Nightmares on Fluoxetine

[Polkadotties]

I've been taking 20mg of Fluoxtine for 6 weeks and I'm feeling really good. My doctor had me taking it at night but it was causing me to sleep really deeply and I was struggling to wake up. I had a review on Tuesday and she suggested I now take it in the morning.
Last night I had an absolutely horrific nightmare where I dreamt my beautiful horse was stolen. I never have nightmares, normally can hardly remember what I dream. But this was awful. I woke up drenched in sweat, the duvet all over the place and I felt uneasy for a while.
Could be a complete one off but I'm just wondering if this could be a side effect?

I had very vivid dreams on fluoxetine. Not nightmares but everything was, for want of a better expression, in technicolor. The colours were all too bright and bled into each other and it was really surreal. I didn't stay on it for more than about a month due to other effects but I remember the dreams.

What are you taking it for? My anxiety leads me to have nightmares s few times a week anyway, so it might be the underlying condition rather than the fluoxetine that is causing the nightmares.

I've got depression, never had an anxiety I'm generally quite a laid back person. I have struggled for years with what I thought were iron issues but it actually was depression. I didn't think I was depressed because I could still go to work, lead a normal life etc.
I've had no other side effects apart from a lack of appetite to begin with.

Seemed to be a noticeable side effect for a family member.

Let's hope it's just a one off bad dream then for no reason. I was saying to DH the other day that it's really hard not to attribute anything different to a change in medications, especially when what's going on is listed as a possible side effect, when actually there might be many other reasons for the change in mood or whatever.

I hope that you're feeling more balanced soon.

Thanks everyone, yes let's hope it is just a one off.
I'm feeling much better recently :)