Thread: would sleep medicine interupt the lucidity or recall process?

I have the same problem -- chronic insomnia. However, my experiences will probably be diffrent from yours since I am very lucid and very good at remembering my dreams. So take this as what is possible.

Tylenol PM usually helps me sleep, but if I wait too long to take it I'll be groggy in the AM. So don't lay in bed for an hour before taking it. With it I have less dream recall from early in the night than usual (2-5 AM-ish). But I still have great recall and LD experiences from late in the night (the few hours right before I wake up). If I take it and still have a hard time falling right to sleep I have an increased chance of accidentally WILDing or having a FA.

So you might remember less dreams or have fewer LDs, but maybe not. Good luck!

Tylenon PM, or the sleep-aid ingredient, dimenhydrinate, causes REM rebound during the hours which it is active. It is an anticholinergic drug which significantly lowers choline transfer in your body. Acetylcholine is a principle dreaming chemical, and the precursor to that is choline. So less choline, less acetylcholine, less dreaming.

Until the REM rebounds in the morning hours, giving you intense REM cycles.. which means intense dreams.

hope that helps

Originally Posted by moe007

Tylenon PM, or the sleep-aid ingredient, dimenhydrinate, causes REM rebound during the hours which it is active. It is an anticholinergic drug which significantly lowers choline transfer in your body. Acetylcholine is a principle dreaming chemical, and the precursor to that is choline. So less choline, less acetylcholine, less dreaming.

Until the REM rebounds in the morning hours, giving you intense REM cycles.. which means intense dreams.

hope that helps

Wow, moe! Great post. Thanks for the info!

Always a pleasure.