Depakote, Lamictal and bad dreams! help
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July 28, 2012 - 7:33 pm
Hi all, I'm really glad to have found this awesome support forum. Go us for getting help for us/others!
I take 500mg of depakote at 10pm along with 25mg of lamictal and I find that I have very odd and repetitive dreams. The past few months (probably a year) I've dreamed of a town I used to live in where it was full of nature and I had a lot of friends that I just clicked with. The river that was next to our house was simply therapeutic for me. I had to move eventually because I got in a bad fight with my boyfriend.
Now I'm living with him, a year later since the move and things aren't going so well. He's making me sicker but I feel too weak to be alone. It's hard to explain. So for a year I've been dreaming about different things, like the parties we had at the beach, or swimming at the river, hanging out in the redwood forest and all of the fun times we had. Sometimes it goes bad like bear attacks or fights or someone dies- it can be really hard to deal with these dreams because they seem so real. I don't like where I'm staying at all, I live in the ghetto where I used to live in a beautiful place. Could it be my medications or just me missing my old town? It's really unsettling and I don't know why it would happen every single night.. that is just too weird to me.
I take 500mg of depakote at 10pm along with 25mg of lamictal and I find that I have very odd and repetitive dreams. The past few months (probably a year) I've dreamed of a town I used to live in where it was full of nature and I had a lot of friends that I just clicked with. The river that was next to our house was simply therapeutic for me. I had to move eventually because I got in a bad fight with my boyfriend.
Now I'm living with him, a year later since the move and things aren't going so well. He's making me sicker but I feel too weak to be alone. It's hard to explain. So for a year I've been dreaming about different things, like the parties we had at the beach, or swimming at the river, hanging out in the redwood forest and all of the fun times we had. Sometimes it goes bad like bear attacks or fights or someone dies- it can be really hard to deal with these dreams because they seem so real. I don't like where I'm staying at all, I live in the ghetto where I used to live in a beautiful place. Could it be my medications or just me missing my old town? It's really unsettling and I don't know why it would happen every single night.. that is just too weird to me.
Current medications as of 07-28-2012
| 01-03-2012 - Present: | Depakote, 500 mg. Once per day |
| 01-08-2012 - Present: | Lamictal, 25 mg. Once per day |
Hi all, I'm really glad to have found this awesome support forum. Go us for getting help for us/others!
I take 500mg of depakote at 10pm along with 25mg of lamictal and I find that I have very odd and repetitive dreams. The past few months (probably a year) I've dreamed of a town I used to live in where it was full of nature and I had a lot of friends that I just clicked with. The river that was next to our house was simply therapeutic for me. I had to move eventually because I got in a bad fight with my boyfriend.
Now I'm living with him, a year later since the move and things aren't going so well. He's making me sicker but I feel too weak to be alone. It's hard to explain. So for a year I've been dreaming about different things, like the parties we had at the beach, or swimming at the river, hanging out in the redwood forest and all of the fun times we had. Sometimes it goes bad like bear attacks or fights or someone dies- it can be really hard to deal with these dreams because they seem so real. I don't like where I'm staying at all, I live in the ghetto where I used to live in a beautiful place. Could it be my medications or just me missing my old town? It's really unsettling and I don't know why it would happen every single night.. that is just too weird to me.
I take 500mg of depakote at 10pm along with 25mg of lamictal and I find that I have very odd and repetitive dreams. The past few months (probably a year) I've dreamed of a town I used to live in where it was full of nature and I had a lot of friends that I just clicked with. The river that was next to our house was simply therapeutic for me. I had to move eventually because I got in a bad fight with my boyfriend.
Now I'm living with him, a year later since the move and things aren't going so well. He's making me sicker but I feel too weak to be alone. It's hard to explain. So for a year I've been dreaming about different things, like the parties we had at the beach, or swimming at the river, hanging out in the redwood forest and all of the fun times we had. Sometimes it goes bad like bear attacks or fights or someone dies- it can be really hard to deal with these dreams because they seem so real. I don't like where I'm staying at all, I live in the ghetto where I used to live in a beautiful place. Could it be my medications or just me missing my old town? It's really unsettling and I don't know why it would happen every single night.. that is just too weird to me.
Current medications as of 07-28-2012
| 01-03-2012 - Present: | Depakote, 500 mg. Once per day |
| 01-08-2012 - Present: | Lamictal, 25 mg. Once per day |
August 8, 2012 - 11:47 am
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Joined: 10-11-2011
I had the same reaction to Lamictal. I had dreams that went bad in the end, usually someone dieing like you said. It was not a side effect listed on the bottle, but I remember reading on another forum that others had the same experience, so I pressed my doctor for a change.
I take 1000 mg Depakote each night without these dreams, as well as 300mg Wellbutrin in the morning, and sometimes a prescribed sleep aid.
I take 1000 mg Depakote each night without these dreams, as well as 300mg Wellbutrin in the morning, and sometimes a prescribed sleep aid.
I had the same reaction to Lamictal. I had dreams that went bad in the end, usually someone dieing like you said. It was not a side effect listed on the bottle, but I remember reading on another forum that others had the same experience, so I pressed my doctor for a change.
I take 1000 mg Depakote each night without these dreams, as well as 300mg Wellbutrin in the morning, and sometimes a prescribed sleep aid.
I take 1000 mg Depakote each night without these dreams, as well as 300mg Wellbutrin in the morning, and sometimes a prescribed sleep aid.
Joined: 07-27-2012