Thread: New to Lucid Dreaming

Originally Posted by Hilary

I'm not a fan of medicating without talking to a doctor about it. But just so you know, 20mg is double the recommended dosage on the bottle I have. You might be taking too much.

I'm a bit surprised to see a 20mg mention here, including from your bottle. The highest I've ever taken was 4mg in a night and I would personally class that as a lot. I take 1mg only these days mostly because of cost, otherwise I'd be taking 2mg. I've never seen more than 2mg for sale anyway, but maybe it's something to do with specific local regulations, and where I live at the moment I can't get even any amount at all, so who knows...

All I know is that I prefer to be extremely careful with anything that affects sleep regulation and its hormones anyway, since the side-effects of misuse can be very severe and potentially life-endangering, as you probably know yourself anyway, though I think it bares mentioning for the purpose of the thread.

Originally Posted by devotee013

Question is if I take medication for ADHD will it interfere with my Lucid Dreaming experiment....

Or should I first take medication and then try LD ??

I am confused ADHD or Lucid dreams ???

These questions are better suited for a doctor really, for example the one who prescribes you the ADHD medication. I am not sure what's confusing about this for you, I think you should definitely focus on prioritising your ADHD medication if that's something you've been prescribed by a doctor; as for whether interferes or not, it might, but seeing as how everyone reacts differently to specific medicines, I think it's a case where you have to judge for yourself the impact that each thing you're taking is having. And from there, you can discuss it with a doctor and see what they think of your situation too.

I think if melatonin does help you sleep, that's a good thing in itself. If you don't recall any dreams, that's okay, just because you didn't remember them one day doesn't mean you won't remember them the next, even with the same conditions. And if you're not remembering your dreams it can also have something to do with what time you're waking up at, as it's also possible that now you're not waking up out of a REM period, which could make recall more difficult. As Hilary suggests, consistency is helpful here too.