The human body is an amazing combination of an autonomic nervous system and a somatic nervous system that creates the fight or flight response to stress. In the English language we have several words that immediately cause this system to react: fire, rape, natural disaster. Although no words make our flight or fight re response respond faster than hearing the words “Last night I dreamt....” Your body sweats and pulse races as you prepare for an onslaught of the most boring 5 minutes of your life to ensue. For that reason I will not describe to you the obscene hysteria of my malaria induced dreams. For those of you that do not know, a morning dose of doxycycline is known to induce side effects such as strange dreams, heart burn and nausea among the usual allergic reactions. My only advice to future travellers is to take the tablets at the same time every morning after breakfast to avoid stomach upset and to religiously use your bed net and mosquito repellent to avoid awkward verbal exchanges about dreams...I mean malaria.
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