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Posted 6/20/2018 8:13 AM (GMT 0)
I'm taking Rifampin 300mg , Azithomycin 250mg 2x a day

Not 100% what i'm dealing with but previous symptoms have suggested Bartonella

I'm also on Sertraline 100mg

Before the Sertraline I was having really vivid dreams & also waking up in panic multiple times in the night

The Sertraline controls that intense panic now but still having incredibly vivid dreams CONSTANTLY during sleep and waking up unrested..

It's like my brain stays awake while i'm sleeping - not that it makes much sense??

I have NO ISSUE getting to sleep

It's the vivid dreams that make me feel like i've barely slept at all

I'm not sure what I can take to help this while on Sertraline or any advice?? Or does this get better overtime with Abx??

I've tried all the herbal stuff like Melatonin, Valerian etc etc before no help at all

HELP sad
Posted 6/20/2018 3:37 PM (GMT 0)
I've had vivid dreams most of my life (and lifelong bartonella symptoms). I totally get what you mean about your brain not going to sleep. I'm kinda having a flare of this right now. When it's bad, I have endless bizarre dreams that run from one dream to the next. In the morning, I feel worn out from all the dreaming as if I'd physically been doing whatever I was dreaming about.

Whenever I read medical stuff about sleep and they talk about the dream state as the deepest level of sleep, etc, I think they're crazy. That's what I DON'T want. It wears me out.

I can't say what helps this. It got much better the past few years (while everything else got phenomonally worse). Can't say why. I can tell you that it comes back when I have herxes or flares.
Posted 6/20/2018 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
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Posted 6/20/2018 7:46 PM (GMT 0)
I have vivid dreams, and sometimes nightmares, when I eat something heavy a few hours before bedtime. I remember that some abx also did the same thing.

I wonder if an anti-histamine can help you get a better sleep. The ingredients in Benadryl are used in sleep aids so maybe that can help you?
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