Quote Originally Posted by Hussain View Post
first and foremost, Greetings to all fellow dreamers. A few questions have been going around my mind lately regarding supplements that assist ( or are supposed to aid ) in Lucid dreaming. Are they really required ? How many of the seasoned LD'ers here on dreamviews actually use supplements ? Do you use them on consistent basis or like occasionally ? How would Lucid Dreams unaided by supplements differ from Lucid ones with supplement aid ?
To answer your actual questions: no of course supplements are not required for lucid dreaming. Some people just go that direction when they have not been able to have success or are having a dry spell. I think there's a good amount of DVers that take things like B6 and melatonin pretty regularly, but I have no idea how many nor could I give you an estimate. Personally I take melatonin every night, and not for lucid dreaming purposes, as it doesn't have much effect on dreams at all. It's just an amazing antioxidant that also helps you get to sleep and does a dozen other great things for your body. I suggest melatonin to everyone. Also vitamins are always good. But if you want to get a better idea of the experienced lucid dreamers here and what they take you should make a poll.

As far as how LDs differ...it depends on the supplement. B6 makes your dreams more vivid, so I've found that the lucids might be more vivid, but also stranger and possibly even a little harder to control. B6 is also known for causing nightmares. Melatonin does not affect my dream content in the slightest. Taking Galantamine/Choline will definitely cause your lucids to be clearer, more stable, longer, etc. It's pretty much the go to supplement if you want to have nice long lucids (and in my opinion, the only real lucid dream supplement). But you should also be somewhat experienced in order to take advantage of that opportunity, so you know how to use techniques for stabilization and dream re-entry (DEILD) and also WILD.