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Colmillo

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Dream flashback
Posted: 03-12-08 07:50am

Hi there ive suffered from Anxiety and panic for some years now probably brought on by a car crash i was involved in. My anxiety focus's mainly on my health i have hypochondria and an acute fear of impending death / health problems.

My question is this. Occasionally while i was taking Mirtazipine i would wake up go for a shower or something then be hit by a reeling sensation of dejavu about the dreams of the previous nights sleep. It was so intense it left me feeling quite sick and confused. My gp said it was potentially a side-effect of the medication to do with the mind taking a little longer to wake up than the body. I stopped taking the medication a year ago as these symptoms were worsening my condition to be honest. This morning however after a night of quite restless sleep and a lot of dreaming i picked up my guitar and then it was like being hit by a sledgehammer of dejavu - very unpleasant, and quite intense sensations of the previous nights dreams accompanied by a wierd flushing in my legs ( possibly the start of panic attack )

I would love to know if any one else has experienced this .. it seems fairly common in extreme cases of prolonged daily anxiety

I should also add that ive never been a user of lsd etc Smile

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Seraph

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Not sickening...but still...
Posted: 03-12-08 08:28am

I haven't been on Mirtazipine...but am on anti-depression/anxiety med's

In terms of Dreams...

From time to time, I do get almost a kinda "Dejavu" feeling of a dream I had weeks ago...or a dream I THAUGHT I had...I sometimes think it's my mind playing tricks on me to make me THINK that I had dreamt about it but never really did.

In terms of prior events...

Flash backs...and not really dejavu...is a constant problem. I would get flashbacks to conversations/actions and a lot of times it's something really REALLY silly...like something I said to someone...yet it sends me realing with anxiety and for a couple of minutes I am unable to think of anything else. It doesn't go to full blown panick attack but the emotional side of it is there...really painfull...

I do suffer daily from anxiety...depression etc... so there is definately some sort of link to anxiety.

What I should actually add tho, is that when I wake up...I'm kinda "stuck" in the dream for a cpl of minutes...like it takes a while for my mind to register that it was only a dream...even though I my self, know it was just a dream...
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Colmillo

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Posted: 03-12-08 09:44am

Yes .. its almost like the sensation of dejavu is amplified and then causes the start of an anxiety attack
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