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posted April 22, 2022 11:33 AM Hide Post
I am hoping some of you folks could shed some light.

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Are you a veteran? If not see an ENT for evaluation of your tinnitus. Masking a similar frequency works for some people. Your ENT will know if it is a sideffect of Flomax.

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Thanks ZSMichael.

I’m finishing up my first month on Flomax, and it seems that I am experiencing the same phenomenon that Para describes.

I would describe the dreams as vivid as well, although I don’t have the detailed recall that Para does about his dreams. My dreams do seem to have a some recognizable relevance to my life or familiarity with experiences in my life.

Another post in this thread mentioned melatonin. I do take melatonin, but really didn’t see any change in my dreams.

One other possible factor is that in retirement, my sleep habits are more uniform. Especially, I do sleep longer into the morning (Sunday mornings and any specific reasons are the exception).

I recently started on Flomax, and yes it is awesome. No strange dreams yet, BUT even before I would occasionally get that song thing- in my dream there'd be a song I've never heard before, and it would be a really good song. By the time I'm awake, the melody would be pretty much forgotten. It would be nice one of these times to remember it better and even transcribe it. If it happens again while on the 'max, I will certainly post it.

The scary part of Flomax is if you have to come off it.

I have been on it for years.

5 days without it and I was in intense pain every time I tried to go.

When I went back on I was fine in 3 days.

I am stockpiling it.

The thought of not having it for a week again is scary.

No difference in my dreams with or without it.

Been on it for a few years. It's worked well for me. As far as dreaming, I did notice that I had more frequent and vivid dreams when I started it, but not so frequent that I thought it was a big deal. That effect has lessened over time. Still have them , but not often. No other troublesome side effects for me.

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Originally posted by sig2392:
The scary part of Flomax is if you have to come off it.

I have been on it for years.

5 days without it and I was in intense pain every time I tried to go.

That'd be enough for me to never go near it.

One of my past doctors wanted to put me on that stuff. I'd heard about the other side-effect so "No thanks," I said, "I'll find another way."

Started taking saw palmetto. Problem solved. I've had at least three prostate exams, since then, and in each case the doctor's told me my prostate was fine.

New blood pressure medicine causes this issue for me. Current job taking place at old jobs with people I used to know that are not associated with anything or place in the dream.

Some mornings I fell worn out from all the work or what ever events that happens in the dream.

Flomax is excellent. I forgot to pack it on a trip and three days in I was ready to rob a drug store to get some. Luckily, my doctor figured out how to send a prescription to [a chain drugstore] along our route.

I have occasional vivid dreams in the mornings which, since I read this thread, make me think they could be caused by the Flomax since I started on it 6 months ago. Some are very detailed and lengthy, with appearances by an array of people I once knew or who are still around. Despite some bizarre plot twists and dangers, these dreams don't seem to make me frightened or too worried; I just roll with the story line. They do leave me a little extra tired in the morning. And... my eyes stay a little blurry for up to an hour or so in the mornings.

If you don't need it, and something else works for you, that's great. But Flomax is the closest thing I have seen to a miracle drug and none of the side-effects I have seen so far would deter me from taking it.

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:

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Originally posted by sig2392:
The scary part of Flomax is if you have to come off it.

I have been on it for years.

5 days without it and I was in intense pain every time I tried to go.

That'd be enough for me to never go near it.

One of my past doctors wanted to put me on that stuff. I'd heard about the other side-effect so "No thanks," I said, "I'll find another way."

Started taking saw palmetto. Problem solved. I've had at least three prostate exams, since then, and in each case the doctor's told me my prostate was fine.

This right here.

I’d rather take some supplements that may not be quite as effective, but I’m not up shit creek when I stop taking it.

Saw palmetto is highly underrated.

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Originally posted by RoverSig:
But Flomax is the closest thing I have seen to a miracle drug and none of the side-effects I have seen so far would deter me from taking it.

Uhmmm...

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Originally posted by RoverSig:
I forgot to pack it on a trip and three days in I was ready to rob a drug store to get some.

To each their own, but I wouldn't want to be hooked on any drug that badly unless it was absolutely, positively, unquestionably necessary.

Particularly in this day and age.

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Originally posted by Beancooker:
Saw palmetto is highly underrated.

And, IME, two or three days without it ain't the end of the world. I certainly don't end up in pain or feeling like I'm about ready to rob a store to get some, that's for damn sure.

Saw palmetto, tried it 8 or 10 years ago. Took a while to work, few weeks IIRC. Almost gave up on it but then one day at work I go for a piss and wow... pissing like a horse! I was almost disappointed there was no one else in the restroom to show it off too...

I ultimately had to stop because the pills were huge and I have a esophageal stricture that makes swallowing them very difficult.

I do need to try them again, maybe search for a different pill or whatever, my stricture is actually better now as well.


I read that Saw palmetto works by reducing testosterone and increases estrogen levels thus shrinking the prostrate. So there is that...

Flomax isn't a narcotic, you don't get high from it, it isn't addictive. It lets you pee if your BHP or prostate cancer prevent your bladder from working correctly. I've got prostate cancer. Flomax lets me urinate normally. Without it, I can't urinate, and that is painful and harmful.

People with heart conditions take medicine to prevent heart attacks. People with high blood pressure take meds to keep their blood pressure down. Etc. If you don't need any medicines, that's great. You'll see as you go along if that is true for you in the future. But if you need a medicine, that doesn't mean you are "hooked" on it, e.g., like can happen with narcotics or painkillers after the pain is gone.

If people need Flomax, take it, the side-effects are generally mild (that it works, and people get used to it working, isn't a "side effect"). BTW, it seems to impart some weird dreams, sometimes, for people who take it...