Thread: A way to LD 'almost' regularly.

Originally Posted by Ryann

I don't think it's the Vitamin B. I think it's the waking up and then going back to sleep. That has ALWAYS given me lucid dreams, at least since I started having them. Honestly, in my opinion, that is THE surefire way to do it. I think you're a little closer to awake when you immediately start dreaming (which is what happens to me when I wake up from a dream, then go back to sleep) than you would be if you entered dreamstate from deep sleep. And I've found that my dreams are most lucid and controllable when I feel like I am almost on the verge of waking up. Plus, it's that last dream that's the one you remember the best, so it makes sense that this would occur for the last hour or so of your sleep (i.e. take pill after 7 hours). Plus, i lucid dream the best when it's light out, which it probably would be at that time.

Really, don't even get out of bed. If you wake up right from the dream, try to immediately go back to sleep. You should be back in the same dream, and it should be lucid and easier to control.

uh huh, that what we like to call a DEILD. and by the way, if you were to get up, it wouldnt work.

and i was just wondering, what are vitamin b used for besides LDing.

Tried it again last night, didn't work.

Gonna keep trying with it, though, that dream the first night was AMAZINGLY strong and detailed, and it seems highly unlikely it was just a coincidence.

Originally Posted by iank

Tried it again last night, didn't work.

Gonna keep trying with it, though, that dream the first night was AMAZINGLY strong and detailed, and it seems highly unlikely it was just a coincidence.

It depends on how much sleep you got. If it still dosen't work you can try fine tuning the time slot to slightly later like an hour later if you slept late that night.

IMJ

What convinced me that it's the pill was the fact that I was in a dry spell of bad recall even in the mornings for weeks. And then have a 1 to 1 transfer of memory into an LD (miracle) complete with back up plan when it did not go my way as expected.... Then stopped the pill for a while and bad recall again. But the pill cannot be taken consecutively within a 6 hour period or I'll have cramps in the head.... Does anyone know what causes it? Maybe it's too strong for me.

IMJ

Originally Posted by slash112

and i was just wondering, what are vitamin b used for besides LDing.

I bought some Vitamin B6 recently and could only find it in the womens health section of the health food shop, most of the brands with pink labels. "For the relief of PMS symptoms. May also relieve the severity of morning sickness" so there ya go :-)

They used to give B12 shots to people detoxing from alcohol.

My B Complex bottle says B3 is essential for a healthy brain and nervous system, B1 and B2 release energy in the body, B1 is also required for normal development, physical performance and well-being, B2 can assist concentration and maintain normal mood and memory, and B12 is important for maintaining normal cardiovascular health.

So now you know.

According to Wikipedia (on Folic Acid/B9):

Memory and mental agility

In a 3-year trial on 818 people over the age of 50, short-term memory, mental agility and verbal fluency were all found to be better among people who took 800 micrograms of folic acid daily ( twice the current RDA ) than those who took placebo. The study was reported in The Lancet on 19 January 2007.

Or on Pantothenic acid/B5:

Dream Stimulant

Taken before bedtime can increase the likeliness of having/remembering dreams with elevated vividness.

or on B6:

At least one preliminary study has found that this vitamin may increase dream vividness or the ability to recall dreams. It is thought that this effect may be due to the role this vitamin plays in the conversion of tryptophan to serotonin.

Also, just so you know, one cup of milk contains 15% of the Recommended Daily Value of B12. So having a warm glass of milk should provide you with not only a bit of Vitamin B naturally, which in turn helps your memory, it can also make you fall asleep faster (well sort of, there are only very minute sources of melatonin and tryptophan in it). This way you don't have to buy any extra supplements. Unless for this to work you need to have like 700% of the Recommended Daily Value, which I think you can get from liver, clam, mollusks, etc.

Originally Posted by doc_rice

According to Wikipedia (on Folic Acid/B9):

Memory and mental agility

In a 3-year trial on 818 people over the age of 50, short-term memory, mental agility and verbal fluency were all found to be better among people who took 800 micrograms of folic acid daily ( twice the current RDA ) than those who took placebo. The study was reported in The Lancet on 19 January 2007.

Or on Pantothenic acid/B5:

Dream Stimulant

Taken before bedtime can increase the likeliness of having/remembering dreams with elevated vividness.

Finally an answer. I've had a thread open on this for a week with no bites.
Looks like best the B vitamins are best taken before bed.