REM rebound is awesome!

**LikesToTrip** · 03-14-2011 08:39 PM

So I didn't get much sleep the night before last thanks to daylight savings and I had to work earlier than usual. When I woke up I couldn't remember any real dreams when I always have really good recall. Just fleeting images, which I think were NREM dreams.
Last night I stayed up late, and went to sleep to a generic MILD mantra. I woke up a little less than 3 hours after I fell asleep. I remembered one dream fragment, one short dream, and two longer dreams. I became lucid at the end of the short dream, and halfway through one of the longer dreams. I was really surprised. I've never had even one dream that early in the night, let alone four! And after I went to sleep again I had another 5 dreams, for a total of 9 dreams during the night.
Has anybody else used REM rebound to their advantage? I wonder if I could intentionally sleep deprive myself to have awesome dreams the next night?
EDIT: I think I should mention I took benadryl(which is a REM suppressant) the night before last. That probably had something to do with the lack of REM.

**Angusaurus** · 03-14-2011 08:47 PM

Sounds awesome.
I'll probably try that when I don't have school.
Thanks.

**nina** · 03-15-2011 02:08 AM

I agree. I didn't sleep like 3 nights last week due to exams and experienced REM rebound on several occasions. Srsly if REM rebound can't get you lucid, then...you're doing it wrong.

(but I'd also like to add that I don't encourage not sleeping as a means of inducing LDs, but it is one bonus of having to stay up all night studying)

**Rawracookie** · 03-15-2011 03:03 AM

Benadryl? I often take antihistamines for seasonal allergies. I usually use Cetirizine (zertec), but I might try alternating at some point.

**nina** · 03-15-2011 03:47 AM

Oh Benedryl is nasty crap. Where did you read that it suppresses REM? Citations plz.

**Rawracookie** · 03-15-2011 04:36 AM

Originally Posted by Aquanina

Oh Benedryl is nasty crap. Where did you read that it suppresses REM? Citations plz.

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I googled "benadryl rem sleep" and there are more links about it.

**LikesToTrip** · 03-15-2011 07:27 AM

I don't remember where I initially read it. I wasn't able to find very much with google. This was the only reputable source I was able to find, most of the sites that came up on google were just forum posts.

I did see a post from here where Ninja states that it supresses REM if that adds any credibility

ScienceDirect - Brain Research Bulletin : Sleep variables are unaltered by zolantidine in rats: Are histamine H2-receptors not involved in sleep regulation?
Looks like it more specifically promotes NREM rather than suppressing REM; dunno what the difference is, if there is one.

**whiterain** · 03-16-2011 01:10 AM

yep rebound sure works and is one thing that really slapped me in the face and showed me what was possible. dont over do it though as studies show too much rem suppression can lead to waking hallucinations. unless thats what you are after of course

**Rawracookie** · 03-16-2011 03:55 AM

Originally Posted by whiterain

yep rebound sure works and is one thing that really slapped me in the face and showed me what was possible. dont over do it though as studies show too much rem suppression can lead to waking hallucinations. unless thats what you are after of course

Waking hallucinations? That's what LSD is for.