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[kalibex]

Silly dream aside...I woke feeling a bit more rested than I have for some time. Calmer, too. Still taking the 5-HTP and GABA, and I've begun occasionally feeling the difference in my emotional arousal level during times of stress. Several times this past week when I'd usually have been as tense as a board (not exaggerating by much), I've felt much less acute stress.

It's quite interesting, viewing depression in this new way - as essentially a sleep disorder driven forward by negative cognition habits, with the neurotransmitter levels being mere symptoms - not the cause. Verrry interesting indeed.

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[antikythera.livejournal.com]

So... stress and disturbance -> busy brain and overdreaming -> emotional and mental fatigue? Interesting.

I haven't changed medication myself lately, but I think there's a correlation between my 'low' periods (such as now, characterised by lack of motivation and lots of sleeping) and my heavy dreaming periods.