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Prozac dreams

Saturday, October 17th, 2009

Hi, all,

The subject line asks it all.  I’ve been taking 40 mg of Prozac
(20 mg first thing, 20 mg more at lunch) for a little over a month now.
(I won’t go over how much better my mind feels after this regimen.)
Instead, I’d like to ask others taking Prozac whether they experience
unusual dreams.  The night of the first day of taking the Prozac
(20 mg/day for the first week), I had a clear dream vision that I
could not readily relate to the previous day’s experiences, nor any
other recent thoughts.  I gave this no further thought until the other
night, when I awoke about 5:00 am – at least several hours before I
generally rouse.  While awake I decided to take my morning medications,
and then feeling relaxed after a warm shower, went back to bed.  What
followed in the next three hours were sequences of the most varied
and fantastic dream images I’ve ever experienced – not at all unpleasant!
I am curious whether anyone else has experienced this phenomenon while
on Prozac, and if so, did your experience correlate with taking it at
odd or unusual hours?  Just wondering …

Lindsay