Thread: nicotine patch helps lucidity?

was browsing wikipedia, and i stumbled upon this info:

"Due to its stimulation of the nicotonic receptors (mimicking the effects of acetylcholine) it has been reported as a useful tool for the induction of lucid dreams, where a nicotine patch is applied after 4-6 hours of normal sleep and the subject falls back to sleep (into a more REM intense sleep cycle). Non-lucid dreams may become vivid, more memorable and some report a higher frequency of disturbing dreams. However it should be stressed that a consistent use of nicotine will desensitise the nicotonic receptors and therefore addicts are actually far less likely to achieve lucid dreams.

credit: Wikipedia

anybody want to give this a go?

I suppose in theory it could work because it is a stimulant, increases your conscious and awareness a little thus giving you a lucid dream, but personally i think that it would not work for alot of people because it would keep them awake, nice find though, a must try for anyone who is quitting smoking

It's not just a stimulant. It's also a hallucinogen.
Tobacco has made me hallucinate before. You have to take enormous amounts for this, but it sure works.

My brother had extremely violent and intense dreams when he was using a nicotine patch. Like, way crazier than he ever has normally.

I don't think he had even heard of the idea of lucidity at the time, so this wasn't a concern.

I experimented with nicotine patches, they do increase your rem sleep!
Also made my dreams more intense *but that was pure from high dosages*
Also nightmares if you really overdo it.

It never gave me more lds, not that weird cause nicotine mimics our long memory neurotransmittor called acetylcholine and that molecule isnt the onset for a ld in the brain! I tested it a 20 times from light to high dosage patches.

I have 2 lds a week when I am not practising for it but it didnt level up the freq of my luciddreams in a month.

Personally i think you should only try this if you are actually quitting smoking, because its still similar to smoking, it just cuts down your craving for nicotine, so i'd only recommend this if you are actually quitting smoking because you don't want to get addicted to nicotine patches. Seriously, don't use things that could have a negative affect on you.

yeah but doesn't it give u diarrhea