[AnotherDayDown]

I've been taking my medicine, so I don't feel the anxiety during the day. But my body seems to release all that contained anxiety through dreams(although I take the medicine in order to actually GET to sleep). I've dreamed of aliens invading, the world ending, beating my kid, someone being murdered, and now my sister dying mysteriously and having to donate her organs. There are more, but I didn't try to remember some of them. It's weird. And I just wake up with feelings of sadness and hopelessness. I've tried not taking the medicine before bed so that I don't have these dreams, but I end up just laying there thinking about dumb stuff and not being able to sleep. My husband has the same problem with his medicines (different medicine than mine). Anyone else have this?

[Ygrec23]

Originally Posted by AnotherDayDown

I've been taking my medicine, so I don't feel the anxiety during the day. But my body seems to release all that contained anxiety through dreams(although I take the medicine in order to actually GET to sleep). I've dreamed of aliens invading, the world ending, beating my kid, someone being murdered, and now my sister dying mysteriously and having to donate her organs. There are more, but I didn't try to remember some of them. It's weird. And I just wake up with feelings of sadness and hopelessness. I've tried not taking the medicine before bed so that I don't have these dreams, but I end up just laying there thinking about dumb stuff and not being able to sleep. My husband has the same problem with his medicines (different medicine than mine). Anyone else have this?

Hey, AnotherDay,

ALL my dreams, throughout ALL my life (except last night) have been anxiety dreams. Seriously. The feeling tone in every single dream has been anxiety/fear/trepidation/ whatever along the same lines. Last night, for a change, I somehow wound up with a dream in which everyone, including me, was laughing. It woke me up. As for me, I don't feel that this is an effect of medications. I've dreamt this kind of stuff for decades before I was taking any kind of medicine at all. It has to be more of an effect of your unconscious mind than medication. What does your T say? Take care.

[AnotherDayDown]

My first ever appointment with a psychologist is Nov. 21st. I'm nervous about it. I don't know what to expect.