I have never been good at remembering my dreams in my life, and overall it appears I'm not having that many during that critical hour that you can even recall them. When I was on Effexor for depression, I was dreaming like mad and enjoying them. But now that I am off of anti-ds, I feel a little dreamless. Could this be due to oversleeping lately and not having a constant sleep schedule? I think dreams are of critical importance for creativity and inspiration, so I would like to start having more. Dreams appear to reveal a lot about your ego to yourself, and what your shadow is hiding in every day living. I'd like to do some self exploration. Any ideas on how I could start dreaming more? Might try out lucid dreaming techniques.
You're supposed to be dreaming less on antidepressants, not more...and you should be dreaming a lot more now that you're not taking it. Maybe you are dreaming just as much as before, but you're not remembering it for some reason.
I haven't been dreaming that much lately either.. my sleep schedule is all fucked up though (thank you, summer!) My most vivid, haunting yet powerful dreams came at the time in my life when I was detoxing & when they started me on trazedone for insomnia. I will forever remeber these dreams like I had them yesterday.. pretty crazy.
Lay off the weed before bed. There's been times when I stopped dreaming and had to take a weed break to get them back. I've met a few others that have been similar.
I have heard from many people that Effexor increases your awareness of dreams. My sister was on it as well and found that she was having numerous disturbing dreams. Mine were pretty crazy but fun. I did have a good long dream this morning but my dad come in yelling and woke me up. Was right at the end too I believe.
