Thread: Antidepressants and Lucid Dreaming

Hey I started a thread about this too, but nobody replied! I've been on an anti-depressant (Elavil) since August for anxiety and since then my dreams have been extremely vivid. I would say that it IS the medication because mine did the same. Although for the past month or so I have had constant nightmares, and if they're not nightmares I can't remember them at all :/. Though I think it may be because of stress and other life issues even though everything is going mostly great. Here's the full text to my thread =)

"Elavil (Amitriptyline) Causing Lucid Dreams-

Long story short, I recently had my first x attack due to extreme stress/anxiety (I started TWO schools this month!) Also being why I haven't been on since August 3rd. ANYWAYS, the doctor prescribed Elavil (Amitriptyline) an anti-depressant. It's at a very low dose (10mg) to start me out. Last night after taking it, I was laying in bed and about 30-40 mins of resting I started hearing LOUD whispers/giggling. As soon as I realized what was happening they stopped. Shortly after I was then inside my dream. Please refer to my latest DJ if you're curious what happened in it. Long story short it was a VERY vivid lucid nightmare. And this is actually the first nightmare that woke me up with a racing heart in a LONG time. I was wondering if there was any way to turn this around and make them pleasant dreams. To be honest I haven't tried any techniques yet when I went to bed due to my stress/anxiety I was having. I would like to hear opinions/inputs. Thanks!

TL;DR: Elavil (Amitriptyline) causes lucid nightmares. Any ways of turning them into pleasant dreams?"

Also, I asked my doctor about this recently and he said that the medicine can definitely alter my dreams as it's altering my mental state (or something along those lines, I forgot exactly what he said) but he believes me 100% when I told him about it.

Certain SSRIs can inhibit REM sleep which may make WILDing a bit harder than normal. I was on them for a while and found that my WILD/SP induction count dropped like a rock, but once I went off them, it's a bit easier to induce the episodes again.