Has anyone had this? I started the med last week and was taken off on Zyprexa. Since the first night I have terrible dreams and they seem so real, even long long after I wake up. I know they aren't real but I process them as if they were. I feel like I communicated with people in my dreams. Some have been very ugly and almost violent. Last night I was dead in one of them and had a card in my hand with my name on it the type you get at a funeral home when someone passes. I wake up legitimately scared at least a couple times a night. Like I said I know they can't be real, dreams aren't real, but the things that happen seem 100% real even after I'm awake all day.

In regards to how it's managing my symptoms, I do think since dose increased again a few days ago that I'm cycling less or less intense.

Maybe this will go away but given it's already been a week and it's as or more intense each night, I don't know.

Does anyone have experience with this and how they handled it? I am still sleeping but it's not restful.

I notice if I take a daytime nap the dreams are just as intense so it's not from my evening dose.

I'm taking 300XR at night now and doctor told me I could go to 350-400 after pausing at 300 for a week or two. I also take 75 IR just before I go to bed.

If I need to come off of it it scares me because I've already been on several others and did not have much long-term luck with stopping cycling or even making it tolerable. I'm no longer able to hold a job and I just want to feel normal again.

Any experience with this? Thanks,