalization, other terrible things) -- someone suggested trying sjw.
it worked wonderfully for a while. but one evening after i attempted to participate in an all day workshop, i came home so exhausted and in so much pain i was heaving sobs. since that day i have had repetitive songs and thoughts that are keeping me from even being able to meditate (which i have done for years). i stopped the sjw but still had issues with the songs (the thoughts are really snippets of songs -- it gets much worse after i listen to music or perform it). i recently went off snris completely -- but i got back on the sjw to try and control a depression that turned out to be menopausal in nature.
stupidly, i ramped up the sjw to try to ease off the snri (cymbalta). i got to 900mg a day and i am so bedeviled by snippets of songs that change randomly i cannot think of anything else. i have no peace of mind. i stopped the sjw as of today and am hoping this problem will eventually even out.
i have been on some sort of ssri or snri since 1989 for the fibro. i think being off completely will take my brain a long time to start firing properly again.
as for the dreams -- i have always had fantastic dreams -- technicolor, multi-sensorial (all 5 senses are active in them). i was on the verge of real lucid dreaming when the meds turned ramped up the volume a few orders of magnitude -- but they make no sense anymore. i must admit to really enjoying them though -- having these dreams is the one way i know i actually got sleep!!!!
i am not sure anyone will answer this but if the original poster is still around, perhaps s/he could respond and let me know if the songs and dreams eventually resolved.
best to all