ImNotDP Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 My meds give me very vivid dreams that are super long and quite enjoyable. The problem I'm having is that I want to live in my dreams so I sleep and sleep and sleep. I sleep at least 12 hours per night. I find it more enjoyable than living in real life. This sounds crazy but it's true. Does anyone else ever feel this way? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melissaw72 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 No, I don't. I wake up when each dream ends, for some reason, so I don't sleep well. I hate my dreams; I rarely have any good ones. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I have been like that. Right now, I don't remember my dreams as well (although I recently had a detailed dream about being in the show "Girls," which I've never even seen). I usually am a lucid dreamer, but the Latuda seems to have put an end to that.I can definitely remember periods where I wanted to dream rather than wake up. I used to be much more depressive than manic, and spent most of my 20s in bed.Have you talked to your pdoc? The med may be helping, but obviously you are still depressed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uncomfortable thoughts Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 only when I first started and it was briefly. I guess if I start a new substance maybe there's a chance, but there aren't plenty out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strongvoice1 Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 Yes, but I don't want to remember mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Always Unstable Posted June 17, 2015 Share Posted June 17, 2015 I had this problem when I was on Effexor. I don't think it sounds crazy at all. I just wanted to dream forever with Effexor, I never wanted to wake up. I was like you, slept for 12 hours or more when I wasn't working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mood_slayer Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I can relate with that. But only when I was super depressed, and taking Seroquel/Depokote. I just wanted to stay in my dream world sleeping 12 hours, because being awake in a hopeless, woe-is-me state sucked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xmo Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 I don't think it is because of the meds, but I get what you say about wanting to live in your dreams. I feel the same way sometimes. The weird thing is, though, that when I am awake, I want to be awake and try to put off sleep as long as possible. But when I finally do lay down and fall asleep, I don' want to wake up. My body/sleep patterns are very odd.Have you ever tried to map your dream world? I have noticed that my dreams take place in the same world all the time and that I recognize landmarks and know which places to avoid (if I don't want my dream turning into a nightmare). I have tried once or twice to draw it on a piece of paper (create a map) but failed because a the day goes on I forget things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintalto Posted June 18, 2015 Share Posted June 18, 2015 Try daydreaming. You can make it as vivid as dreams the more you do it. I find solace in a constant stream of fantasy and depend on it to get me through every single day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mood_slayer Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 (edited) Wow, xmo, that sounds pretty cool. Total lucid dreaming like in your own world. Edited June 21, 2015 by mood_slayer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crtclms Posted June 21, 2015 Share Posted June 21, 2015 Just be careful what you wish for. The vast majority of my nightmares are lucid dreams, and it is awful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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