If you have to be up in 6 hours, don't use extended release. It should still be safe to take your tonin. The dreams are a whole other matter where your subconscious is trying to work through some inner conflict. The panic attacks might also be leaving enough adrenaline to instigate that kind of dreaming. Give it time JDA. Eventually you'll get used to the feeling or it'll get less noticable...milder... and then you won't have such panic attacks.

In the mean time I'm sure we're all on the same page of welcoming your dreams to the forum for interpretation ^_^.