I’m just in general not a friend of pharmaceuticals, for they tend to bring even more “dis-order” into a very complicated system. The problems often just show at one or more other places.

One thing came to my mind. There is a psychotherapeutical approach which has some relationship to REM (Rapid Eye Movement) sleep phases. It is called Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) and not generally, but broadly accepted (more information for example here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eye_movement_desensitization_and_reprocessing).

Maybe using this technique you can come to the source of your nightmares and solve the tension that seems to exist?

Could be worth a trial.

Another approach is lots of fresh air, sunlight and moving one’s body – and phases of relaxation during the day. Not so much computer.

Best wishes

My GP thinks that taking clonazepam every night before I go to bed is a good idea for me. It reduces anxiety as well as muscle spasms, both of which would otherwise interfere with sleep. I may well be psychologically addicted to this. But so what? I’m not having any negative side effects, and I sleep well.

I dream, but not excessively unpleasantly. Last night I dreamt that my left wheel became embedded in some plastic flooring, such that I couldn’t move the chair. I think it is a simple symbol of my current frustration over not being able to wheel because of my left arm.