About two months ago I began to develop excruciating headaches accompanied by facial numbness, slurred speech and a general loss of my normal cogntive speed. I went to a neurologist who did the usual MRI with contrast and provided me with three types of headache meds (relpax, prednisone, and zonegran). None of those medications worked. On my last visit a month ago he asked me to explain my sleep habits. I told him that I have been a lucid dreamer for the past 33 years, that I begin to dream even if I doze off for 5 minutes and that I dream every time I sleep. My consciousness NEVER shuts off. I can be dreaming and explain the dream to my wife while the dream is taking place without completely backing out of the dream. I am a very light sleeper but I still Ld. I explained this to the doctor who surmised that perhaps this was not a good thing because of the extended length of time.

So, he prescribed the drug amitriptyline that I take before bed. This causes be to go into a much deeper sleep, but it does not inhibit my ability to ld. What it did do however was literally open up new realms in my mind for journeying. I have always been able to ld to the point that it was a constant battle to not control EVERTHING. Does this make sense? After 33 years there was no surprises. As I said before I was the dreamer and the dream. I was the director, producer, and actor. The amitriptyline allows me to now be a participant with the ability to still be "godlike' but now I just go along for the ride without knowing what lies around every bend. I am no longer always in charge of the "set changes".

My headaches are completely gone and my cognitive abilities are sharper than ever. A note of interest is that I ran out of my meds three days ago and I can literally see through my LD's how my brain is moving back to my normal levels of dreaming. The first day without the meds was incredible however. It was like I was watching my dreamscapes materialize molecule by molecule. Everything happened on an microcosmic level, like I was literally being reborn.

I just wanted to share this, I don't know if anyone can relate or benefit from my experience. Let me know what you think!