MUgwort help.

[TK Chris]

I have recently acquired a dreaming aid with mugwort in it, i've never used it before and was wanting some advice on it. i searched the forums, but didn't find much on it. Is it safe?

[spaceexplorer]

I've used Mugwort in the past (both tea and smoking) (in fact i have a jar of it just here!) Researched it quite a bit before hand. Wouldn't advise smoking, for obvious reasons, but i was interested to see if it had any effects. Actually if you smoke it you do get a slight mild intoxication. In my experience it's not the most dramatic dream aid. It seems to do something certainly seems to improve dream recall, but i think tollerance builds quite quickly. So you cant use it often without the effects wearing out. May simply be placebo too. If anything try Galantamine, thats a very effective dreaming aid.

[TK Chris]

thats what I hear, but galantamine is sooo expensive.

[spaceexplorer]

thats what I hear, but galantamine is sooo expensive. You get quite a lot for your money though, and it's not something you'll want to be using every night. Dreamamins.com has some reasonably priced galantamine (about $30) It's really very effective. Mugwort in comparison is very tame in comparison. Kind of the same difference as between a cup of tea and amphetamines!

[Firewalker]

Be adviced though, that while galantamine works for many people, there are also quite a few it doesn't. It does not work well for me, produced two- less than ten second lucid dreams, and hasn't worked since, after probably trying twenty different times or so. I've had better luck with DMAE and Acetyl-L-Carnitine, and some luck with L-Tyrosine, and B6. DMAE is much cheaper than galantamine, it needs to be taken twice daily if you get 250mg capsules like mine. From what I have reaserched and experineced DMAE needs to build up over a week or two, at least, some effects are supposed to come after 6 weeks. Acetyl-L-Carnitine is expensive for a good brand, mine was over $30 for 750mg pills. I take them occassionally, and had success with it this morning taking it after waking and returning to bed. You might want to give DMAE a try for a few weeks before buying the Galantamine.

[TK Chris]

I might do that thanks.