Thread: Dreams and Antidepressants

Which medication did you start taking first (before taking it as a combination), Wellbutrin or Lexapro? What did you think of the drug before? How much are you taking of each drug?

I've taken Wellbutrin before, and I thought it was fairly effective, and I never had this strange problem you have. However, going from 150mg Wellbutrin XL to 300mg made a huge difference in how I felt on the drug, although the difference was very noticeable in waking life. I could just tell it was wrong.

It's also a curious combination. Wellbutrin blocks dopamine and norepinephrine reuptake, and Lexapro blocks serotonin reuptake. All three neurotransmitters have a pretty big impact on mood and depression (which is obviously why these antidepressants target them). Usually you don't have all three levels being raised in a single regimen, at least not directly. Then again, I'm no doctor. All I can say is, all three can also a big effect on dreams, so I'm not surprised this is happening to you.

How much do these dreams bother you? If the drugs are working fine in waking life, are you able to get past these dreams?

Thanks for the response.

I started out taking Zoloft. After a while, I picked up Wellbutrin. I started disliking Zoloft for no adequate reason, so I stopped taking that and started taking Lexapro instead. At first, I really liked Zoloft, and then grew a dislike for it. I've loved Wellbutrin ever since I started it.

I'm taking 300 mg of Wellbutrin and 10 (?) mg of Lexapro.

One thing I noticed while eating dinner with my family was that I tend to get a lot more angry at people compared to, say, a few months ago when I wasn't taking the drug. I had issues with anger for a while, and they seem to be coming back. I had the urge to throw a water bottle at my brother, and I haven't had violent tendencies in a while.

I'll talk to my doctor about that. Thanks for the help.

I don't know if I can help you, but I understand your situation. I am suffering from depression and anxiety. I've been on Zoloft and paxil"Sorry if I made a typo" in the past but none of them helped, just made things worse. But depecote has been helping me more. But it sometimes affects my dreams and makes me have weird dreams, etc. If I were you I would talk to your psychiatrist and ask him if there is anything they can do to put you on something else, because if you don't like it and if your body can't handle it, you need to be off it and get switched to something different. And don't stay off your medicine if your psychiatrist is treating you, you'll end up regretting it you'll only feel worse. Trust me, experience.