Re: nightmares/dreams & drugs

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I have had nightmares all of my life.

Most of the time my dreams have disfigurement themes,

or an infection in my body, or I have a deformed child

in my dream, and I wake up sobbing. I can guess why I

have those dreams, though. Especially in the last

year, when these dreams have become an issue, my body

has changed drastically. My hands & feet no longer

even look the way they used to, much less work the way

they used to.

None of my doctors have ever mentioned that CMT might

have an effect on the brain itself, just the nerves in

the body, although I was told (a billion times :-) )

that nightmares are not just caused by traumatic

experiences, but by chemical imbalances in the brain.

The same type of imbalances that cause some types of

depression, manic depression & schizophrenia.

All of my life, personally, drugs, prescription or

otherwise, have always effected my mood, effected me

psychologically & emotionally, sometimes quite bad.

Advil depresses me. I vowed I would never do drugs

again after I tried pot ONCE. I was on some

medication for migranes that just screwed me up for

WEEKS. Nuerontin did a helluva job on me, too.

That's one reason why I stopped taking it, and it also

didn't do much for my pain. Just made me feel stoned.

Couldn't take it. When I asked my doctor if CMT had

anything to do with why that happens, he said he

couldn't rule the possiblity out, although he didn't

know. He told me, and I'm only repeating this, that

no signifigant study has been done on how CMT affects

the brain itself.

He could've been out-of-the-loop, or not up-to-date, I

don't know. He always seemed competent to me, though.

Has an answer to every other question I have. :-)

Just my experience...

svanlaarhoven@...

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To act well in this world, one must die within oneself. Man is not on this earth

to be simply happy, he is not there to be simply honest, he is there to realize

great things for humanity, to attain nobility, and to surpass the vulgarity in

wich the existence of almost all individuals drags on.

-RENAN

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