Lasting, heart pounding anxiety from very vivid dreams/nightmares! (mirtazepine)
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I've been taking mirtazepine 30mg-1x before bed since January 15, 2015
and each night my lifelike, vivid dreams and nightmares have gotten increasingly worse! I've always had such dreams that I actually physically act out when I'm asleep, ie punching, kicking, screaming, crying but I've never had such heart racing, lasting anxiety until now. Not only are these dreams terrible, but I try to wake and can't get myself out of them, if I do wake, say to use the potty, I feel as though I'm still dreaming and when I go back to bed I pick up right back into the same dreams....just continuing further into the psychotic, nightmarish kind of spiral! On top of that I'm still too damned afraid to exit my home!
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lrmiller421
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is related to the dreams/nightmares.
sandy1971 lrmiller421
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lrmiller421 sandy1971
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Sandy. And I hope these dreams and nightmares will subside, and soon! If not the doc is gonna have to change my meds, I
just can't live like that. Good luck to you and keep breathing 😉
dave1948 lrmiller421
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lrmiller421 dave1948
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London_ridge dave1948
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thank you
dave1948 London_ridge
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Nessie91 lrmiller421
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lrmiller421 Nessie91
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terry03243 lrmiller421
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lrmiller421 terry03243
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vixxxen222 lrmiller421
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I am on 30mg of Mirt now, this is the 3rd week, and let me tell you....every night I go to bed its like going to the MOVIES!
man oh man, its getting out of hand now ...
Before I ever started these meds,I used to dream, maybe once or twice a week,
and sometimes I could remember them, sometimes not.
and they always contained wierdness, and ppl i did not know or recognize.
but NOW...I am falling asleep within the hour of taking mirt. . . and I go full blown into a dream consisting of all the people I know... and extremely VIVID!
I always wake 1.5 hours after falling asleep, and i go back to sleep right into another effin dream, and this goes on ALL night , waking every single 1.5 hours.
I talk in my sleep, constantly now,
I really despise this side effect of the mirt. its awful that I am not sleeping sound..I wake every morning at 3 or 4 and I stay up, I do not want to continue the dreams any more....I am pretty okay most of the day , but I cant wait to go to bed at night to sleep...I am so tired by 8 o clock pm.
If this is a bad side effect then maybe I shouldnt be on 30 mg and maybe I should go back down to 15mg.
I have also gained 10 lbs but thats ok, as I was underweight and dont mind the extra lbs at all.
I hope it gets better for you, tho I doubt it will for me...this has been going on every single night for 3 weeks straight now.
lrmiller421 vixxxen222
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London_ridge vixxxen222
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vixxxen222 London_ridge
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I really appreciate that.
I have slept the last 3 nights and waking up at 530 in the morning and completely unable to remember my dreams at all now, which is the exact opposite of a few days ago. Isnt that just odd?
I went to sleep eary last night, 830 pm as I was Just exhausted.
but now awake at 2 am... I will go bck to bed around 4 and im sure I will get a few hours sleep again before I get up with the kids and get them off to school. but yea, Im guessing that maybe 30 is too high, and I see my doctor again on monday ( she cancelled last monday)
Another thing is that through bloodwork, We have discovered that my thyroid is higher than it should be , 5.8 , so that may be the problem I am having to deal with as well.