Was a LD with amazing dream control for 20 years (without doing anything for it), now want it back!

[BigSoB]

As a kid, even in high school, I always had very lucid dreams. I was also in full control, so needless to say I always ended up being the protagonist, and the hero of the dream A few times I had this nightmare with serpents, but since I was in such control, I would symbolically "change channel" like on the old tv and would instantly start dreaming about something else. In fact during the day my brain was always on fire too. I could not potentially sit there and not be thinking about something or completely gone in a day dream. I thought it was normal until I asked some of my friends about their dreams and it seemed to be very different for them. A few days ago I found out the term lucid dreaming and it made me remember how I used to dream. I dont know when it all stopped, i wasnt paying attention. Maybe a few years ago (I'm 27yo now). I dont find myself as lucid by day either. I think it could have something to do with dehydration. Because whatever amount of water I drink during the day, electrolytes or not, i wake up totally dyed up. my mouth screems for water, so are my eyes. and my bladder is so full i gotta get to urinate often twice during the night. If I drink less I dont have to get up but i wake up as dryed up. I wonder if my liver is full of toxins. I also think too much sexual activity could have had an effect. I think my neuro transmetters are changed, and its weird. i dream a lot more about sex, and can get an orgasm without wet dream while sleeping (!) or a wet dream without orgasm but everytime these occur i was dreaming about sexual fantacies. Also my pregnenolone, zinc, magnesium are very low. Probably other things that I havent tested are as well. And im much less physically active, to finish my phd. my food also aint as good as what my mom gave me. a lot of factors could be involved. so far i tried taking 2 B-100 and 3 tablespoons of lecithin b4 bed. I didnt see any results yet. some days i also take other supplements, like zinc, magnesium, multi, alcar, nac, ALA, etc (the list is long). I think i might also be getting too much DHA from cod liver oil and not enough AA and DPA. Any recommendations for a great comeback? Im looking for anyting like diet, lifetyle, workouts, supplements. I dont really want to get into weird techniques as in the past I was getting excellent LD and control without trying anything.

[Loaf]

can get an orgasm without wet dream while sleeping (!) Thats pretty common. I hear sexual stimulation is suppose to help with LD's.

[Mancon]

Sounds like you were an awesome LDer when you were longer. I'm sorry you lost that ability, but if you focus on lucid dreaming a lot and read on the forums a lot then it will most likely come back to you. Be sure to check out: http://www.dreamviews.com/community/...splay.php?f=25

[Lucid_Guy.exe]

DANG. That sucks that you lost it, and that you had full control. I've only had, like, maybe four. In my life. I give you props. And I reccomend the MILD method.

[BigSoB]

Well now that I think about it I really was an awesome LDer. As far as I know it was every single night. I knew perfectly well that I was dreaming, I could decide pretty well how the dream would unfold and it was really real. Enough that sometimes while awake I would have a hard time deciding if a past event occured for real or only in a dream. I'm not exagerating. To be accurate, I could decide my own actions in the dream but not those of other people. I remember being fascinated by the realism of what others were doing and saying, because that would really match their personality. In fact I would often wonder "what" decides what they're gonna say and do because it would occur so fast and upon reflection it would make so much sense based on what I know of the person. I used to think that I could learn things about friends and family members by putting them in a suitable dream! But now nothing. Most nights I'm not even aware if I dreamed at all. I go to bed, fall asleep, and wake up. thats it. truly sad I'm also prety sure this is impacting my learning ability, because back then I would frequently go over what the prof said during my sleep, and it was so accurate that it was pretty much a replay of the class. Then when asked a question during an exam I could "replay" the relevant part, which was so clear that I could have written his exact words, his facial expression while saying them, noises or other visual stimulations I had at that moments, etc. No wonder I made it to the phd with such small effort and now im wondering how I'm ever gonna pull it off. is there people in the forum pretty good with supplements? I think I need to increase my levels of acetylcholine, dopamine, and perhaps serotonin. I think I'll try l-tyrosine or n-acetyl-tyrosine for dopamine cauz I dont really want to try l-dopa. For acetyl choline I read somewhere that 10-60g daily of phosphatidylcholine might be needed, that would be like 40-240g of lecithin daily. If thats true maybe instead I'll need DMAE, galantamine, huperzine A or god knows what. Or maybe i should just wait for my current B-complex and lecithin to kick in. or add l-tryptophan/5htp for serotonin.