Wow that explains a lot. I've been having freaky vivid dreams too and I wasn't sure what it was. I just started taking seroquel too.

I had the same problem and I'm on it too. Not for long though. I've had so many probs w/ it. And to MadMark, I know how you feel! My dr never believes me! And to top it off she had her nurse tell me last week that there's nothing else she can do because I've had "problems" with every med she's tried!

I have nightmares but I'm on 7 diff psych drugs, so there's not telling which one could be the culprit or not.

I don't take Seroquel. I don't have nightmares. Matter of fact, I haven't remembered any dreams lately.

As I understand it seroquel is a medication? most people who have nightmares do not have them as a result of medication, but I can't say yours is not a factor of any kind in what your experiences are... I simply do not know that... however:...

I am a true believer that nightmares are all about emotion rather than any particular dream symbology, so to me it doesn't matter if its a shark or a toothbrush chasing you, its how you feel about the situation. I used to be plagued by nightmares when I was a kid, the way I got over them was partly growth, partly the fact that I realized that a dream doesn't affect or hurt my waking life in any form other than my behaviour as a result of experiencing the dream...

the thing with nightmares is, ironically if you could simply ignore them they wouldn't be a problem, but because thats not possible the dream situation brings you into a state of awareness/alertness, due to that you take in more detail/notice/sensory data about the situation itself, which makes you even more scared because you are being faced with a situation that you have now seen/noticed theres even more to be scared of... and you'll be in a position to more readily notice something like this again...

The dream can often perpetuates itself that way... since I cannot tell you how you feel, (nor do I believe anyone can, aside perhaps from guessing or at least attempting to empathise) it is you who has to learn to overcome this...

All I can do is try to keep you informed in a way that perhaps something I said may occur to you during the dream, hopefully a truth that eases the situation, that you remember all your doing is dreaming... (nightmares at least are by definition lucid dreams)...

With any luck, like me you may come out of this with the gift of lucid dreams of your own choosing, rather than being stuck in the horror of one you appear to have no control over...

Oh and one other possibility, you might find, paralyzing I know pretty much did, if none of that works, you might want to try facing it, paying more attention to the dream if you can, desensitize yourself to it by immersing yourself in it, sooner or later what you fear about it, you will find is not truly harmful to you... but this way forces you to confront that you have fear to begin with, and it may be a negative thing to relive the experience, especially if your mental state may be at risk from it...

Hope this helps in some way and I wish you good luck and many future, Sweet Dreams!

i've had nightmares. all i know is i've been on seroquel before, and now again. it happened with or without the seroquel.

sometimes they're real vivid to the point i wake up and im not sure if it was real or not. ususally takes awhile for me to figure it out, they've been soooo vivid.

I have very vivid dreams, but am on thorazine, celexa, xanax and trileptal. I used to be on Seroquel and had them then, as well. I can't remember which of the drugs I am on now have that listed as a side effect, but I believe one or more of them does.
Good luck. I hope the bad dreams stop soon!!!

I think our life is just one big elaborate dream

I have nightmares that are very detailed and quite horrific. I am not on seroquel.

I don't know about Seroquel. I've never been on it, but I rarely remember my dreams. Sometimes I miss them.