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Last night I experimented with Valerian and Peppermint tea. I had some wild dreams and figured I should document them.

Dream Eight (The Performance):

Around 8:30 AM this morning my alarm went off. I woke up briefly, turned it off and went back to bed. I'm not sure if I disrupted any REM sleep, but I kept sleeping until around 10:45 AM. These dream were very odd, wild, and there is no logical explanation for why I had them.


THE PERFORMANCE
We were at a performance. I'm not sure if it was done on Ice, but the "stage" was white coloured. It was oval shaped. A bright light shined onto the white stage, creating a glossy reflection (hence the feeling that it could've been on ice). Everything else including the background was black. The actor Ben Stiller was the main character. A bunch of little girls were also on the stage. Together they did a line like this. I'm guessing he was meant to be a pedophile or something luring little girls in this symbolic line thing. I don't know.

Anyways, fast forward a bit. The performance is at halftime and I follow Ben backstage. He is mad at the producers for being casted as the pedophile, stating that he didn't know he was going to be a seen as a pedophile. He gets super mad and starts drinking this tea, it's a concoction of bleach and tide pods. We all warn him that drinking a tea with bleach in it will make him very sick and ill. He freaks out and realizes what he has done. He runs back to his hotel. He makes it to the lobby, and realizes he is about to be violently ill. He then runs to the lobby washroom and well, i'm sure you know what's happening.... In the washroom, doctors come in and hand him this weird bear fuzzy costume thing by draping it over the stall door. (MY ALARM GOES OFF AND THIS DREAM ENDS).

THE ELEVATOR
Me and some random friends get on this elevator that was really shady/creepy. It would go down a floor and stop halfway. The elevator would then open its doors. So, if you can imagine, the elevator was half way between the opening on the next floor and the shaft of the elevator. It was stuck between floors, like THIS. Some guy is waiting on the next floor to enter the elevator and wants on, and so he grabs the opening in the elevator and pulls down with all his strength. I'm freaking out that this guy wants on the elevator so badly, so I panic and press a bunch of random buttons. The elevator rockets upwards, the guy releases his clutch on the elevator floor. I get off on the 20th floor (why, I don't know). Seconds later the elevator doors are closing and heading downwards. I want back on that elevator. My friends scream for me to jump quickly. I don't jump though, because if I don't jump far enough i'll fall 20 floors down the elevator shaft. (THE DREAM ENDS).

That's it for now. Meh, they're both odd dreams that ended when more could've happened.

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This dream was unlike something i've ever experienced. It was crazy. Scary... it was also natural. No substances

It was early in the night, say around 3:00 am. I opened the blinds and looked out the window. On my driveway there was a black figure. All black. Scary.. like death was coming.

This thing shuffled up the driveway. Slowly it moved towards the front door. It was all black, I couldn't see it's face. I was scared so I jumped away from the window and ran down the hall. I screamed for help, and tried to wake the rest of my family up. They did eventually wake up; but they played no roll in the plot of this dream.

I ran down the stairs, to a hallway filled with firefighter wardrobes and equipment. I grabbed the first thing I saw, a bat, and ran outside to face the all black creature that was on my property.

I ran up to it. It was not near the door. It was actually on the driveway near a black truck I owned. I took a swing of my bat, and hit it a few times. Then it's face was revealed. It was my family friend, he turned and asked, "why are you hitting me?" I stopped hitting him and invited him inside my house.

After we had a conversation I cannot remember having.. he suddenly morphed into my Grandmother. Instead of being my male family friend, he turned into my grandmother.

This all I can remember. Pretty freaky, almost like a nightmare at first.. Pretty interesting.

After a week long voyage from Kansas to Ontario my Dream Herb has arrived in the mail! I'm excited to make it tonight.. I heard the tea is gross but i'll go for it! Will update you all.



UPDATE (11/17/2015): I never ended up trying the dream herb, I threw it out. It didn't taste very good and my friends didn't trust the source enough to allow me to drink it. I probably would avoid dream herb and stick to something a little better regulated, like Valerian.

Tonight i'll be trying it for the first time. Anyone try it before?

Thoughts/comments?

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While I did dabble about AJ in my other journal, I decided I'd post a more *scientific* one and my thoughts on using Apple juice to increase your chances of becoming lucid, as well as, improving dream recall (DR). I will warn you though, I've only used AJ once in an effort to increase DR. I AM a Diabetic, so consuming any juice late into the night runs into risks with blood sugar levels and does not fit into my daily regimen. The outcome I post here MIGHT not be the same one you'll receive from trying it out. Everyone is different.

The idea behind trying apple juice came to me when I was actually using the forums search feature to look into a lucid aid called vitamin b-6, which I also have a pretty extensive journal on. The original thread that gave me the idea is HERE.

That night I gave myself extra insulin and prepared to wake up at 3:45 AM to chug 450ml of Apple Juice. I fell asleep at around 12:00am. When my alarm went off, I instantly shut it off and drank back the AJ. I had high expectations at this point for it to work, and it didn't.

The apple juice did not improve my recall, it did not make me have any vivid dreams, but it did make me pee.
** Please note, some users who TRIED AJ during a WBTB did have more vivid and better dreams. Consider trying it out for yourself.

If I wasn't diabetic and wasn't restricted, I would try a bunch of other tests by drinking more apple juice and having some throughout the day - but it just simply doesn't work for me.

Why Apple Juice? Whats so special about it?

Apple juice ingested either before bed or during the night is said to stimulate dreams for SOME people. What it really does is increase the amount of Acetylcholine (ACh) in the brain. ACh is one of the first neurotransmitters to have been identified. ACh carries messages between brain cells, and most of our dreams occur during REM sleep when ACh levels are high. The neurotransmitter is linked to sleeping, dreaming, learning, and memory.

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In the end, AJ didn't work for me (probably because I drink it EVERYDAY!) but consider giving it a shot if you wish and see if it'll work for you.

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I decided to switch up my DJ from the norm. Instead of just posting about dream related things, I'd also like to talk about different substances and daily occurrences i've had that somehow relate back to dreaming.

One of the first things I did when I joined this forum was research. After countless philosophical lessons on 'lucid dreaming' (something I never imagined putting THIS much time into) I decided to give it a shot. To be frank, I honestly thought it was some easy 3 step process that would work. One of the first things that deterred me was having to remember dreams, considering I can't even remember 99.5% of them, let alone what I ate for breakfast two days ago.

The first night I joined the forum I repeated the mantra I learned about, "I will wake up and remember my dreams" and surprise surprise.. I didn't remember my dream the next morning. I figured, "OK - you're not going to remember your dreams or even some of them JUST like that." The next day I put heavy emphasis throughout the day on remembering my dreams the next morning. Still, that morning, like the countless ones before it, no dream recall whatsoever. I figured I was just hopeless at ever becoming a lucid dreamer.

----- THE APPLE JUICE

I then did some investigating on the forum itself about household items I could find that would help increase my dream recall. So I told myself I'd set an alarm that night and try apple juice after a WBTB. (we're now 3 days in since the first time I researched LDing). The reviews on the thread were 50/50, some claiming they had awesome reactions and greater recall because of drinking the AJ, while others said nothing new happened, or no recall happened that night. I was a skeptic, I knew, because I'm a diabetic who is constantly pounding back AJ before bed, it WOULDN'T work.

Again... surprise surprise.. it didn't work for me. I was bummed out, and now at rock bottom. SO I went online and heard about dream herb. Ordered it, and I'm still waiting for it to arrive; however please do expect a DJ on its reliability and what I experienced with it when it arrives *hopefully* tomorrow.

----- THE B-6

After the apple juice sadly didn't work, I then researched b-6. I honestly didn't even think to check my cupboards (I already had it at home). The next day I bought the vitamin, still a little skeptical about it working since the AJ didn't work. That night I popped a 100mg capsule before bed with a glass of milk and a handful of pistachios because they both contain Tryptophan (T) - an essential amino acid, also needed for the b-6 to fully work (or so I heard.. honestly i'm not even a chemist, but I thought it wouldn't hurt anyways to eat T loaded substances before bed).

The morning after a fresh, 10 hour sleep, I woke up with 2 dreams in my dream journal. Literally the first night taking this pill my dream recall went from 0 to 2. I recalled two dreams just by taking a freaking pill!

The next day was filled with me drinking milk, eating nuts and pistachios, and I had a cherry smoothie with a bunch of other antioxidant fruits. Before bed, like usual, I had my milk and pistachios. I woke up with 4 new dreams in my diary.

The very next-next day (this morning).. I did the same routine again.. and viola! I had one of the longest, most extensive dreams i've had. It was amazing.. my recall went from 0 in a year to 7 in 3 days, with one of them being a very detailed dream for me. You can see my dreams leading from DJ 1 - 7.

DJ 1 & 2 - The first night taking B6.
DJ 3, 4 , 5 & 6 - The second night taking B6.
DJ 7 - Last night after taking B6.

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Scientific UPDATE:

Dosage/Risks of B6:
* Start off by using 100mg. I had my sister try 50mg the first night and she had no change in recall or vividness, however when I tried 100mg I had double the recall.
* Do not take more then 300mg at once, and especially not for prolonged periods of time.
* KNOW the adverse effects. Long term use is UNSAFE and can lead to brain and nerve problems.
* If you're breast-feeding, please note there is not enough information to condone the use of B6. Avoid it.
* If you're a pregnant, please note that it is LIKELY safe to take b6 in small quantities. Overuse can cause the newborn to have seizures.

ALSO, keep in mind i'm NOT a doctor. Any of the information was found online. Use this information and the vitamin itself at your own risk, and PLEASE DO research before trying anything.

Foods with B6 in them:
• Cereals
• Beans
• Vegetables
• Meats
• Eggs
• Nuts

Take B6 around 30 minutes before bed, or during a WBTB. I have not tried B6 during a WBTB though, and only have before bed. Taking it with Tryptophan (T) rich foods is recommended. These foods include: Turkey, Milk, Meat, Bananas and some Nuts... There are many more foods containing (T).

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Anyways, if you're new to lucid dreaming and have tried things out but still have a bad dream recall, or you'd like to just flat out improve recall, i'd 100% recommend B6. Check your cupboards for some b-6 and try it out, but please DO research before taking anything in your cabinet. Just because it's safe for me, doesn't mean it'll be safe for you. I'm no physician either.. so I can only post scientific information that I find online.

** Fair Warning: extensive and prolonged B-6 use is UNSAFE. Do your research before trying anything new!
And if you're interested, heres my b-6 thread for any questions you've got.. or you can post them below.


Cheers to B-6 and happy dreaming.

Thanks for reading my journals. Heres a ToC for easier reading. I've also rated them based on how long and interesting they are, so you can browse as you wish. Keep in mind, none of my dreams are all that exciting.. For the most part, they're online and up for my personal documentation; however I do allow anyone to check and poke at my dreams.

Dream #	Length	Interest Rating
Number One	SHORT	BORING
Number Two	SHORT	EH
Number Three	SHORT	SEMI-INTERSTING (FUNNY)
Dream Four	SHORTER THAN SHORT	NOT EVEN WORTH READING
Dream Five	SHORT	JUST PLAIN WEIRD
Dream Six	NOT THAT SHORT	BORING
Dream Seven	MEDIUM	WEIRD, ODD, CRAZY EVEN?
Dream Eight and Nine	MEDIUM	WEIRD, ODD, CRAZY EVEN

I've also decided to add in a substances chart with links to personal studies I have conducted on the different 'lucid aids' as they're called. Please keep in mind, the results from these studies are not the same results everyone can expect to see. I'm not a physician, so I would hope that everyone understands the risks before taking any foreign pills or medications. For efficiency, i've added the outcome result on the table if you don't feel like reading the whole journal.



VARIOUS SUBSTANCES JOURNALS:

Substances Name	Length of Journal	Effectiveness in improving DR/DV
Vitamin B-6	Long (ish)	High
5-HTP	No Journal Posted	NO DR/DV (for me at least)
Peppermint Tea	No Journal Posted	Medium DR/DV
Apple Juice	Medium	None
Valerian	No Journal Posted	High DR and DV

(DR) = Dream Recall, (DV) = Dream Vividness

MY DREAM SIGN as of 11/17/15: UNUSUAL, UNREALISTIC THINGS HAPPENING

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This was probably one of the longest, weirdest dreams I've experienced in a while. It's still kind of boring, but nonetheless, a breakthrough for me.

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The sequence of events within my dream:
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1) I believe the setting took place in what was my washroom in my bedroom. One of my old teachers was in my bathtub (I can't recall if she was clothed fully or not, but I honestly highly doubt she was partially naked)

2) Some students in the class my teacher taught, were sitting on my toilet that is right beside a counter with a sink. I guess they put a TV on the counter and we're watching a documentary or something related to the course the teacher taught.

3) I remember her saying something about a test being that day. The students were "studying" as she called it. My teacher offered me to go and sit with them and "study" by watching whatever was on the TV before the test that was about to take place.

4) I for some reason, left the bathroom. I walked outside and someone came out of an old truck. He was my friend I haven't talked to in three years.

5) He had a needle in his hand. I'm diabetic, and he said, "come on - you forgot to take your needle this morning before class."

6) He gave me 10cc of insulin. I asked for 20 more as I usually get 30. He agreed to redraw the next 20 units I needed by using the same needle.

7) I told him that it was gross to use the same needle twice and that I didn't want to.

8) Some random man showed up out of nowhere and said, "give him 100 cc of insulin"

9) The random guy vanished. I was about to take the extra 20cc of insulin when I saw a dead bee on the tip of the needle. I decided I didn't want to risk it and asked him not to give me the needle anymore.

10) I was worried about not getting enough insulin. The dream was ending and I remember my dream-self writing an email to my teacher apologizing for missing the test because of "medical reasons"

--my longest dream yet ended--

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End Notes: There was signs of forgetfulness and making a mess (which I believe to being my dream sign) in this dream.

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My family and I were driving to dinner.

For some reason, we had to walk to the restaurant from the parking lot (or something like that - just know that the restaurant and the parking lot were not close to each other).

I was skateboarding - I don't skateboard in real life.

I kept going too fast as I was skateboarding, and I constantly missed the restaurant each time, so I had to turn around. Also, somewhere in this dream I forgot my phone in the car.

(I'm honestly not sure if I walked or skateboarded back to the car)

-- end of dream --

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I was at a restaurant and I met another "dreamer" for some reason, 'RED' was her dream colour and mine was green. Like as if we were opposing forces. She was the face of an actor that evoked hatred emotions from me in a TV show I once watched.

She tried to get inside of my dreams. I wouldn't let her.

I also dreamed I wrote that sequence of events above in my DJ ^

-- end dream --

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**This was a short dream, like we're talking nanoseconds**

My friend messaged me telling me she was going to spain. My old art teacher from many years ago messaged me saying she wanted to make an oath with me?

-- end dream --

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My brother was outside my bedroom door.


I was on my computer deleting files I shouldn't have had. Honestly, I don't know WHAT these files were - all I knew was that during this dream I wanted them gone. I could see my brothers shadow lurking against the door. I deleted them fast, and then walked away.

He walked over to the computer and reopened every file... at this point, I knew I was screwed.


*and then I woke up in real life*

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When I was younger, my siblings and I would play mini-sticks together. (It's like floor-hockey with smaller nets and teeny sticks). We'd would have this room where he'd store all these items in.

Somehow in this dream, I was blamed for the mess in the room. I walked downstairs and cleaned up the mess in this room. Everytime I put a stick back up against the wall, it fell back down... I was stuck in the room for a while cleaning up the mess, until it stopped falling over and I was finally done.

On my way out, a piece of paper with something on it caught my eye. Unfortunately though, I don't remember WHAT was exactly on this paper.

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I've had this one camera for years now, and haven't used it for a long time either. It's this small red canon camera.

Somehow I broke it in this dream. There wasn't much to this dream really.. It was just a broken red old camera I haven't used in years. When I used it, it was still sort-of working. It wasn't good enough for use anymore.