Antidepressants And Dreams

[erigby]

Did anyone else start having crazy and vivid dreams when they started on SNRIs? I have been having the most vivid and detailed dreams that are absurd, oddly terrifying and yet so clear I feel like they are trying to tell me something. Some of them have been suicide dreams (me covered in blood, me holding a gun, me crashing in a car). Aside from the suicide dreams, most of them are just full of people...tons of people...some of them random...some of them I know...at some point most of them say something. General themes of overwhelm and anxiety but also just absolute bizarreness. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Also, should I tell my Therapist and my Psychiatrist about them?

 

[Mim28]

I recently started an SNRI and read that vivid dreams are sometimes associated with them, but I haven't noticed anything. In fact, I usually remember my dreams and I can't seem to remember them now.

and I do think you should tell your therapist especially if they are making you anxious or afraid.

 

[digger]

Extremely vivid dreams were a major problem for me when I was on Mirtazapine (I was told at the time I was on it that this was an SNRI but I think it comes under its own classification now)

I think if you're finding the dreams troublesome and feel they are affecting you negatively, then it's worth discussing with your doc, yes.

 

[erigby]

Thank you @Mim28 and @digger.
I talked with my T about the vivid dreams today.
He was very helpful.
I have already begun to make some connections with some of the issues I have with some of the content of my dreams.
Perhaps...my dreams will become a new tool for exploring and being direct with what I need to address in therapy.
We will see, but am encouraged my T seems to think dreams hold some significance with what is going on in my head and with my emotions.