Thread: Wellbutrin, Bupropion, etc, and Dreams.

Hey everyone, been awhile since I have had time to post much, but here goes.

I stopped taking Prozac a year and a half ago because of the side affects, then when my parents divorced (great time to stop taking your antidepressantss ) we moved and I never went back to get a new medication. Well today i finally made the trip, but only after my symptoms got to where I had too (I can't be too motivated now can I?).

Well short story shorter, I am on Wellbutrin which I know is a dream potentiator. After reading multiple reports the central theme seems to be a dramatic increase in dreams, and realism. A few examples:

I am in my fourth week of taking Wellbutrin SR. I was weaned off of Paxil for two weeks in the beginning. In the last week or so I've been experiencing extremely vivid dreams. There is more color, definition and remembering of my dreams. What is disturbing to me is that some are nightmares and they are interferring with my sleep. Some nights I fear sleep, afraid that I'll dream. Has anyone experienced anything like this? Thanks for your comments.[/b]

I just recently switched from Paxil to Wellbutrin as well.....and I must say, during my Paxil weaning....my dreams became stranger and more bizarre every night....I too didn't want to sleep at times! I'm completely off Paxil now and on Wellbutrin, I still have strange dreams....maybe try taking some benadryl at night, seems to help me sleep better.[/b]

The nightmare thing doesn't worry me, as I do not have nightmares per se, I find what people call nightmares to just be a violent or dark dream, which I enjoy like other dreams, except these have a different 'rush.' So I will keep everyone posted on my findings in the next few days.

Lately my dream recall has been horrid, only just now getting back on the spectrum, as compared to remembering huge epic dreams all my life and especially a few months ago. Anyway...

The Wellbutrin seems not to have improved recall that much, but did make them much more vivid and realistic, despite at least seeming short. I was tending a huge bonfire outside after dusk, on what I assume is my farm. The fire was so amazing, it behaved and looked so realistic, even while messing with dampers etc, etc... So then I start setting up some rockets, (imagine homemade model rockets made out of thin aluminum, and filled with whatever propellant, and payload I imagine), it is really as simple as my imagining it and then having it appear. I messed around for several good minutes playing with conjured rockets, watching their performance- either exploding at somepoint or flying ever higher and returning.

My dreams always have been very technical, and usually complex, and the above dream is a example.

I am now supplementing my Wellbutrin with 6g of Melatonin, 150g 5-HTP (not currently though, as I need to go buy some more), and 300g of a B Multivitamin. I will write about that later.

In conclusion I must admit I had my expectations high for this, and while I am impressed I would expect it to become more noticable (and it has each day) in the coming week.

For about 3 years i couldn't recall dreaming at all. For the last year and a half I got depressed and went on anti-depressants- Lexapro at first and then Wellbutrin. Then I started dreaming (remembering).

Been a long time since my last post, but its been a busy month. I recently stopped taking Wellbutrin and switched to Topamax (Topiramate) to treat my Bipolar disorder, after having five successive seizures one evening at my apartment. Since then not only have I not remembered more than a snippet of a dream but my melancholy moods have begun to return.

Anyway, just a rambling update...

Does wellbutrin block lucid dreaming at all? I'm supposed to be on Wellbutrin but stopped taking it fearing it might be messing up my attempts to go lucid. Or, would I maybe do better on it (for dreaming)?

-Apathy

Wellbutrin was an okay anti-depressant, I had no real side effects.

A note of caution: Don't do LSD, or any other non weed drug while taking this. A friend gave me that advice....

Wellbutrin was an okay anti-depressant, I had no real side effects, plus dreams seemed very vivid and LD conducive.

A note of caution: Don't do LSD, or any other non weed drug while taking this. A friend gave me that advice.... he thought he was being smart by looking for contraindications but found none.... Learned from it though!

Originally Posted by Classico

A note of caution: Don't do LSD, or any other non weed drug while taking this. A friend gave me that advice.... he thought he was being smart by looking for contraindications but found none.... Learned from it though!

mixing those wont do anything negative.

but for new forum policy, drugs are bad mmmkay.

and antidepressants will always lead to poor dream recall in the long-term.