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Re: Abnormal REM patterns = Abnormal processing of conscious?


Posted by Linda on December 21, 1999 at 19:24:16:

In Reply to: Abnormal REM patterns = Abnormal processing of conscious? posted by Theresa on December 11, 1999 at 21:30:06:

Theresa,

Don't know if you saw my posting right before yours, but I talked about EMDR, which I use quite frequently with my clients and have also participated in in the "client" role during the training, using a real-life trauma experience of my own. I would very much encourage you to pursue the EMDR if your psychologist is certified in it at Level II--I believe (and the research supports) that it is the very most effective treatment we have for trauma (and all kinds of other psychological symptoms as well). As far as its use with narcoleptics, I have IH and definitely have rapid onset REM during daytime sleep episodes, but was able to benefit from the treatment myself and had no complications associated with my sleep disorder. I mentioned in my posting the difficulty I had before I started on Provigil with the eye movements of the client making me sleepy, but my emotional arousal was sufficient during my own EMDR to ward off sleepiness. I think the only contraindication of EMDR in relation to N might be for someone with cataplexy, which if memory serves, you do not have. If you have any other questions about EMDR, feel free to email me at seagarland@aol.com.

Linda

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