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leah89345
leah89345

Hi,

I know dreams are a common side effect of fluoxetine, but do they ever settle down?

I seem to be having quite a few vivid and realistic dreams per night, usually about things that are worrying me which then makes me question myself as to whether it was a dream or not!

Has anyone experienced this and did it settle for you? Or is there anything we can do to ease it?

Thanks :-)

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  • Dengirl29
    Dengirl29 leah89345

    Posted

    Do you take flu in the morning or before bed. I take mine before bed and wonder if it makes a difference?
    • leah89345
      leah89345 Dengirl29

      Posted

      Hi,

      I used to take it in the morning but was still really tired in the daytime, so I started to take it at night but I still see no difference as I wake up so much in the night im still tired in the day!

      It seems everyone's different with their times and how it works for them

  • Alliebear
    Alliebear leah89345

    Posted

    I still have them sometimes, (its normal having them alot when you first started) :-) but mine have calmed down alot by now.
    • leah89345
      leah89345 Alliebear

      Posted

      That's good to know :-) how long have you been taking them for? I can't wait for the dreams to calm!
    • Alliebear
      Alliebear leah89345

      Posted

      Its going to be 3 months soon :-) I had a really crazy dream yesteday, that reminded me of this post, sorry for the long reply. Hope its getting better for you love! Can't wait to hear about your progress :-)
    • Dengirl29
      Dengirl29 Alliebear

      Posted

      How is it at 3 months are you better? I've been on it 4-5 weeks and I'm still very up and down.
    • leah89345
      leah89345 Alliebear

      Posted

      Hey,

      Great that you're up to 3 months soon, onwards and upwards :-)

      I'm just over 2 months now

      My dreams haven't calmed AT ALL. I feel like I have quite a few dreams in the night, all really realistic and to do with things that are going on at the moment, so I wake up thinking "omg did I really say that?" Haha!

  • hevski77
    hevski77 leah89345

    Posted

    I had weird dreams for the fIraq week on 20mg and Ringing in the ears.. I had this weird ass dream where I was in a cinema, watching a film, with my stuffed toy bear and we were floating and all my nerves were alive and it was like Virtual Reality, was a lovely sensation.. I'd love a dream like that again.
    • hevski77
      hevski77

      Posted

      First week, tut!
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