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Looking for some advice on experiences with anti depressants and sleep.

I am really bad at remembering to take my meds first thing in the morning and recently I've been taking it in the evening,I'm not sure if it is linked but since then my sleep is being ruined by horrific dreams. I have had some really messed up dreams which are almost impossible to comprehend. I am on pro longed release 37.5mg venlafaxine. Has anyone else had similar experiences?
We need to be careful generalising as every med effects people in different ways and working out the exact causes of side effects can be really difficult. But yeah I had something very similar when on Venlafaxine, the weirdest, most vivid dreams imaginable combined with massive nighttime sweating fits and a couple (very rare) of waking dreams/hallucinations.

I really feel for you, I've been off meds for a while now but remember the dreams too well. Like always the answer is to speak to your GP and weigh up the benefits of the drug against its side effects, only you can decide what's worth it for you - but don't just stop taking them