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When you take a sleep medication does it make you more or less likely to dream while in REM sleep?
When you take sleep medication do you go into the dreaming state of Rapid Eye Movement sleep? If so does that affect the number or quality of your dreams? If you dream does it change the types of dreams you have, as an example would they make you less or more likely to have a nightmare?
Has anyone seen any research showing if a medicated sleep produces more or less dreams. I would like to find some research on If they are somehow more pronounced and more vivid due to the effects of the drugs.
Has anyone seen any research showing if a medicated sleep produces more or less dreams. I would like to find some research on If they are somehow more pronounced and more vivid due to the effects of the drugs.
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Sleeping pills interfere with the REM sleep:
We usually pass through five phases during sleep: stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (REM or rapid eye movement sleep=5). We spend almost 50 percent of our total sleep time in stage 2 sleep, about 20 percent in 5 or REM sleep, and the remaining 30 percent in the other stages. Sleeping pills interfere with the REM sleep or stage 5 (the time during which you dream and which is considered vital for mental health).
Sleeping pills (diazepam, lorazepam) do not actually help you sleep. Rather, sleeping pills knock you out by depressing your nervous system. Sleeping pills interfere with the REM sleep (the time during which you dream and which is considered vital for mental health). Disturbance of REM sleep can lead to impaired learning, as well as problems with concentration and memory.
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A new sleeping pill that increases dreaming sleep improves memory capacity, according to the results of new research.
The drug is going into Phase II trials. Clozel says it could be on the market by 2012 and admits that there are plans to extend its application beyond insomnia.
Unlike older medicines, orexin-RA-1 shows no sign of being addictive or of losing its effect over time. Attempts by other companies to develop a drug targeting this system failed to reach the clinical trials phase.
http://www.physorg.com/news10562.html
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http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm
We usually pass through five phases during sleep: stages 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 (REM or rapid eye movement sleep=5). We spend almost 50 percent of our total sleep time in stage 2 sleep, about 20 percent in 5 or REM sleep, and the remaining 30 percent in the other stages. Sleeping pills interfere with the REM sleep or stage 5 (the time during which you dream and which is considered vital for mental health).
Sleeping pills (diazepam, lorazepam) do not actually help you sleep. Rather, sleeping pills knock you out by depressing your nervous system. Sleeping pills interfere with the REM sleep (the time during which you dream and which is considered vital for mental health). Disturbance of REM sleep can lead to impaired learning, as well as problems with concentration and memory.
…………………quote…………….
A new sleeping pill that increases dreaming sleep improves memory capacity, according to the results of new research.
The drug is going into Phase II trials. Clozel says it could be on the market by 2012 and admits that there are plans to extend its application beyond insomnia.
Unlike older medicines, orexin-RA-1 shows no sign of being addictive or of losing its effect over time. Attempts by other companies to develop a drug targeting this system failed to reach the clinical trials phase.
http://www.physorg.com/news10562.html
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http://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/brain_basics/understanding_sleep.htm
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