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Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

would anyone like to share the wild dreams they have had on sustiva ? Read more »

Help!!! I'v been on sustiva for six weeks and the vivid dreams are still preventing me from getting a good night's sleep. I've tried 50 mgs of trazedone, which helped me sleep throught the night but left me feeling zonked out the next day (25 mgs... Read more »

Wild dreams on Sustiva!

Posted by spadude64, 4 Replies

I have had some crazy dreams while on Suativa! I never had dreams like I have been having!
I have been taking Sustiva for almost a year nos so when are these wierd dreams going to stop? My dreams consist of people swimming in a clear blue ocean... Read more »

Sustiva

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Help!!! I've been on sustiva for six weeks and vivid dreams are still preventing me from getting a good night's sleep. I've tried 50 mgs of trazedone at bedtime, which worked but left me feeling very zonked out the next day (25 mgs didnt do the... Read more »

Dreams question

Posted by franfrog, 2 Replies

I have been on the Combivir/Sustiva for the little over a year now that I have known about my status. I had my first day of the sustiva holucinations and dreams but after that they seemed to die out. I still had dreams now and then but nothing bad... Read more »

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Sustiva and dreams

I am having some of the most unusual dreams while taking Sustiva! I can be half asleep and dream for 3 hrs! I mean these dreams are so wierd!I live in Pittsburgh and people are swimming right outside my apt in the ocen! A baby dressed in a blue...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

For some patients Sustiva related dreams and sleep abnormalities continue outside the usual window of 4 weeks. If some sleep meds don't help (trazadone, lorazepam, amitryptiline, Sonata, Halcion-each helps some patients-I have had most... Read more »

kivexa/sustiva dreams and insomnia

I started on Kivexa and Sustiva 3 months ago, and after an initial bad start with fogginess and bad vivid dreams, things seemed to settle a bit. Now since 3 weeks I am suffering the following: repetitive dreams, more annoying than horrible from...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

You could try either taking meds in AM or a much longer time after a meal (fat in stomach can increase efavirenz levels leading to more side effects). Maybe worthwhile checking the efavirenz levels to explose dose modification as an option as well.... Read more »

Sustiva and dreaming

Hello. I started taking Sustiva (600mg once a day) a few nights ago, and as warned, my dreams are quite vivid. In fact, the best description I could give you is that it feels like I'm on LSD during the night- 'intense' seems an...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

As you know, what you are experiencing is not uncommon. However, in general, the vivid dreams usually start to fade after several weeks. Most people do say that the dreams are not nightmares - although one of my patients described some weird dream... Read more »

Sustiva dreams/electric sheep

I have been taking Sustiva for over a couple of years now (with Combivir). While I have always had vivid dreams, I have found that my dreams are extremely vivid these days. As a creative person I have found this to not be a problem, however...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

This is almost certainly a side effect of Sustiva, made worse by the fact that you have a predisposition to vivid dreams and that you may be smoking marijuana at bedtime. I am more concerned at your other reports of personality changes....This is... Read more »

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