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Old Apr 17, 2017, 07:32 PM
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Originally Posted by lal81 View Post
I am here because I have been having really disturbing nightmares. These nightmares are about my stepfather (who used to molest me) raping me. They have been going on ever since the sexual abuse was found out by a teacher and I was removed from the house. But they used to be vague and not all the time. But now it is every morning. I wake up from these nightmares between 1 and 3 every morning. And the dreams are becoming more and more vivid. They are so much worse than when these nightmares first started. When I am having these nightmares, it feels like I am being held down and raped right then. Is there a reason for this? Is there anything that I can do to make these nightmares stop?
I'm sorry you're experiencing such a hard time when you're just trying to sleep. I had the same trouble until fairly recently, I was prescribed prazosin. It's starting to be prescribed off-label for nightmares caused by trauma and it's highly effective with minimum side effects.

Do you have a doctor or psychiatrist you can talk to about starting prazosin? I posted a link for more information.

Good luck!

Prazosin for PTSD
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