Update on my medications and treatments - part 2

Hello,
I forgot to add in my last post that I have been suffering from some of the many side effects of the Plaquenil.

Some side effects include, tummy trouble, blue marks on your skin, depression, mood swings, sun sensitivity, vivid dreams and lower appetite. The only ones I seem to be suffering from are sun sensitivity and vivid dreams.
I have always been fair and sun sensitive but boy is it worse now!!! I feel like a smoldering vampire (like on tv) when my skin is exposed to sunlight. I am searching for shade and covered up with clothing and SPF where ever I go. My skin gets really red and blotchy and feels very hot. My normally freckly fair skin is now very freckled. I can tell that my skin is getting darker and sun spots are appearing. Brutal!
The only other side effect i am suffering from are the vivid dreams. They are horrible. I have also always been a dreamer and had active sleeps. This is crazy now! Imagine sleeping for 8 hours and feeling like you didn't sleep but went to the movies and sat through 48 hours of film. I get everything from drama, romance, horror, action and chick flick EVERY night. They are so vivid that colours are very bright, the details are very clear and they seem to last forever. I have read that some patients actually love the movie dreams. I have started taking sleeping aids once a week to get an uneventful sleep.
So in the meantime I am chugging along. I will update in a couple of months. Wish me luck in my dream adventure tonight! Exhausting just thinking of it!

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