Prozac Dreams and waking up at 4AM
I’ve been taking 20mg of fluoxetine for about two and a half months. Two weeks into the medication I started to have really vivid dreams. I was very stressed during the start, so my dreams were mostly benign everyday situations that were just extremely stressful… but manageable. Now that my stress levels have gone down, my dreams have just become more and more grotesque and violet.
Before taking the medication I was already a vivid dreamer, but never to the extent of having issues with sleep. Now, my dreams are beyond vivid to the point that it wakes me up from my sleep. Every single night I have an extremely vivid dream that wakes me up at around 4AM. No amount of melatonin, or other sleep aid improves this either.
All I want is to sleep through the night. It’s been two months of very little quality sleep, and I know the lack of good sleep will only exacerbate issues with both mental and physical health. Will these dreams go away? Do I need to up my dosage? Do I need to switch medication? Do I try life again without medication? Does it get better? Is this just my life now? Any tips to sleep through the night on prozac/fluoxetine?
Help!!!