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Fort Worth, TX

I don’t get them every night, but I’ve had them the past two nights and I wake up tired and worn out in spite of sleeping 10-11 hours. I wouldn’t call them nightmares, but they’re very emotional and seem so darn REAL. Sometimes I even wake myself up because I’m moaning, groaning, or trying to yell in my sleep. I read that antidepressants can cause this, so I was wondering if any of you were experiencing the same thing. I think it’s from either the Effexor or Remeron I take. I hate feeling… read more

July 21, 2018
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Many community members responded to the question about vivid, exhausting dreams by confirming they experience the same thing, with several... Read more

Many community members responded to the question about vivid, exhausting dreams by confirming they experience the same thing, with several linking their intense dreams to medications like Effexor, Remeron, Amitriptyline, and Venlafaxine. Several members shared that their dreams left them emotionally drained all day, with some waking up yelling, sweating, or even physically acting out their dreams. A recurring theme was the importance of talking to a doctor about medication adjustments, with one member finding relief from night terrors through Prazosin, while others found comfort in accepting vivid dreams as a part of life.

A MyDepressionTeam Member

Dreams are a way of dealing with stress accord to Readers Digest

August 11, 2018
A MyDepressionTeam Member

I’ve come to think of these dreams an nothing more than watching two or three movies a night...yes they are very vivid and every night, sometimes really weird... I accept them now as part of who I am, and they help with my creative side...it can leave a person feeling exhausted sometimes though.

August 10, 2018
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Remeron is some bad stuff

July 25, 2018
A MyDepressionTeam Member

I talked effexor. I dream every night. Sometimes I dream three times in one night. Most of my dreams are of my mother.father. sisters and brother in law's who passed away.
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May 10, 2019
A MyDepressionTeam Member

Yes I am having some really intense, detailed and quite frankly bizarre dreams on Citalopram. Last night I had to help a talking hedgehog and got lost at a local train station after taking him home. The train station had completely changed with a maze of tunnels and I couldn't get out. AWFUL! I'm going back to my dr. No tablets work for me, they just exhaust me further and make me worse.

July 31, 2018

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