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nightmares

I remember I had terrible nightmares when I was on Seroquil...
I would wake up screaming at the top of my lungs and/or crying to the point that my face was soaked...
I quit taking that as soon as I found out and put 2 and 2 together
(and the nightmares continues for almost 6 months after)...

now I'm on Lithium and they're coming back... is it the meds or am I just stressed?
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767237 tn?1332640177
Hi jester,
I have had horrible dreams for a very long time. They were so bad that they would bug me all day. I think they were from anxiety. But my pdoc put me on seroquel to stop the bad dreams and it honestly did, I am also now on lithium as well and haven't had a horrible dream since I started (about 1 month ago). SO fingers crossed....So my advise is that I dont think its the meds, I def think its coming from stress. You may want to give a low dose of seroquel(25mg, what I take a night) a try again. But everyone is different.
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Hi Jester,

All I can say is that I am on lithium and I don't get nightmares but I have noticed that my dreams are more vivid.  I notice this because before going on lithium I had stopped dreaming - probably due to my sleep aid (which I still take).

It could be due to stress, its difficult to say - are you stressed about anything in particular at the moment or have your stress levels increased?  These are questions you need to ask yourself and I would also discuss this with your psych.
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