Ever since I've been on this latest anti-depressant medication, my body wants to sleep 8 hours every 24 and there isn't much I can do to stop it. If I force myself to get up for something, I'll be zonked out later and have to take a nap. I tried to pull an all-nighter last night, but no go. Oh well, I guess I am just making up for years and years of 2 hours of sleep at night, and I just have to get used to it.

The other thing on this medication, is that I have far fewer vivid and/or lucid dreams, and so far no sleep hallucinations (which my psychologist assured me are far more normal and common than I had thought). There is another class of anti-depressants, including Wellbutrin (from anecdotal evidence) that stimulate sleep hallucinations, so I'll be sure to stay away from those.

I did have two interesting lucid dreams this morning though. The first one involved a tornado - a common dream theme when I have writer's block! I was living in a rickety house I often visit in dreams, though this time it had a courtyard out back, which is where the basement was (meaning there was no shelter from the tornado). The other occupants of the house were two elderly (crabby) women, three tiny lapdogs and two larger dogs, a black lab and something mutty. The tornado sirens went off (I'll never forget that sound from living in Iowa), so we went to the "basement" courtyard. I didn't really care about the safety of the women, and felt that the lapdogs would be difficult to secure and hold onto (being three), so I protected the two bigger dogs with blankets, one with each hand.

Symbolism? Haven't a clue. Maybe it means that I'm trying to prioritize problems and not worry about the shit I can't control well.

The other dream involved me being in the basement parking lot of the Hawaii state Capitol. I was waiting for something with my brother and mother (we didn't have a car). All of a sudden, Jimmy Carter zooms by on a scooter without a helmet. I exclaim "Isn't that Jimmy Carter?"

Symbolism? Not sure I want to know.