[earthangel1]

I had horrific nightmares last night after starting Latuda. I don't know if it was Latuda but I know every time you start a new med, things can get worse at first. I felt great after taking it. Just horrific nightmares. I don't want to go upstairs for thanksgiving with my family. I'm still in shock and maybe a little dissociation. I don't feel like doing my hair, I feel antisocial and just feel really cold. This might be my PTSD but I also suspect Latuda. I dońt know what to do.

[JustJace2u]

I was having bad dreams last night as well and woke up feeling like crap. I feel like I was trying to fight someone or something in my thoughts because I all of a sudden have this bruised area on my left arm.

(((Hugs))). That sounds very unpleasant and scary. Will your family understand if you don't go? Can you just wear some comfy clothes and not do your hair and still come up stairs? (((Hugs)))

[Moose72]

I feel off today too. Dunno if it's meds or lack of or caffeine or lack of. It's weird. I'm just with family chillaxin. Gonna eat turkey. I agree: put on comfy clothes and give dinner a try. That's what I'm doing.

[earthangel1]

Thanksgiving lunch is at 12. And I've officially locked myself in the downstairs bedroom. Not doing thanksgiving. Not hungry. Still in shock. Want to stay as far away from other people as possible.

[JustJace2u]

Originally Posted by earthangel1

Thanksgiving lunch is at 12. And I've officially locked myself in the downstairs bedroom. Not doing thanksgiving. Not hungry. Still in shock. Want to stay as far away from other people as possible.

Sorry to hear you're having a bad day

[Unrigged64072835]

Sorry to hear that you're having a bad time. I'm taking Latuda but I didn't have nightmares like that.

Originally Posted by earthangel1

Thanksgiving lunch is at 12. And I've officially locked myself in the downstairs bedroom. Not doing thanksgiving. Not hungry. Still in shock. Want to stay as far away from other people as possible.

((((Hugs))). Do what you need to do to take care of yourself....sometimes we must be alone....sometimes we cannot participate. (((Hugs)))

[hopeless2015]

Hugs to you sorry your having such a bad day!! I'm on latuda and have very vivid dreams. .at least my pdoc tells me the latuda will do that

[Wander]

The Latuda could have set off your PTSD. Contact your pdoc asap to talk options. Nightmares should not have to be tolerated, esp when they have such as bad impact on you. I have PTSD so I can imagine how awful it must feel right now. Can you do anything to distract yourself and ground yourself in reality?

[ComfortablyNumb5]

Seroquel gives me dreams so weird and vivid that I sit right up thinking "wtf?!" Happened just the other night. And yea sometimes those dreams are disturbing but I remind myself it was just a dream. Sometimes I'll spend all day thinking about it but it does go away and get better. Just give your mind and body time to adjust to the med. I don't think latuda did this to me that badly. Not that I recall. ((Hugs))

[earthangel1]

Originally Posted by Wander

The Latuda could have set off your PTSD. Contact your pdoc asap to talk options. Nightmares should not have to be tolerated, esp when they have such as bad impact on you. I have PTSD so I can imagine how awful it must feel right now. Can you do anything to distract yourself and ground yourself in reality?

The dreams are now not nightmares but reminding me of painful events, like a rejection or my awful time at ministry school. I waisted 3 years of my life in ministry school and now my dreams are reminding me of it. And yea the PTSD doesn't help. But the Latuda IS making me feel better now. I've learned to remind myself it's just a dream, and it has actually been healing at least this morning. In my dream I cried to this compassionate man about my time at ministry school and he consoled me and I woke up crying. Not the dream I wanted to have, but it impacted me and today I feel stronger. I will give it a couple of weeks. Maybe the Latuda is bringing out things that need to be healed and corrected. But PTSD is definitely crippling and it makes me isolate. Today in a coupe hours I got to a man with dementia's house to take care of him for the weekend, and I don't want to have bad dreams then. I know I've taken and anti-nightmare med before and it has helped, but dropped my blood pressure when I wake up.

[Wander]

Originally Posted by earthangel1

The dreams are now not nightmares but reminding me of painful events, like a rejection or my awful time at ministry school. I waisted 3 years of my life in ministry school and now my dreams are reminding me of it. And yea the PTSD doesn't help. But the Latuda IS making me feel better now. I've learned to remind myself it's just a dream, and it has actually been healing at least this morning. In my dream I cried to this compassionate man about my time at ministry school and he consoled me and I woke up crying. Not the dream I wanted to have, but it impacted me and today I feel stronger. I will give it a couple of weeks. Maybe the Latuda is bringing out things that need to be healed and corrected. But PTSD is definitely crippling and it makes me isolate. Today in a coupe hours I got to a man with dementia's house to take care of him for the weekend, and I don't want to have bad dreams then. I know I've taken and anti-nightmare med before and it has helped, but dropped my blood pressure when I wake up.

I am glad you think the Latuda is helping. Do you have a dream journal? I find it helps to write the dreams down straight away then forget them and go about my day. usually this helps unless it is a particularly bad dream.