Why have i been having all these bad dreams? Is it my medication/s?

Question

Im 14 years old and recently (about 5 months ago) been diagnosed with depression and anxiety. I take lexepro 7.5 mg and Klonopin 2.5 tablets before i go to bed. Everything went uphill from about 4 months ago and everything is still great, but for the past month every single night i would have a bad dream. They would usually be about my problems in real life like friends and school but they wont go away and every dream is different. can someone tell me if its my medication or if im getting depressed again or anything.....please!!! Sleeping is not enjoyable for me anymore

Answer 1

By the way, those depression medications really have horrible consequences. There are teenagers who killed themselves after taking them. They don't cure depression. I think at your age, they probably misdiagnosed your problem. You are too young to be fed those poisonous medications.

It is possible that these so called--depression medications could trigger these dreams, particularly if you started having them posting taking the medication.

So unless there is specific dream that is clear to you, otherwise, I would conclude the medication to be the factor behind your dreams.

Answer 2

These drugs really can alter brain chemistry, so they can be indeed opening your brain up to nightmares. Definitely tell your parents and your doctor. Maybe he'll know which one is the more likely culprit. Maybe he can change it out with something else, or use a smaller dose.  

Answer 3

tell your mom and dad to get you off that stuff....there is a warning on the bottle that states that it adversely affects young people and others with suicidal \tendencies.  I took that c**p for 18 years of bad dream.  Now I am off it for good and doing fine.  What the H are your parents thinking!