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[Carabelle]

Started back on the Evorel conti patches back in October after having a few months off. The sleeplessness and night sweats returned with a vengeance to the point I was desperate to restart the patches. Now that I'm sleeping better (hooray!!) I seem to be getting weird and vivid dreams on a nightly basis. Is anyone else experiencing anything similar? I thought the HRT calmed the nervous system and reduced this type of thing. Just curious to know if it's just me...
Thanks. 

[CLKD]

Morning.  I've taken antidepressant medication since the 1980s and my dreams are long, involved, busy; my brain takes an article from the evening news and mixes it with people I haven't thought about for years++ 

[AngelaH]

Yes, I realised long time ago that vivid and weird dreams were caused by hormones. I lost my vivid dreams in my 30s when I started loosing progesterone and then later in my life with progesterone treatment I got them back. When estrogen level dropped I lost my vivid dreams again and now I have them only if I take high dose of estrogen. When I say high  it means high to me because I can’t tolerate any form of body indentical estrogen (have never tried any others, so don’t know).

[Carabelle]

Yes, I realised long time ago that vivid and weird dreams were caused by hormones. I lost my vivid dreams in my 30s when I started loosing progesterone and then later in my life with progesterone treatment I got them back. When estrogen level dropped I lost my vivid dreams again and now I have them only if I take high dose of estrogen. When I say high  it means high to me because I can’t tolerate any form of body indentical estrogen (have never tried any others, so don’t know).

Morning.  I've taken antidepressant medication since the 1980s and my dreams are long, involved, busy; my brain takes an article from the evening news and mixes it with people I haven't thought about for years++ 

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Crikey!!! Well last night i watched an episode of Downton Abbey - the one where Lady Sybil dies and my boys were having a discussion around football. So last night's dream involved a funeral and a footballer!! Completely weird as anything!!!
Glad it's not just me!! xx

[CLKD]

Mine are never scary, fortunately 

[AngelaH]

The most scary dream, horrible nightmare I had when peri mentally and physically effected me. I had a dream that I was walking through the cemetery, it was very dark and hard to see around, I stopped near some grave and suddenly a bright light flashed, I read my name on the grave. I woke up in a panic and in a cold sweat, I had heavy bleeding, which I then could not stop for several months.

[Carabelle]

Gosh that's horrible AngelaH. It can be very disconcerting can't it? That said, at least I'm sleeping and I'd rather have that and all the mad dreams than no sleep! :-)