Can Citalopram / Celexa cause nightmares? Posted: 08-01-08 00:47am
I have been taking Citalopram (Celexa in
US) for about three weeks now and every
night for the past two weeks Ive had a
vivid dream or a nightmare. I quite often
have dreams but not this frequent or
clear. They dont bother me all that much,
infact I find them quite interesting,
however Im simply intrigued as to what may
be causing this! I also was taking
Zopiclone (Lunesta in the USA) every so
often for about three weeks to help my
insomnia, but dont think it could still
have this effect on me after two weeks of
not taking it.
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Jules
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Posted: 08-01-08 02:14am
This is totally normal - most SSRIs cause
this to start with. It'll wear off but
you'll probably find if you miss a dose or
when you wean off them, you'll get
nightmares again. I enjoyed them too -
more action adventure dreams and very
vivid lol!
As to why they cause this side
effect I don't know.
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katieevans490
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Thanks Posted: 08-01-08 02:39am
Cheers, I only hope the dreams dont get
too frightening! So far I have had a car
crash, my lounge has been full of worms,
Ive played poker in a swimming pool, been
to war against Israel and been a speaker
at my own funeral! lol bizarre stuff!
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 08-01-08 03:00am
Oh heck yes. Jules is absolutly right on.
Most of your Seratonin Reuptake Inhibitors
will do this. When I was on Lemectal ( I
think it was) I had some hillasious
dreams.
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Jules
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Posted: 08-01-08 03:31am
I also had some amazing sexy dreams
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 08-01-08 06:12am
Jules
wrote:
I also had some amazing sexy
dreams
LMBO Jules, I was not going to go into any
detail, but I have to agree with ya.
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alex67
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Re: Thanks Posted: 08-14-08 17:31pm
katieevans490
wrote:
Cheers, I only hope the
dreams dont get too frightening! So far I
have had a car crash, my lounge has been
full of worms, Ive played poker in a
swimming pool, been to war against Israel
and been a speaker at my own funeral! lol
bizarre
stuff!
I once had to take depression pills and
they made me have dreams or wierd stuff.
what caught me was the bit about fighting
isreal. i used to fight in the war and its
not all its cracked up to be its alot
better in dreams. but tis good now coz ive
retired and live at home with my kids I'm not
really sure what to do about the dreams
but remember there just figures of oyur
imagination, they never come real (i
think).
I'm not
really sure what to do about the dreams
but remember there just figures of oyur
imagination, they never come real (i
think).