dreams. Medication or Health Problems Certain medicines, including some drugs that treat depression, can suppress dream sleep, says
Dream suppression is defined as a decrease in the vividness, intensity, frequency, and recollection of a person's dreams. At its lower levels, this can be a partial suppression which results in the person having dreams of a lesser intensity and a lower rate of frequency. However, at its higher levels, this can be a complete suppression which results in the person not experiencing any dreams at
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It's a side effect of SSRIs because they suppress your REM sleep (when you dream), so often you get rebound REM cycles where dreams are
by L Kierlin 2024 Cited by 49drug-related REM sleep suppression, depression-related dream suppression, and recovery-related dream enhancement. Further research is needed
Drug-Induced Dream Suppression Science tells us that drug use is an REM and dream inhibitor. Correlatively, stopping drug use increases REM sleep and dream frequency, as well as vividness.
When your REM sleep is suppressed, you're more likely to wake up frequently during the night, resulting in shorter dreams. These shorter dreams
This means that heavy drug use represses the mind s ability to dream. Having dreams about drugs are often just the mind finishing the dreams that were paused and unprocessed. Many of the more common drugs suppress dreams, and the brain constantly finds ways to regenerate those dreams over time. A Sign That You re Committed to the Cause
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Well done, WW.