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
Regards
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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
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 12 Mar 2008 Posts: 2
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
