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.
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.