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Old 02-20-2012, 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by TideMom22 View Post
Last week I started taking Savella for Fibromyalgia. I am on my 5th day and the last two nights I've had really violent and bad dreams. Is this something that others have experienced or maybe just coincidence?
How's it going otherwise? I see it may take some time (weeks?) for Savella to reach full effectiveness. Vivid dreams have been reported, but dreams can't harm us, they tend to fade quickly after waking, and in the case of medications that have this effect, they tend to abate, so it's up to you how bad they are, and whether they're bad/disruptive enough to not want to continue.

Just a personal observation; I've tried meds that produce vivid dreams and some that gave me nightmares, and I make a distinction - vivid doesn't necessarily equate to bad/nightmare, and whether it's one or the other can be influenced by other factors like diet, general mood, etc. Either way, they've always abated.

Just some thoughts to mill over; calling your doc to ask/discuss is reasonable.

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