Quote Originally Posted by BOBS DAD
Jen,

I hope it all works out for you. I take Paxil for anxiety and I can't stop. I don't feel anxious anymore and I don't feel any more anxious in the instances that I have tried to stop. But i get this very weird almost lightheadedness sensation that is very disturbing. I also get the KA-Raziest of Vivid Dreams - more like night terrors and wake up feeling tense and physically sore from clenching fingers, etc. So I guess I have to stay on them.

I hope you can succeed and that vitamins are your cure! Good luck,

Dan
I take Effexor and fluoxetine. I have long, crazy, vivid dreams now. Sometimes they are like Bob's Dad describes - night terrors - where I wake up physically achy. Most mornings I wake up beat from excessive REM sleep. I'll take that over how depressed and anxious I was before I started on the fluoxetine, though. There is one more minute of daylight each day - YEAH!! If anybody out there has a way to get rid of SSRI dreams, I could use a good night's sleep. Research has shown that the brain during REM sleep uses almost as much energy as the brain when awake.