How Does Nontricyclic Antidepressant Cause Nightmares?
A nightmare is a dream occurring during rapid eye movement (REM) sleep that arouses feelings of intense, inescapable fear, terror, distress, or extreme
A nightmare is a vivid, frightening dream that usually results in the dreamer waking up with full or partial recall of the dream itself. A
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Nightmares
Source: ADAM Encyclopedia
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