Thread: Drugs

If you sleep longer and harder, it probably does affect your dream recall. I usually wake up after long/memorable dreams now, but that comes after some training. Set an alarm for WBTB (wake-back-to-bed) about 6 hrs into sleep or 2hrs before you wake up. Immediately write down your dream if you remember it. If not, lie still for a while and wait until something comes to you. If you don't have any literature about lucid dreaming, I recommend Exploring the World of Lucid Dreaming by Stephen Laberge. Read about it for about 30 min and then go back to sleep. It takes some time, but after some conditioning, It will come to you. If you know all of this already, hopefully it will help someone else.

Yeah any kind of depressants...alcohol, allergy meds, sedatives, etc. will definitely decrease your dream recall.

I am now a fan of Valerian. Vivid Dreams A Go Go.

is it worth giving up sneezing, and itchy/watery eyes for a lucid dream? cuz if it is then f* allergies cuz in my dreams i wont have allergies! anyway what is that valeria stuff or whatever. can you get it over the counter and what does it do

I take sleeping pills or I can't get to sleep' I have no dream recall at all at night and defiantly no LDs. But if I can fall back to sleep in the morning hours like on a Saturday or Sunday then the dreaming and REM periods seem to make up for lost time and that’s when I have a chance to try for LDs.

Your stuck between a rock and a hard spot. I bet if you would have never been prescribed those pills you would sleep fine. Pills are stupid.

You may consider switching to a milder antihistamine. Try an OTC (over the counter) medicine like chlorpheniramine maleate. All antihistamines have the unfortunate side affect of drowsiness but prescription meds will definitely have more of an effect (which is why they are prescription-only).