Hey girls

I'm addressing the girls first because my question has to do with lucidity/consciousness and menstruation or let's say the cycle in general. Of course any guy who can say something about the following is very welcome to tell!
Would you say, for yourself, that during menstruation or maybe ovulation you find any remarkable changes in the way you perceive while awake and thus while dreaming? I'm talking about distinguished differences you normally don't experience.
I read somewhere (not in this forum) that a woman should "keep an eye" on what is going on with her (the way she perceives, feels, etc.) especially at the beginning and also during menstruation 'cause she might find changes in her consciousness that allow her to "go further" than you normally can.
Does that sound familiar to anyone?
My problem is that I can't really tell because I take birth control pill and I know that it changes the cycle itsself and the way I perceive it.