Depression Talk

On a highly publicised telvision ad for Chantix (to help you quit smoking), one of the side effects noted is “unsusal dreams”. Aren’t dreams supposed to be unusual? For me, a dream that is indistinquishable from reality is a very bad dream indeed. But more and more, antidepresants are being noted for producing strange dreams, including very vivid erotic dreams.

I Hope You Aren’t Eating Now

I’ve been on Prozac for five years now, but I’ve had nightmares and strange dreams from the womb. In fact, my first memory is of a nightmare. But sometimes I think my mind gets a little more into the weird area of dreamland, partially die to my depression.

For example, when I have an erotic dream, it’s usually about Peter Gabriel. He’s a rock star with blue eyes and so this is what I consider a normal erotic dream for me to be. Hell, that’s what I consider a normal erotic dream for anyone to be, but I get very looks when I mention that in public.

But not last night. Oh no. Peter’s not going to be too happy with me.

I’ve been following the Presidential election campaign closely these last three weeks (Yes, I voted for Obama) and have been watching MSNBC a lot. So my erotic dream was about Keith Olbermann (pictured).

And damn it if it wasn’t one of the best dreams in my entire life. Don’t worry — that’s all the details I’ll give. But, I swear, I’m never going to watch MSNBC again without drooling.

Should We Call The Men In The Nice White Coats?

I’m telling you all this not because I’ll enjoy being ridiculed later on. But that I can’t be the only one. I think everyone winds up having a really nice erotic dream about someone they normally wouldn’t think X-rated thoughts over. This can suddenly happen to people taking a new medication for the first time, particularly anti-depressants and anti-convulsants.

When you take many kinds of medication that work on yoru brain chemistry, you will have a tendency to either sleep more, sleep deeper and sleep better. This is great for your body. It also means you will be getting in the REM cycles you need and this means more dreaming. So, if you begin remebering your erotic dreams, the good news is that your body is probably getting enough sleep.

The only bad news is that you’ve been having strange erotic dreams all the time — you just haven’t been able to remember them until now.

Nighty-night.