Thread: Pennyroyal's workbook

Originally Posted by CanisLucidus

Man, interesting! Maybe it just doesn't agree with you then. Do you also get the benefits of more vivid dreams usually or is it just not the supp for you?

Actually.. The night I remembered to "feel up the dream" was a B6 night, and it was the most vivid and realistic lucid I've had so far. I'm going to have to go back and check my DJ for the other times.

Oh man!! Your buddy was going to give you free G? You know, the rest of us have to pay for that!

Lol, I didn't really even know what he was offering me at the time.

The level of insomnia w/ galantamine varies greatly by dosage, how much supporting choline you use, and your excitement level. I've found that a little L-theanine helps smooth things out. Galantamine is only good to take at WBTB and is generally used to induce WILDs. However, if the insomnia is really bad, an option is to take the G, then go straight to sleep and look for a DILD.

If you do wind up having any questions or interest in galantamine, Xanous or I can both help you. It's a supplement that is much more effective if you learn the best way to employ it and there are some possible mistakes with it you'd really want to avoid. (I take galantamine once per week or so.)

I'll end up picking your brains for info on G eventually. I havnt even looked into where to get it, i'm assuming I'll have to place an order online somewhere.

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but so far my understanding is, G temporarily increases the concentration of acetylcholine in the brain, which brings you into REM a bit quicker? Which would make sense why it's a Supp used for WILD.

I havnt done a lot of research on the topic yet.

Originally Posted by PennyRoyal

Please correct me if I'm wrong, but so far my understanding is, G temporarily increases the concentration of acetylcholine in the brain, which brings you into REM a bit quicker? Which would make sense why it's a Supp used for WILD.

I havnt done a lot of research on the topic yet.

Right, acetylcholine (ACh) is produced in the brain from choline and gradually removed by an enzyme called acetylcholinesterase (AChE). Galantamine inhibits the actions of AChE, allowing levels of ACh to rise in the brain. In addition, galantamine does some other nice things like making nicotinic ACh receptors more responsive (it's an "allosteric modulator" for these receptors.)

And yeah, high levels of acetylcholine are associated with REM sleep, plus an increase in memory and awareness. So it has some additional benefits for DILDs as well. And like you said, by bringing on REM more readily, it makes WILDs a much shorter hop than usual.