Can someone with mental disorders learn to lucid dream?

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I have very very severe anxiety and depression. Like the kind where every second of every moment of every day you want to slit your throat to stop the anxiety. It''s related to people (social anxiety) but as well as just a general feeling of extreme anxiety, even when I'm by myself. Obviously I have sleep problems... and I spoke with a therapist who knows a lot about lucid dreaming who said that lucid dreaming comes much more easily for those who are mentally healthy. I just want to hear from people who are SEVERELY anxious and depressed (I'm not talking about sad over losing a girl or something, that's an entirely different emotion). I've been this way for 15 years (22 years old) so I don't think it's going away. I've tried every possible traditional and alternative treatment out there. But this isn't about me getting better... the question is, have any of you attained lucidity despite being VERY anxious and depressed? I just want to have half my life (that spent dreaming ) to be happy and joyful and full of love. We all know that dreams are just as realistic seeming as real life when you're in them... Occasionally, I do have very intense dreams but most times I don't remember having any dreams at all. My therapist says this is a symptom of depression/anxiety, because I'm not going into a deep enough sleep state. But a dream I had 2 nights ago gave me hope. It was that kind of dream that was so real that you had to stop and wake up and think for a second... did that really happen? I thought I was in a small town in France, flirting with this insanely smoking chicka. It was so detailed I even remembered the girl's face and the name of the town when I woke up. I even looked it up on wikipedia . So that gives me hope. But give me straight talk please, not speculation. I'm mostly interested in hearing from people with severe anxiety and depression too. (I'm not talking "stress" either, like I said, this is the kind of anxiety that makes you want to slit your throat to stop the pain) P.S. PLEASE don't fill this thread with "I'm sure you'll get better!", "Just start exercising" etc... again this is NOT about me geting better, I'm already persuing avenues in that direction.... this is about me attaining lucidity. As far as what I take... I take clonazepam (a benzo), budeprion (an SSRI), and occasionally smoke pot when I can afford it. I drink too sometimes but don't like it nearly as much as pot. But hey, it's dirt cheap and legal, and helps me fall asleep at night. Would any of these interfere with lucid dreaming. I know after a good nightly pot smoke I feel VERY well rested in the morning. Not so with booze of course, which is fucking evil as I think everyone knows. But what about the meds? My life is a living hell without the benzo so I really would like to stay on it. thanks, and sorry for the long ass post.