Thread: medications that affect my sleep

Well, certainly remembering your dreams is very important for lucid dreaming, unless you are able to do the WILD techniques (and even then it's still pretty important, if you forget the dream as soon as you wake up). You should look into them.

Getting enough sleep is also important, and not just for lucid dreaming. How many hours can you sleep per night? How many of those hours do you actually sleep?

Welcome to DV! Medications can affect your dreams. How long have you been on your medication? Sometimes when people experience a change in their lives either through routine or something else, their dreams take a while to catch up with the body's new patterns. If you haven't been on your medications for that long, this could be it. Try to keep a dream journal. Every morning, or in the middle of the night, when you wake up, write down anything you can remember about your dreams. The more you do this, the more your brain will be trained to recall dreams. Try this for a bit and see if it helps

Thank you both for your replies, and suggestions.

I have been on these meds for several years, and I feel like they have stopped helping me, except when I try to stop taking any one of them..I feel awful. I'm going to talk to my doctor next visit, and just mention that I am worried about that.

I would LOVE to have my dreams back..for in the past (before meds), I had such realistic dreams, and sometimes I do think that I may have experienced lucid dreaming.
After my mother died, (27 years ago), I had nightmares for a long time, dreaming that she wasn't really dead, and I was the only one who knew that. The last dream that I did have of my mom, I still remember it like I had actually sat down and talked to her. She looked well and beautiful, and told me to stop worrying about her, that she was happy and healthy, and that I should stop having nightmares(yes,,IN the dream she told me that!).
I never had a nightmare about her after that.
I also used to dream that my sister had called me, only to call her the next day, and find out that she was going through something hard, and needed to talk, but hadn't called me.

I feel like either depression, or these meds have robbed me of this special 'thing' that I used to have..almost like a VERY strong intuition.

I'm going to try the dream journaling, I tried to do it last night, but I waited too late to go to bed, and the Ambein didn't 'kick in' until like 4 in the morning.

I'm lucky if I can get to sleep before 2 am, and my dogs wake me up at 8 am to go out...my canine alarms ...

Keep us updated Julie I hope the dream journal helps. If you ever need any help or have any questions, feel free to PM me

Ambien is notorious for screwing with your sleep, B6 shouldn't interact with any of your medication, try that.

Originally Posted by JstJuls59

I have been on these meds for several years, and I feel like they have stopped helping me, except when I try to stop taking any one of them..I feel awful.

Sounds like you have become immune to them, and your dependence on the is strong. I'm not an expert, but that's just my opinion. Defitnitely talk to your physician about it.

Sorry I don't have any better advice.

Good luck, I hope everything works out for you.